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Putting people into dynamic places: the importance of specific contexts in understanding demographic responses to changes in the natural environment

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  1. We appreciate funding for this conference from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute for Child Health and Human Development (R13 HD096853) and from several centers and units at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Conference funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute for Child Health and Human Development (R13 HD096853) and from several centers and units at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was received. Our efforts were supported by the Center for Demography and Ecology at the UW-Madison (P2C HD047873) and the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station.

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  1. Department of Community and Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 316B Agricultural Hall, 1450 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    Katherine J. Curtis

  2. Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 4452 Sewell Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    Marcia J. Carlson

  3. Applied Population Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 316 Agricultural Hall, 1450 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    Malia Jones

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Curtis, K.J., Jones, M. & Carlson, M.J. Putting people into dynamic places: the importance of specific contexts in understanding demographic responses to changes in the natural environment. Popul Environ 42, 425–430 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-021-00386-6

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