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TABLE 5 (Continued) 



Weighted averages 



2.2 



Woodland and Shrubland (7 x 10 8 ha) 



8 desert 



woodlands 

 Calluna 



heath 

 Calluna 



heath 

 Calluna 



heath 

 Ulex 



europaeus 



USSR 



Dorset, 



England 

 Dorset, 



England 

 Dorset, 



England 

 Taita, N. Z. 



49 



Table 44 1 



68,69 



68,69 



68,69 



70 



Weighted averages 



2.4 

 1.0 

 2.9 

 3.2 

 8.9 



2.9 



1.5 



4.4 

 2.8 m 

 8.3 m 

 9.1 m 



Dry 



savanna 

 Mixed 

 savanna 



Averages 



14 steppe 



systems 

 Tall-grass 



prairie 

 Tall-grass 



prairie 

 Tall-grass 



prairie 



Savanna (15 x 10 8 ha) 

 Rajastan, 49 3.2 



India Table 46 



Thailand 45 2.4 



2.8 



Temperate Grassland (9 x 10 8 ha) 

 USSR 



Illinois, 



U.S.A. 

 Illinois, 



U. S. A. 

 Missouri, 



U.S.A. 



4.0 

 0.7 



2.3 



Weighted averages 



3.2 



5.3 



3.7 



6.8 



3.8 



11.2 



12.3 



2.0 m 10.9 

 4.8 7.7 



7.2 

 3.1 



5.2 



8.5 



2.2 



2.7 



3.9 



3.8 

 (Continued) 



