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G. D. Anderson, L. M. Talbot, Soil Factors Affecting the Distribution of the Grassland Types and their Utilization by Wild Animals on the Serengeti Plains, Tanganyika, Journal of Ecology, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Mar., 1965), pp. 33-56
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