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Waltz of the weevil

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The aquatic plant Salvinia molesta is a widespread pest of waterways in the tropics and subtropics. A study of its control by a weevil in Australian billabongs sets a new standard in ecological time-series analysis. See Letter p.86

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Figure 1: Salvinia infestation of the Howard River, near Darwin, Australia.

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  1. Lewi Stone is in the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel. lewi@post.tau.ac.il,

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Stone, L. Waltz of the weevil. Nature 470, 47–48 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/470047a

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