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bullet October 2006 - October 2007
 
bullet July 2004 - October 2006
 
Nebraska Panhandle

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Following is a list of publications by Craig R. Allen and Kevin L. Pope, in order by year.

Contact the authors directly for copies:
allencr@unl.edu OR kpope2@unl.edu
402-472-0449



IN PRESS
Allen, C. R. and C. S. Holling. 2008. Thresholds and the generation of novelty. Ecology and Society.

 

Allen, C. R., A. Alai, A. Kessler, T. Kinsell, A. Major, K. Nemec and B. Stevens. 2008. Invasive Plants: A Guide to Identification, Impacts, and Control of Common North American Species (book review). Great Plains Research.

 

Garmestani, A. S., C. R. Allen and C. M. Gallagher. Power laws, discontinuities and regional city size distributions. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 

 

Wardwell, D., C. R. Allen, G. D. Peterson and A. D. Tyre. 2008. A test of the cross-scale resilience model: functional richness in Mediterranean-climate ecosystems. Ecological Complexity.

 

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2008

 

Allen, C. R. and C. S. Holling. 2008. Cross-scale structure and the generation of innovation and novelty in discontinuous complex systems. Chapter 12 in Allen, C. R. and C. S. Holling, eds. Discontinuity Theory in Ecosystems and other Complex Systems. University of Columbia Press, New York, NY. 

 

Allen, C. R., and C. S. Holling, Editors. 2008. Discontinuities in Ecosystems and other Complex Systems. University of Columbia Press, New York, NY. ~326 pages.

 

Chizinski, C. J., C. G. Huber, and K. L. Pope. 2008. Development and validation of a bioenergetics model for inland silverside in freshwater systems. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:254-261.

 

Chizinski, C. J., B. Sharma, K. L. Pope, and R. Patiño. 2008. A bioenergetics model for zebrafish. Journal of Fish Biology 73:35-43.

 

Garmestani, A. S., C. R. Allen, and K. M. Bessey. 2008. Discontinuities in urban systems: comparison of regional structure in the United States. Chapter 6 in Allen, C. R. and C. S. Holling, eds. Discontinuity Theory in Ecosystems and other Complex Systems. University of Columbia Press, New York, NY. 

 

Holling, C. S., C. R. Allen, and G. D. Peterson. 2008. Panarchies and discontinuities. Chapter 1 in Allen, C. R. and C. S. Holling, eds. Discontinuity Theory in Ecosystems and other Complex Systems. University of Columbia Press, New York, NY.

 

Wilde, G. R., and K. L. Pope. 2008. A simple model for predicting survival of angler-caught and released largemouth bass. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:834-840.

 

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2007

Chizinski, C. J., C. G. Huber, M. Langoria, and K. L. Pope. 2007. Intraspecific resource partitioning by an opportunistic strategist, inland silverside Menidia beryllina. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 23:147-151.  

Garmestani, A. S., C. R. Allen, C. M. Gallagher and J. D. Mittelstaedt. 2007. Departures from Gibrat’s law, discontinuities and city size distributions. Urban Studies 44:1997-2007. 

Gunderson, L., C. R. Allen, and D. Wardwell.  2007.  Temporal scaling in complex systems: resonant frequencies and biotic variability.  Pages 78 - 89 in Bissonette, J. A., and I. Storch, eds.  Temporal dimensions in landscape ecology: wildlife responses to variable resources.  Springer.

LaBram, J. A., A. E. Peck and C. R. Allen.  2007.  Monitoring-based assessment of Gap Analysis models.  Southeastern Naturalist 6:633-656.

Lotz, A., and C. R. Allen. 2007. Observer bias in anuran call surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management. 71 (2): 675-679. http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-toc&issn=0022-541X&volume=71&issue=2  

Pope, K. L., and C. G. Kruse. 2007. Condition. Pages 423-471 in M. L. Brown and C. S. Guy, editors. Analysis and interpretation of freshwater fisheries data. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Pope, K. L., G. R. Wilde, and D. W. Knabe. 2007. Effect of catch-and-release angling on growth and survival of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum). Fisheries Management and Ecology 14:115-121.

Stow, C. A., C. R. Allen, and A. S. Garmestani. 2007. Evaluating discontinuities in complex systems: toward quantitative measures of resilience. Ecology and Society 12(1): 26. Online: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss1/art26/

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2006

Allen, C. R. 2006. Discontinuities in ecological data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 103: 6083-6084.

