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Science 13 April 2007:
Vol. 316. no. 5822, pp. 212 - 213
DOI: 10.1126/science.1141486
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Perspectives

ECOLOGY:
A Positive Feedback with Negative Consequences

Manuel Lerdau

The ability to emit isoprene protects some plants from ozone damage, which may affect their future abundance.

The author is at the Blandy Experimental Farm, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA. E-mail: mlerdau{at}virginia.edu

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