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This work was supported by the National Key Program of Research and Development, Ministry of Science and Technology (2016YFC0503200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31930013, 31900340), Biodiversity Survey, Monitoring and Assessment Project (2019–2023) of Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China, and the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) (2019QZKK0501).
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Sun, J., Dixon, A., Gu, Z. et al. Status of the saker falcon in China. Sci. China Life Sci. 64, 828–831 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-020-1879-8
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