Allen, C. R. Predictors of introduction success in the South Florida avifauna. 2006. Biological Invasions 8: 491-500.

Allen, C. R. 2006. Sprawl and the resilience of humans and nature: an introduction to the special feature. Ecology and Society 11 (1): 36. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art36/ 

Allen, C. R., A. Garmestani, T. Havlicek, P. Marquet, G. D. Peterson, C. Restrepo, C. Stow, and B. Weeks. 2006. Patterns in body mass distributions: sifting among alternative competing hypotheses. Ecology Letters 9: 630-643. 

Allen, C. R., A. Garmestani, J. LaBram, A. Peck, and L. Provost. 2006. When landscaping goes bad: the incipient invasion of Mahonia bealei in the Southeastern United States. Biological Invasions 8: 169-176. 

Allen, C. R., A. R. Johnson and L. Parris 2006. A framework for spatial risk assessments: potential impacts of nonindigenous invasive species on native species. Ecology and Society 11 (1): 39. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art39/ 

Allen, C. R., and D. A. Saunders. 2006. Multi-model inference, nomadism, discontinuity and complexity. Ecosystems 9(5): 694-699. 

Chizinski, C. J., C. L. Higgins, C. E. Shavlik, and K. L. Pope. 2006. Multiple hypotheses testing of fish incidence patterns in an urbanized ecosystem. Aquatic Ecology 40:97-109. 

Durham, B. W., G. R. Wilde, and K. L. Pope. 2006. Temperature-caused fish kill in a flowing Great Plains river. The Southwestern Naturalist 51:397-401. 

Garmestani, A. S., C. R. Allen, J. D. Mittelstaedt, C. A. Stow, and W. A. Ward. 2006. Firm size diversity, functional richness and resilience. Environment and Development Economics 11: 533-551.  

Pope, K. L., D. R. Blankinship, M. Fisher, and R. Patiño. 2006. Status of the common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) in Texas. Texas Journal of Science 58:325-332. 

Weeks, K. F., J. L. Walker, and C. R. Allen. 2006. Chattahoochee National Recreation Area rare species survey – 2004. Final Report to the National Park Service, Award # 1434-HQ-97-RU-1569.

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2005

 

Allen, C. R., L. Gunderson, and A. R. Johnson.  2005.  The use of discontinuities and functional groups to assess relative resilience in complex systems.  Ecosystems 8: 958-966.

 

Chizinski, C. J., K. L. Pope, D. B. Willis, G. R. Wilde, and E. J. Rossman.  2005.  Economic value of angling at a reservoir with low visitation.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:98-104.

 

Durham, B. W., K. L. Pope, and G. R. Wilde.  2005.  Regional variation in growth of channel catfish.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:93-97.

 

Forys, E. A. and C. R. Allen.  2005.  The impacts of sprawl on biodiversity: the ant fauna of the lower Florida Keys.  Ecology and Society 10 (1): 25. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol10/iss1/art25/

 

Garmestani, A., C. R. Allen , and K. M. Bessey.  2005.  Time series analysis of clusters in city size distributions.  Urban Studies 42: 1507-1515.

 

Pope, K. L., S. R. Denny, C. L. Harthorn, C. J. Chizinski, and K. C. Cunningham.  2005.  Food habits of co-occurring populations of largemouth bass and spotted bass in two New Mexico reservoirs.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 20:37-46.

 

Pope, K. L., G. R. Wilde, and D. L. Bauer.  2005.  Maximum size of fish caught with standard gears and recreational angling.  Fisheries Research 76:117-122.

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2004

Allen, C. R., D. Epperson and A. Garmestani. 2004. The impacts of fire ants on wildlife: a decade of research. American Midland Naturalist 152:88-103. 

Garmestani, A. S., C. R. Allen, J. A. Labram, and A. E. Peck. 2004. Laboratory observations of red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) predation upon eastern tent caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). Journal of Entomological Science 39: 472-473. 

Johnson, A. R., C. R. Allen, and K. A. N. Simpson. 2004. Estimating functional connectivity of wildlife habitat and its relevance to ecological risk assessment. Pages 41-55 in Kapustka, L. A., H. Gilbraith, M. Luxon, and G. R. Biddinger, eds. Landscape ecology and wildlife habitat evaluation: critical information for ecological risk assessment, land-use management activities, and biodiversity enhancement practices, ASTM STP 1458. ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA. 

