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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32360251, 31660608, and 31360521) and the Jiangxi Forestry Science and Technology Innovation Project (202213). Thanks go to Huiqin Huang, **ze Shi, Zhenhua Wei, Bai Mo, Binbin Cheng, Yingyu Su, **sheng **e, Yakang Tong, and Qing Liu for their help with the field investigations.
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Liu, T., He, J., **ao, C. et al. Spatial-temporal population dynamics of the critically endangered Blue-crowned Laughingthrush Pterorhinus courtoisi: a 22-year longitudinal study. Sci. China Life Sci. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-024-2584-8
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