Rainfall, primary production and ‘carrying capacity’ of Tsavo National Park (East), Kenya

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• Publication year

  1975

• Venue

  African Journal of Ecology

• Publication date

  1975-12-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/J.1365-2028.1975.TB00134.X
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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