Pope, K. L., and G. R. Wilde. 2004. Effect of catch-and-release angling on growth of largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides. Fisheries Management and Ecology 11:39-44. 

Pope, K. L., G. R. Wilde, and B. W. Durham. 2004. Age-specific patterns in density-dependent growth of white crappie, Pomoxis annularis. Fisheries Management and Ecology 11:33-38. 

Wilde, G. R., and K. L. Pope. 2004. Anglers’ probabilities of catching record-size fish. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:1046-1049. 

Wilde, G. R., and K. L. Pope. 2004. Relationship between lake-record weights of fishes and reservoir area and growing season. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:1025-1030. 

Zettler, J. A., M. D. Taylor, C. R. Allen, and T. P. Spira. 2004. Consequences of forest clear cuts for native and non-indigenous ants. Annuals of the Entomological Society of America 97:513-518.

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2003

Bale, M. T., J. A. Zettler, B. A. Robinson, T. P. Spira, and C. R. Allen.  2003.  Yellow jackets may be an underestimated component of an ant-seed mutualism.  Southeastern Naturalist 2:609-614.

 

Chizinski, C. J., and K. L. Pope.  2003.  Importance of food ration and water temperature on growth of juvenile green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus).  Texas Journal of Science 55:263-270.

 

Conroy, M. J., C. R. Allen, J. T. Peterson, L. Pritchard, Jr., C. T. Moore.  2003.  Landscape change in the southern piedmont: challenges, solutions, and uncertainty across scales. Conservation Ecology 8(2): 3. [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol8/iss2/art3

 

Pope, K. L., and G. R. Wilde.  2003.  Variation in spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) mass-length relationships in Texas reservoirs.  Texas Journal of Science 55:43-48.

 

Sendzimir, J., C. R. Allen, L. Gunderson and C. Stow. 2003. Implications of body mass patterns: linking ecological structure and process to wildlife conservation and management. Pages 125 - 152 in, Bissonette, J. and I. Storch, eds. Landscape ecology and resource management: linking theory with practice. Island Press, Washington, DC.

 

Wilde, G. R., K. L. Pope, and B. W. Durham.  2003.  Lure-size restrictions in recreational fisheries.  Fisheries (Bethesda) 28(6):18-26.

 

Wilde, G. R., K. L. Pope, and R. E. Strauss. 2003.  Estimation of fishing tournament mortality and its sampling variance.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:779-786.

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2002

 

Allen, C. R., and C. S. Holling. 2002. Cross-scale structure and scale breaks in ecosystems and other complex systems. Ecosystems 5:315-318.

 

Allen, C. R., and D. A. Saunders. 2002. Variability between scales: predictors of nomadism in birds of an Australian Mediterranean-climate ecosystem. Ecosystems 5: 348-359.

 

Forys, E. A., and C. R. Allen. 2002. Functional group change within and across scales following invasions and extinctions in the Everglades ecosystem. Ecosystems 5:339-347.

 

Forys, E. A., C. R. Allen, and D. P. Wojcik. 2002. Influence of proximity and amount of human development and roads on the occurrence of the red imported fire ant in the Lower Florida Keys. Biological Conservation 108:27-33.

 

Holling, C. S., and C. R. Allen. 2002. Adaptive inference for distinguishing credible from incredible patterns in nature. Ecosystems 5: 319-328.

 

Pearlstine, L., S. E. Smith, L. Brandt, C. Allen, W. Kitchens, and J. Stenberg. 2002. Assessing state-wide biodiversity in the Florida gap analysis project. Journal of Environmental Management 66:127-144.

 

Wilde, G. R., C. E. Shavlik, and K. L. Pope.  2002.  Initial mortality of black bass in B.A.S.S. fishing tournaments.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22:950-954.

 

Zettler, J. A., T. M. McInnis, jr., C. R. Allen, and T. P. Spira. 2002. The biodiversity of fungi in red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) mounds. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95:487-491.

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2001

 

Allen, C. R. 2001. Ecosystems and immune systems: hierarchical response provides resilience against invasions. Conservation Ecology 5(1):15.[online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol5/iss1/art15.

 

Allen, C. R., E. A. Forys, K. G. Rice, and D. P. Wojcik. 2001. Effects of fire ants on hatching turtles and prevalence of fire ants on sea turtle nesting beaches in Florida. Florida Entomologist 84:250-253.

