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Rainfall is the major environmental factor affecting biological productivity in the desert biome (Sect. 2.2) and, consequently, the food available to arthropods (Cloudsley-Thompson and Idris 1964; Crawford 1981; Louw and Seely 1982; Wallwork 1982; Whitford 1986; etc.) and reptiles (Mayhew 1966a,ó, 1967, 1968; Ballinger 1977; Dunham 1978; Vitt et al. 1978; Worthington 1982).
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Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. (1991). Seasonal Activity and Phenology. In: Ecophysiology of Desert Arthropods and Reptiles. Adaptations of Desert Organisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75337-4_6
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