These files include the data, metadata, R-codes and R data files for modelling of ungulate diversity and biomass in the Maasai Mara ecosystem in Kenya in the drought year of 1999 and the normal rainfall year of 2002. "mc_333m.csv": data file for 333 m-by-333 m sub-blocks "Metadata.pdf": metadata for files "mc_333m.csv" and "mc_1km.csv" "prepare data.r": R code to impute missing vegetation records in 333 m-by-333 m sub-blocks and to summarize the data over 1 km-by-1 km blocks for analysis "dgc02k.RData" ... "dth99k.RData": R data files containing the imputed vegetation records "mc_1km.csv": data file for 1 km-by-1 km blocks for analysis "mc_1km.r ": R code for modelling ungulate diversity and biomass "mc_1km.RData": R data file containing the predictions of models of ungulate diversity and biomass "mc_1km_plots.r": R code for plotting the predictions of ungulate diversity and biomass models "MMNR_border.shp" and associated files: Shapefile of the Maasai Mara National Reserve border to Tanzania for plots of the predictions of ungulate diversity and biomass "MMNR_boundary.shp" and associated files: Shapefile of the Maasai Mara National Reserve boundary in Kenya for plots of the predictions of ungulate diversity and biomass

{"references": ["Reid et al (2003). People, wildlife and livestock in the Mara ecosystem: the Mara count 2002. Technical report, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. Available from http://www.maasaimaracount.org/reports/Maracount.pdf."]}