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| | Maximum carrying capacity of Malian grasslands |
 | | The origin of the two bends in the Mali curve is unknown, but they show the transition from the Sahel to the Soudanian savannah, and it is possible to picture a more or less sharp increase in the number of perennial graminaceae by the first bend and trees and shrubs in the second. |
 | | Thus, we took the fifth and sixth regions (Mopti and Gao) as one, in correlation with transhumance; those parts of the first, second, third, and fourth regions with a mean annual rainfall below 1,100 mm; and the parts of these regions with a mean annual rainfall of over 1,100 mm. |
 | | The maximum stocking rate assessed and the 1969 stocking rate of these three regions of the country are summarized in Table S. This table shows clearly that it is the grasslands of the fifth and sixth regions that are most likely to be destroyed by overgrazing, even under average rainfall. |
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