Palatability identification of forage species in all locations

Palatability identification of forage species in all locations

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Mursyid H, Faridah E, Maulana H, Silmia B, Suryanto P. 2024. Discovering potential forage species under Acacia decurrens-based silvopastoral system in different elevations of post-eruption recovery in Mount Merapi, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 25: 3412-3422. The devastating eruption of Mount Merapi, Indonesia, in 2010 resulted in the alteration of vege...

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... of potential forage species in this study was based on its palatability which had been studied in the previous publications. Approximately 61% of species in all locations were palatable for livestock, 9% were toxic or unsafe, and the remaining 30% had no information on their status (Table 4). Species classified as palatable were commonly fed to livestock due to their high nutritional value and medicinal properties, for instance, V. cinerea and G. parviflora. ...

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