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H. N. Le Houerou, C. H. Hoste, Rangeland Production and Annual Rainfall Relations in the Mediterranean Basin and in the African Sahelo-Sudanian Zone, Journal of Range Management, Vol. 30, No. 3 (May, 1977), pp. 181-189
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