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Wunderling, N., A. Staal, B. Sakschewski, M. Hirota, O.A. Tuinenburg, J.F. Donges, H.M.J. Barbosa & R. Winkelmann (2022). Recurrent droughts increase risk of cascading tipping events by outpacing adaptive capacities in the Amazon rainforest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, e2120777119.

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Krönke, J., N. Wunderling, R. Winkelmann, A. Staal, B. Stumpf, O.A. Tuinenburg & J.F. Donges (2020). Dynamics of tipping cascades on complex networks. Physical Review E 101, 042311.

Staal, A., E.H. van Nes, S. Hantson, M. Holmgren, S.C. Dekker, S. Pueyo, C. Xu & M. Scheffer (2018). Resilience of tropical tree cover: the roles of climate, fire and herbivory. Global Change Biology 24, 5096‒5109.

Staal, A., O.A. Tuinenburg, J.H.C. Bosmans, M. Holmgren, E.H. van Nes, M. Scheffer, D.C. Zemp & S.C. Dekker (2018). Forest-rainfall cascades buffer against drought across the Amazon. Nature Climate Change 8, 539‒543.

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