256 TELFORD: MULTIMAMMATE RAT POPULATION BIOLOGY IN TANZANIA



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 Figure 2. Climatic data for Morogoro, 1971-80. Lines indicate mean maxima and minima for
 months September-August. Shaded area represents mean monthly precipitation for the same
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 Figure 3. Monthly mean temperature maxima and minima at Morogoro, September-August in
 1981-82 and 1982-83, in comparison to the averages for the preceding decade.