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Seagrass vulnerability to tropicalization-induced herbivory

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A large-scale coordinated experiment shows low seagrass resilience to tropicalization-induced herbivory beyond the tropics.

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Fig. 1: Lower insolation beyond the tropics reduces seagrass resilience to tropicalization-induced herbivory.

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