Potential, composition and use of legume shrubs and trees as fodders for livestock in the tropics

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• Publication year

  1992

• Venue

  Journal of Agricultural Sciences

• Publication date

  1992-02-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1017/S0021859600067940
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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