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A leak in the loop

The shifting nature of positive and negative feedbacks in a woodland region invaded by an exotic grass sheds light on the complexity of managing natural systems. See Letter p.517

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Suding, K. A leak in the loop. Nature 503, 472–473 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12838

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