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CRATE, S.A. Investigating Local Definitions of Sustainability in the Arctic: Insights from Post-Soviet Sakha Villages.

STEMPNIEWICZ, L. Polar Bear Predatory Behaviour toward Molting Barnacle Geese and Nesting Glaucous Gulls on Spitsbergen.

MALLORY, M.L., GILCHRIST, H.G., and MALLORY, C.L. Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea) Breeding in Penny Strait, Nunavut, Canada.

LAKE, B.C., LINDBERG, M.S., SCHMUTZ, J.A., ANTHONY, R.M., and BROERMAN, F.J. Using Vide...

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