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The giraffe and its food resource in the Serengeti. I. Composition, biomass and production of available browse

The quantification of the browse resource available to giraffe was undertaken as the first stage in the study of the relationship of the giraffe population and its food supply in the Serengeti woodlands. Techniques are described for estimating the seasonal standing crop biomass of available browse and its quarterly rate of production. The conversion of the mature Acacia woodland to a more open regeneration-grassland phase as a result of the combined effects of elephants and fire protection, has substantially increased

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