Rainfall trends and variation in the Maasai Mara ecosystem and their implications for animal population and biodiversity dynamics

• Gundula S. Bartzke ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gundula S. Bartzke, Joseph O. Ogutu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gundula.bartzke@uni-hohenheim.de

  Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1249-4998

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• Joseph O. Ogutu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gundula S. Bartzke, Joseph O. Ogutu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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• Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay ,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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• Devolent Mtui ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Directorate of Research, Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania

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• Holly T. Dublin,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wasaa Conservation Centre, IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Hans-Peter Piepho

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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