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Title: Compounded Perturbations Yield Ecological Surprises.

Authors: Paine, R. T., M. J. Tegner, and E. A. Johnson.

Citation: Paine, R. T., M. J. Tegner, and E. A. Johnson. 1998. Compounded Perturbations Yield Ecological Surprises. Ecosystems 1, no. 6: 535-45.

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