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Connecting Arctic and Temperate Wetlands and Agricultural Landscapes: The Dynamics of Goose Populations in Response to Global Change

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B2, Canada

    Robert L. Jefferies

  2. Animal Ecology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA, Haren, The Netherlands

    Rudi H. Drent

  3. Community and Conservation Ecology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA, Haren, The Netherlands

    Jan P. Bakker

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  1. Landscape Ecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, PO Box 80084, 3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Jos T. A. Verhoeven , Boudewijn Beltman  & Roland Bobbink ,  & 

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Jefferies, R.L., Drent, R.H., Bakker, J.P. (2006). Connecting Arctic and Temperate Wetlands and Agricultural Landscapes: The Dynamics of Goose Populations in Response to Global Change. In: Verhoeven, J.T.A., Beltman, B., Bobbink, R., Whigham, D.F. (eds) Wetlands and Natural Resource Management. Ecological Studies, vol 190. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33187-2_13

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