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British Trust for Ornithology: Thetford, Norfolk, GB

1995-12-01 to present | Principal Data Scientist (Science)
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Impacts of highly pathogenic avian influenza on seabird populations in the North Sea are detectable in sea-watchers’ migration counts

Bird Study
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2024.2440826
Contributors: Callum J. Macgregor; Simon Gillings; Dawn E. Balmer; Philipp H. Boersch-Supan; Sarah J. Harris; Hannah F.R. Hereward; Elizabeth M. Humphreys; James W. Pearce-Higgins; Rachel C. Taylor; Gerard Troost et al.
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Breeding ground temperature rises, more than habitat change, are associated with spatially variable population trends in two species of migratory bird

Ibis
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.13101
Contributors: Blaise Martay; James W. Pearce‐Higgins; Sarah J. Harris; Simon Gillings
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Estimating the carbon footprint of citizen science biodiversity monitoring

People and Nature
2022-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10333
Contributors: Simon Gillings; Sarah J. Harris
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Nocturnal flight calling behaviour of thrushes in relation to artificial light at night

Ibis
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12955
Contributors: Simon Gillings; Chris Scott
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Diversity of response and effect traits provides complementary information about avian community dynamics linked to ecological function

Functional Ecology
2021-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13865
Contributors: Lisbeth A. Hordley; Simon Gillings; Owen L. Petchey; Joseph A. Tobias; Thomas H. Oliver
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Impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on capacity to monitor bird populations: a case study using the UK Breeding Bird Survey

Bird Study
2021-04-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2021.2019187
Contributors: Simon Gillings; Dawn E. Balmer; Sarah J. Harris; Dario Massimino; James W. Pearce-Higgins
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Phenological mismatch between breeding birds and their surveyors and implications for estimating population trends

Journal of Ornithology
2021-01-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-020-01821-5
Contributors: Dario Massimino; Sarah J. Harris; Simon Gillings
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Evaluating the potential for bird‐habitat models to support biodiversity‐friendly urban planning

Journal of Applied Ecology
2020-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13703
Contributors: Kate E. Plummer; Simon Gillings; Gavin M. Siriwardena; Marc‐André Villard
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A new framework of spatial targeting for single-species conservation planning

Landscape Ecology
2019-12-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-019-00919-3
Contributors: Malcolm Burgess; Richard Gregory; Jeremy Wilson; Simon Gillings; Andy Evans; Kenna Chisholm; Adrian Southern; Mark Eaton
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Bird responses to housing development in intensively managed agricultural landscapes

Urban Ecosystems
2019-12-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-019-00895-1
Contributors: Simon Gillings
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Breeding and wintering bird distributions in Britain and Ireland from citizen science bird atlases

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2019-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12906
Contributors: Simon Gillings; Dawn E. Balmer; Brian J. Caffrey; Iain S. Downie; David W. Gibbons; Peter C. Lack; James B. Reid; J. Tim R. Sharrock; Robert L. Swann; Robert J. Fuller et al.
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Incorporating fine‐scale environmental heterogeneity into broad‐extent models

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2019-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13177
Contributors: Laura J. Graham; Rebecca Spake; Simon Gillings; Kevin Watts; Felix Eigenbrod; Nick Isaac
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Evaluating spatiotemporal trends in terrestrial mammal abundance using data collected during bird surveys

Biological Conservation
2018-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.07.026
Contributors: Dario Massimino; Sarah J. Harris; Simon Gillings
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Can climate matching predict the current and future climatic suitability of the UK for the establishment of non-native birds?

