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Variance and ecological transitions

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  1. Guy Midgley is at the South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch, Private Bag X7, Claremont 7735, Cape Town, South Africa and School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa,

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Midgley, G. Variance and ecological transitions. Nature Clim Change 3, 706–707 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1968

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