Cattle and climate in africa: How climate variability has influenced national cattle holdings from 1961-2008

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lunde, Torleif Markussen ^a   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; Cattle; Climate; Malaria; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD INTAKE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEATHER;

EID: 84877123921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.55     Document Type: Article

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