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Variance and ecological transitions

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Rainfall variability could be a key determinant of the diverse spatial patterns of tree cover in the tropics.

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  • 01 August 2013

    In the version of this News & Views article originally published, the second address should have read 'School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences'. Corrected after print 1 August 2013.

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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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