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Editorial: Agroecology for producing goods and services in sustainable animal farming systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2014

B. Dumont  and
A. Bernués
B. Dumont*
Affiliation:
INRA, UMR1213 Herbivores, Theix, 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
A. Bernués
Affiliation:
Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Science (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway
*
†E-mail: [email protected]
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animal , Volume 8 , Special Issue 8: Agroecology: integrating animals in agroecosystems , August 2014 , pp. 1201 - 1203
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