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Modelling responses of forages to climate change with a focus on nutritive value

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2016

P. Virkajärvi*
Affiliation:
Green Technology, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Halolantie 31A, FI-71750 Maaninka, Finland
P. Korhonen
Affiliation:
Green Technology, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Halolantie 31A, FI-71750 Maaninka, Finland
G. Bellocchi
Affiliation:
Grassland Ecosystem Research Unit, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), 5 Chemin de Beaulieu, 63039 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Y. Curnel
Affiliation:
Farming Systems, territories and information technologies unit, Walloon Agricultural Research Center (CRA-W), Rue de Liroux, 9, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
L. Wu
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton EX20 2SB, UK
G. Jégo
Affiliation:
Québec Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2560 Hochelaga Boulevard, Quebec (QC), G1V 2J3, Canada
T. Persson
Affiliation:
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Po. Box 115, NO-1431 Ås, Norway
M. Höglind
Affiliation:
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Po. Box 115, NO-1431 Ås, Norway
M. Van Oijen
Affiliation:
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
A.-M. Gustavsson
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, (SLU), Department of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden
R. P. Kipling
Affiliation:
Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, 1st Floor, Stapledon Building, PlasGogerddan Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3EE, UK
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