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Posted by AndyGreen on 16 Oct 2015 at 07:07 GMT

The strong latitudinal trends are also reflected within large range countries such as Spain. In the south (Doñana) the population has been more or less stable and was reported to be decreasing when using a slightly different analytical approach by Rendón, M.A., et al. 2008. Status, distribution and long term changes in the waterbird community wintering in Doñana. Biol Cons 141:1371-1388. These earlier analyses used mean winter counts, and if geese arrive later and leave earlier over time, we can expect these means to decrease even if maximum counts are stable. In contrast, in the northern key sites (Villafáfila, Nava, Boada and Pedraza lagoons) there has been strong growth

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