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This study is supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2009CB421103) and the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-341).
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Wang, Z., Song, K. & Hu, L. China’s Largest Scale Ecological Migration in the Three-River Headwater Region. AMBIO 39, 443–446 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0054-z
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