Bird Study
2018-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2018.1438362
Contributors: Jennifer A. Border; Alison Johnston; Simon Gillings
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Large-scale citizen science improves assessment of risk posed by wind farms to bats in southern Scotland

Biological Conservation
2017-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.09.004
Contributors: Stuart E. Newson; Hazel E. Evans; Simon Gillings; David Jarrett; Robert Raynor; Mark W. Wilson
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A novel citizen science approach for large-scale standardised monitoring of bat activity and distribution, evaluated in eastern England

Biological Conservation
2015-11 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.biocon.2015.06.009
Contributors: Stuart E. Newson; Hazel E. Evans; Simon Gillings
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Geographical range margins of many taxonomic groups continue to shift polewards

Biol J Linn Soc Lond
2015-06 | Journal article
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10.1111/bij.12574
Contributors: Suzanna C. Mason; Georgina Palmer; Richard Fox; Simon Gillings; Jane K. Hill; Chris D. Thomas; Tom H. Oliver
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Breeding season habitat associations and population declines of British Hawfinches Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Bird Study
2015-06-03 | Journal article
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10.1080/00063657.2015.1046368
Contributors: Will B. Kirby; Paul E. Bellamy; Andrew J. Stanbury; Andrew J. Bladon; Phil V. Grice; Simon Gillings
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Directionality of recent bird distribution shifts and climate change in Great Britain

Glob Change Biol
2015-02-06 | Journal article
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10.1111/gcb.12823
Contributors: Simon Gillings; Dawn E. Balmer; Robert J. Fuller
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The impact of changing habitat availability on population trends of woodland birds associated with early successional plantation woodland

Bird Study
2014 | Journal article
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10.1080/00063657.2014.998622
Contributors: Malcolm D. Burgess; Paul E. Bellamy; Simon Gillings; David G. Noble; Philip V. Grice; Greg J. Conway
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Evidence for contrasting causes of population change in two closely related, sympatric breeding species the Whinchat Saxicola rubetra and Stonechat Saxicola torquata in Britain

Bird Study
2014-09 | Journal article
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10.1080/00063657.2014.962482
Contributors: Ian Henderson; John Calladine; Dario Massimino; Jennifer A. Taylor; Simon Gillings
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Temporal validation plots: quantifying how well correlative species distribution models predict species' range changes over time

Methods Ecol Evol
2014-05 | Journal article
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10.1111/2041-210x.12181
Contributors: Giovanni Rapacciuolo; David B. Roy; Simon Gillings; Andy Purvis; Jana McPherson
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Can site and landscape-scale environmental attributes buffer bird populations against weather events?

Ecography
2014-04-02 | Journal article
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10.1111/ecog.00575
Contributors: Stuart E. Newson; Tom H. Oliver; Simon Gillings; Humphrey Q. P. Crick; Michael D. Morecroft; Simon J. Duffield; Nicholas A. Macgregor; James W. Pearce-Higgins
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Bird Atlas 2007–11: the breeding and wintering birds of Britain and Ireland

2013-11 | Book
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978-1-908581-28-0
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Habitat associations of birds in complex changing cultural landscapes

Birds and Habitat
2012 | Other
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10.1017/cbo9781139021654.008
Contributors: Shelley A. Hinsley; Simon Gillings; Robert J. Fuller
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Reconciling biodiversity and carbon conservation

Ecol Lett
2012 | Journal article
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10.1111/ele.12054
Contributors: Chris D Thomas; Barbara J Anderson; Atte Moilanen; Felix Eigenbrod; Andreas Heinemeyer; Tristan Quaife; David B Roy; Simon Gillings; Paul R Armsworth; Kevin J Gaston et al.
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Results of a coordinated count of Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria in Europe during october 2008

Wader Study Group Bulletin
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84867714471
Contributors: Gillings, S.; Avontins, A.; Crowe, O.; Dalakchieva, S.; Devos, K.; Elts, J.; Green, M.; Gunnarsson, T.G.; Kleefstra, R.; Kubelka, V. et al.
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Climatic Associations of British Species Distributions Show Good Transferability in Time but Low Predictive Accuracy for Range Change