 

Allen, C. R., and C. S. Holling. 2001. Cross-scale morphology. Pages 450-452 in A. H. El-Shaarawi and W. W. Piegorsch, editors. Encyclopedia of Environmetrics. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, UK.
 

Allen, C. R., R. S. Lutz, T. Lockley, S. A. Phillips, jr., and S. Demarais. 2001. The non-indigenous ant, Solenopsis invicta, reduces loggerhead shrike and native insect abundance. Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology18:249-259.

 

Allen, C. R., L. G. Pearlstine, and W. M. Kitchens. 2001. Modeling viable mammal populations in Gap Analyses. Biological Conservation 99:135-144.

 

Allen, C. R., L. G. Pearlstine, D. P. Wojcik, and W. M. Kitchens. 2001. The spatial distribution of diversity between disparate taxa: spatial correspondence between mammals and ants. Landscape Ecology 16:453-464.

 

Forys, E. A., A. Quistorff, and C. R. Allen. 2001. Potential fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) impact on the endangered Schaus swallowtail (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Florida Entomologist 84:254-258.

 

Forys, E. A., A. Quistorff, C. R. Allen, and D. P. Wojcik. 2001. The likely cause of extinction of the tree snail Orthalicus rese reses (Say). Journal of Molluscan Studies 67:373-380.

 

Kamler, J. F., and K. L. Pope.  2001.  Non-lethal methods of examining fish stomach contents.  Reviews in Fisheries Science 9:1-11.

 

Pope, K. L.  2001.  Anglers tagging and marking fish:  provincial and state fishery agency views.  Fisheries (Bethesda) 26(3):23-27.

 

Pope, K. L., M. L. Brown, W. G. Duffy, and P. H. Michaletz.  2001.  A caloric-based evaluation of diet indices for largemouth bass.  Environmental Biology of Fishes 61:329-339.

 

Pope, K. L., B. E. Van Zee, M. C. Mayo, and M. Rahman.  2001.  Assessment of outputs from Smith-Root model-5.0 GPP and model-7.5 GPP electrofishers.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21:353-357.

 

Wojcik, D. P., C. R. Allen, R. J. Brenner, E. A. Forys, D. P. Jouvenaz, and R. S. Lutz. 2001. Red imported fire ants: impact on biodiversity. American Entomologist 47(1):16-23.

 

Zettler, J. A., T. P. Spira, and C. R. Allen. 2001. Yellow jackets disperse seeds of trillium in eastern forests. American Midland Naturalist:146:444-446.

 

Zettler, J. A., T. P. Spira, and C. R. Allen. 2001. Ant-seed mutualisms: can fire ants sour the relationship? Biological Conservation101:249-253.

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2000

 

Allen, C. R., R. D. Willey, P. E. Myers, P. M. Horton, and J. Buffa.  2000.  The impact of red imported fire ant infestation on northern bobwhite abundance trends in the Southeastern United States.  Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology 17:43-51.

 

Cunningham, M. K., W. F. Granberry, Jr., and K. L. Pope.  2000.  Shrinkage of inland silverside larvae preserved in ethanol and formalin.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 20:816-818.

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1999

 

Allen, C. R., E. A. Forys, and C. S. Holling.  1999.  Body mass patterns predict invasions and extinctions in transforming landscapes.  Ecosystems 2:114-121.

 

Forys, E. A., and C. R. Allen.  1999. Biological invasions and deletions: community change in south Florida.  Biological Conservation 87:341-347

 

Muoneke, M. I., and K. L. Pope.  1999.  Development and evaluation of a standard weight (Ws) equation for blue catfish.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 19:878-879.

 

Pegg, M., K. Pope, and C. Guy.  1999.  Evaluation of current professional certification use.  Fisheries (Bethesda) 24(10):24-26.

 

Peterson, G., C. R. Allen, and C. S. Holling. 1999. Ecological resilience, biodiversity and scale. Pages 415-432 in Readings in Ecology, S. Dodson, S. R. Carpenter, R. L. Jeanne, J. F. Kitchell, N. E. Langston, M. G. Turner, T. Ives, K. Elliot, and T. F. H. Allen, eds.  Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. (Reprinted from Ecosystems 1:6-18)

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1998
 

Allen, C. R., R. S. Lutz, and S. Demarais.  1998.  Ecological effects of the invasive non indigenous ant, Solenopsis invicta, on native vertebrates: the wheels on the bus.  Transactions of the 63rd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 63:56‑65.

