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    "Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences University of South Bohemia České Budějovice 370 05 Czech Republic",
    "Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences Třeboň 379 01 Czech Republic",
    "Institute of Entomology Czech Academy of Sciences České Budějovice 370 05 Czech Republic",
    "Botany Department State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart Stuttgart 70191 Germany",
    "Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research Ben‐Gurion University of the Negev Midreshet Ben‐Gurion 8499000 Israel",
    "Cluster of Excellence (EXC 3121): TERRA – Terrestrial Geo‐Biosphere Interactions in a Changing World University of Tübingen Tübingen 72076 Germany",
    "Cluster of Excellence GreenRobust Eberhard Karls University Tübingen 72076 Germany"
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  "title": "Ecological determinants of stability in dryland plant communities",
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