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. 1976 Dec;22(4):341-354.
doi: 10.1007/BF00345312.

Biomass and production of large African herbivores in relation to rainfall and primary production

M J Coe  1 , D H Cumming  2 , J Phillipson  1
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Biomass and production of large African herbivores in relation to rainfall and primary production

M J Coe et al. Oecologia. 1976 Dec.

Abstract

Standing crop biomass, energy expenditure and production by large mammalian herbivores in the African savannas show a high degree of correlation with mean annual precipitation and predicted above ground primary production. These relationships possess the potential for predicting carrying capacity and protein production from simple meteorological data.

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