Evaluate the collective function of references cited together in a given text segment.
Classify their combined role into one of the following categories: 'method', 'background', or 'result'.

Text:Rather, our results are concordant with those of Rowe et al. (2009) and Fischer and Paukert (2008) where the explanatory power of local-scale environmental characteristics exceeded the large-scale influences on fish assemblage structure in relatively homogenous (i.e. agriculturally dominated)‚Ä¶
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