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Australian threatened birds for which the risk of extinction declined between 1990 and 2020

Stephen T. Garnetta Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, NT, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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G. Barry Bakerb Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4766-8182View further author information
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Alex J. Berrymanc BirdLife International, The David Attenborough Building, Cambridge, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1273-7184View further author information
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Nicholas Carliled Department of Planning and Environment, Parramatta, NSW, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5241-6102View further author information
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Isabel Elya Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, NT, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0009-0009-3315-7956View further author information
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Hayley M. Geylea Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, NT, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9282-8953View further author information
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Sarah M. Leggea Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, NT, Australia;e Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6968-2781View further author information
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Libby Rumpfff School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9400-8086View further author information
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Kerstin K. Zanderg Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, NT, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2237-1801View further author information
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John C.Z. Woinarskia Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, NT, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1712-9500View further author information
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Pages 68-82 | Received 01 Jul 2023, Accepted 29 Nov 2023, Published online: 11 Feb 2024

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