 

Peterson, G., C. R. Allen, and C. S. Holling.  1998.  Ecological resilience, biodiversity and scale.  Ecosystems 1:6-18.

 

Pope, K. L., and D. W. Willis.  1998.  Early life history and recruitment of black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) in two South Dakota waters.  Ecology of Freshwater Fish 7:56-68.

 

Pope, K. L., and D. W. Willis.  1998.  Larval black crappie distribution:  implications for sampling impoundments and natural lakes.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 18:470-474

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1997

 

Allen, C. R., Stephen Demarais, and R. Scott Lutz.  1997.  Effects of red imported fire ants on recruitment of white-tailed deer fawns.  Journal of Wildlife Management 61:911-916.   

 

Allen, C. R., K. Rice, D. P. Wojcik, and H. F. Percival.  1997.  Effect of red imported fire ant envenomization on neonatal American alligators.  Journal of Herpetology 31:318-321.

 

Hurley, K. L., K. L. Pope, and D. W. Willis.  1997.  Back-calculated length-at-age estimates from two scale radii.  The Prairie Naturalist 29:229-236.

 

Pope, K. L., and D. W. Willis.  1997.  Environmental characteristics of black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) nesting sites in two South Dakota waters.  Ecology of Freshwater Fish 6:183-189.

 

Pope, K. L., D. W. Willis, and D. O. Lucchesi.  1997.  Influence of temperature and precipitation on age-0 white bass abundance in two South Dakota natural lakes.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 12:599-605.

 

Unkenholz, E. G., M. L. Brown, and K. L. Pope.  1997.  Oxytetracycline marking efficacy for yellow perch fingerlings and temporal assays of tissue residues.  The Progressive Fish-Culturist 59:280-284.

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1996

 

Fisher, S. J., K. L. Pope, L. J. Templeton, and D. W. Willis.  1996.  Yellow perch spawning habitats in Pickerel Lake, South Dakota.  The Prairie Naturalist 28:65-75.

 

Fisher, S. J., D. W. Willis, and K. L. Pope.  1996.  An assessment of burbot (Lota lota) weight-length data from North American populations.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 74:570-575.

 

Guilliano, W., C. R. Allen, R. S. Lutz, and S. Demarais.  1996.  Effects of red imported fire ant exposure on northern bobwhite chick survival and body mass.  Journal of Wildlife Management 60:309-313.

 

Pope, K. L., and D. W. Willis.  1996.  Seasonal influences on freshwater fisheries sampling data.  Reviews in Fisheries Science 4:57-73.

 

Pope, K. L., D. W. Willis, and D. O. Lucchesi.  1996.  Differential relations of age-0 black crappie and yellow perch to climatological variables in a natural lake.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 11:345-350.

 

Pope, K. L., M. K. Flammang, and D. W. Willis.  1996.  Influence of size at stocking on survival of saugeye in a northern-latitude impoundment.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 11:447-450.

 

Pope, K. L., W. T. Geraets, and D. W. Willis.  1996.  Egg development in a high-density black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) population.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 11:451-458.

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1995

 

Allen, C. R., R. Scott Lutz, and Stephen Demarais.  1995.  Red imported fire ant impacts on northern bobwhite populations.  Ecological Applications 5:632-638. 

 

Pope, K. L., M. L. Brown, and D. W. Willis.  1995.  Proposed revision of the standard weight (Ws) equation for redear sunfish.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 10:129-134.

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1994

Allen, C. R., S. Demarais, and R. Scott Lutz.  1994.  Red imported fire ant impacts on wildlife: an overview.  Texas Journal of Science 46:51-59.

 

Pope, K. L., and D. R. DeVries.  1994.  Interactions between larval white crappie and gizzard shad:  quantifying mechanisms in small ponds.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 123:975-987.

 

Pope, K. L., and D. W. Willis.  1994.  Changes in the brown trout population in Gary Creek, South Dakota, 1988-1993.  Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 73:51-58.

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1993

Allen, C. R., R. Scott Lutz, and Stephen Demarais.  1993.  What about fire ants and northern bobwhites?  Wildlife Society Bulletin 21:349-351.

 

Allen, C. R., Sherman A. Phillips, Jr., and M. Trostle.  1993.  Range expansion by the ecologically disruptive red imported fire ant into the Texas Rio Grande valley.  Southwestern Entomologist 18:315-316.

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