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REFERENCES Clicking on the short form of any reference in the text of this report will bring you to its full details in this section: the reference sought will be at the very top of your view. Where possible, we provide an onward link either to an abstract or, where it is freely available, to the full text. Alternatively, your own web search will often take you to the summary of an article and the opportunity to purchase the text in full. Most of the listed publications are available in printed form to BTO members and other bona fide researchers through the Chris Mead Library at BTO headquarters in Thetford.
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