Fodder yield and nutritive value of browse species in west African humid tropics: Response to age of coppice regrowth

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-205

  Larbi, A ^a   Anyanwu, N J ^b   Oji, U I ^b   Etela, I ^b   Gbaraneh, L D ^b   Ladipo, D O ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c Centre for Environment and Natural Resources Development (CENRAD)   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Crop livestock farming; Fodder shrubs; Sheep and goats

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; COPPICE; CROP YIELD; FODDER; NUTRITION;

ANIMALIA; BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA MONANDRA; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO; ENTEROLOBIUM CYCLOCARPUM; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; GREWIA; GREWIA PUBESCENS; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; OVIS ARIES; SENNA; SENNA SPECTABILIS; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA SUPERBA;

EID: 27744480117     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-005-0922-x     Document Type: Article

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