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  1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Yifei Jia & Xiubo Yu

  2. School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China

    Yifei Jia & Guangchun Lei

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Xiubo Yu

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Jia, Y., Lei, G. & Yu, X. Water regulation: a Sword of Damocles for migratory waterbirds in China?. Sci. China Life Sci. 60, 548–550 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-016-0277-6

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