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Agroforestry for ruminants: a review of trees and shrubs as fodder in silvopastoral temperate and tropical production systems
Sophie Vandermeulen A B F , Carlos Alberto Ramírez-Restrepo C , Yves Beckers A , Hugues Claessens D and Jérôme Bindelle A E
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A University of Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Precision Livestock and Nutrition Unit, 2 Passage des Déportés, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
B Research Foundation for Industry and Agriculture, National Scientific Research Foundation (FRIA-FNRS), 5 Rue d’Egmont, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium.
C CSIRO, Agriculture, Australian Tropical Sciences and Innovation Precinct, James Cook Drive, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia.
D University of Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Forest and Nature Management, 2 Passage des Déportés, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
E AgricultureIsLife Platform, 2 Passage des Déportés, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
F Corresponding author. Email: vandermeulen.sophie@gmail.com
Animal Production Science 58(5) 767-777 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN16434
Submitted: 11 July 2016 Accepted: 30 October 2017 Published: 7 February 2018
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