PLoS ONE
2012-07-05 | Journal article
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10.1371/journal.pone.0040212
Contributors: Giovanni Rapacciuolo; David B. Roy; Simon Gillings; Richard Fox; Kevin Walker; Andy Purvis; Kimberly Patraw Van Niel
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Population density but not stability can be predicted from species distribution models

Journal of Applied Ecology
2012-04 | Journal article
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10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02138.x
Contributors: Tom H. Oliver; Simon Gillings; Marco Girardello; Giovanni Rapacciuolo; Tom M. Brereton; Gavin M. Siriwardena; David B. Roy; Richard Pywell; Robert J. Fuller
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Spatial covariation between freshwater and terrestrial ecosystem services

Ecological Applications
2011-09 | Journal article
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10.1890/09-2195.1
Contributors: Robert A. Holland; Felix Eigenbrod; Paul R. Armsworth; Barbara J. Anderson; Chris D. Thomas; Andreas Heinemeyer; Simon Gillings; David B. Roy; Kevin J. Gaston
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Balancing alternative land uses in conservation prioritization

Ecological Applications
2011-07 | Journal article
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10.1890/10-1865.1
Contributors: Atte Moilanen; Barbara J. Anderson; Felix Eigenbrod; Andreas Heinemeyer; David B. Roy; Simon Gillings; Paul R. Armsworth; Kevin J. Gaston; Chris D. Thomas
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Error propagation associated with benefits transfer-based mapping of ecosystem services

Biological Conservation
2010-11 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.biocon.2010.06.015
Contributors: Felix Eigenbrod; Paul R. Armsworth; Barbara J. Anderson; Andreas Heinemeyer; Simon Gillings; David B. Roy; Chris D. Thomas; Kevin J. Gaston
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Assessing the implications of the loss of set-aside for farmland birds

Ibis
2010-09 | Journal article
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10.1111/j.1474-919x.2010.01058.x
Contributors: SIMON GILLINGS; IAN G. HENDERSON; ANTONY J. MORRIS; JULIET A. VICKERY
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The impact of proxy-based methods on mapping the distribution of ecosystem services

Journal of Applied Ecology
2010-04 | Journal article
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10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01777.x
Contributors: Felix Eigenbrod; Paul R. Armsworth; Barbara J. Anderson; Andreas Heinemeyer; Simon Gillings; David B. Roy; Chris D. Thomas; Kevin J. Gaston
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Representation of ecosystem services by tiered conservation strategies

Conservation Letters
2010-02 | Journal article
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10.1111/j.1755-263x.2010.00102.x
Contributors: Felix Eigenbrod; Barbara J. Anderson; Paul R. Armsworth; Andreas Heinemeyer; Simon Gillings; David B Roy; Chris D Thomas; Kevin J. Gaston
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Resource availability and the persistence of seed-eating bird populations in agricultural landscapes : a mechanistic modelling approach

Journal of Applied Ecology
2010-02 | Journal article
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10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01750.x
Contributors: Simon J. Butler; Elizabeth H.A. Mattison; Neryssa J. Glithero; Lynsey J. Robinson; Philip W. Atkinson; Simon Gillings; Juliet A. Vickery; Ken Norris
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Using distribution models to test alternative hypotheses about a species' environmental limits and recovery prospects

Biological Conservation
2009 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.036

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2-s2.0-59249092897
Contributors: Anderson, B.J.; Arroyo, B.E.; Collingham, Y.C.; Etheridge, B.; Fernandez-De-Simon, J.; Gillings, S.; Gregory, R.D.; Leckie, F.M.; Sim, I.M.W.; Thomas, C.D. et al.
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Spatial covariance between biodiversity and other ecosystem service priorities

Journal of Applied Ecology
2009-08 | Journal article
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10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01666.x
Contributors: Barbara J. Anderson; Paul R. Armsworth; Felix Eigenbrod; Chris D. Thomas; Simon Gillings; Andreas Heinemeyer; David B. Roy; Kevin J. Gaston
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Effects of Horseshoe Crab Harvest in Delaware Bay on Red Knots: Are Harvest Restrictions Working?

