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Title: The Sahel of Africa: Ecology of a Disaster.

Authors: Sinclair, A. R. E., and J. M. Fryxell.

Citation: Sinclair, A. R. E., and J. M. Fryxell. 1985. The Sahel of Africa: Ecology of a Disaster. Canadian Journal of Zoology 63: 987-94.

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