BioScience
2009-02 | Journal article
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10.1525/bio.2009.59.2.8
Contributors: Lawrence J. Niles; Jonathan Bart; Humphrey P. Sitters; Amanda D. Dey; Kathleen E. Clark; Phillip W. Atkinson; Allan J. Baker; Karen A. Bennett; Kevin S. Kalasz; Nigel A. Clark et al.
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Surrogacy and persistence in reserve selection: landscape prioritization for multiple taxa in Britain

Journal of Applied Ecology
2009-02 | Journal article
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10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01598.x
Contributors: Aldina M. A. Franco; Barbara J. Anderson; David B. Roy; Simon Gillings; Richard Fox; Atte Moilanen; Chris D. Thomas
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Staging Behavior in Red Knot ( Calidris canutus ) in Delaware Bay: Implications for Monitoring Mass and Population Size

The Auk
2009-01 | Journal article
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10.1525/auk.2009.06247
Contributors: Simon Gillings; Philip W. Atkinson; Allan J. Baker; Karen A. Bennett; Nigel A. Clark; Kimberly B. Cole; Patricia M. González; Kevin S. Kalasz; Clive D. T. Minton; Lawrence J. Niles et al.
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Distribution and abundance of birds and their habitats within the lowland farmland of Britain in winter

Bird Study
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-41349117636
Contributors: Gillings, S.; Wilson, A.M.; Conway, G.J.; Vickery, J.A.; Fuller, R.J.
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Distribution and abundance of birds and their habitats within the lowland farmland of Britain in winter: Capsule Farmland bird species occurred at low densities and were highly aggregated in a small proportion of available pastures, stubble fields and farmyards.

Bird Study
2008-03 | Journal article
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10.1080/00063650809461500
Contributors: Simon Gillings; Andrew M. Wilson; Greg J. Conway; Juliet A. Vickery; Robert J. Fuller
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Designing a winter bird atlas field methodology: issues of time and space in sampling and interactions with habitat

J Ornithol
2008-02 | Journal article
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10.1007/s10336-008-0286-x
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Breeding population estimates for Northern Wheatear in Britain [1]

British Birds
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33947531350
Contributors: Gillings, S.; Newson, S.
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Comparative diurnal and nocturnal diet and foraging in Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus wintering on arable farmland

Ardea
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-36349005894
Contributors: Gillings, S.; Sutherland, W.J.
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Shorebird predation of horseshoe crab eggs in Delaware Bay: Species contrasts and availability constraints

Journal of Animal Ecology
2007 | Journal article
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10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01229.x

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2-s2.0-34247267802
Contributors: Gillings, S.; Atkinson, P.W.; Bardsley, S.L.; Clark, N.A.; Love, S.E.; Robinson, R.A.; Stillman, R.A.; Weber, R.G.
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Comparative Diurnal and Nocturnal Diet and Foraging in Eurasian Golden Plovers Pluvialis apricaria and Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus Wintering on Arable Farmland

Ardea
2007-10 | Journal article
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10.5253/078.095.0207
Contributors: Simon Gillings; William J. Sutherland
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Bird distributions relative to remotely sensed habitats in Great Britain: Towards a framework for national modelling

Journal of Environmental Management
2007-09 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.07.001
Contributors: Robin M. Fuller; Bernard J. Devereux; Simon Gillings; Ross A. Hill; Gabriel S. Amable
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Rates of mass gain and energy deposition in red knot on their final spring staging site is both time- and condition-dependent

Journal of Applied Ecology
2007-05-09 | Journal article
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10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01308.x
Contributors: PHILIP W. ATKINSON; ALLAN J. BAKER; KAREN A. BENNETT; NIGEL A. CLARK; JACQUIE A. CLARK; KIMBERLY B. COLE; ANNE DEKINGA; AMANDA DEY; SIMON GILLINGS; PATRICIA M. GONZÁLEZ et al.
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