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• Editorial: Greater international exposure for African range and forage science, S Vetter
• Estimation of true intestinal digestibility of dry matter, nitrogen and amino acids of cowpea and silverleaf desmodium forage legumes and Brachystegiaspiciformis (musasa) browse legume, JJ Baloyi, H Hamudikuwanda and NT Ngongoni
• Vegetative traits predict grass species’ invasiveness and the invasibility of restored grassland, RWS Fynn, PD Wragg, CD Morris, K Kirkman and J Naiken
• Qualitative evaluation of four subtropical grasses as standing hay: diet selection, rumen fermentation and partial digestibility by sheep, WA van Niekerk and A Hassen
• On-farm productivity of Acacia angustissima, Calliandra calothyrsus and Leucaena leucocephala in a subhumid area in Zimbabwe, I Matimati, BV Maasdorp and L Hove
• Seasonal energy extraction patterns by agropastoral herds in semiarid south-eastern Kenya, MM Nyangito, NKR Musimba and DM Nyariki
• Influence of mineral composition and rumen degradability of Atriplex nummularia (Hatfield Select F1) plants on selection preference of sheep, WA van Niekerk, A Hassen, LD Snyman, NFG Rethman and RJ Coertze
• Research Note: Early survival and growth of vegetatively propagated indigenous grasses in a clear-felled timber plantation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, JCO du Toit
• Research Note: A note on the potential nutritive value of Ziziphus mucronata (buffalo thorn) foliage during different seasons, A Hassen, NFG Rethman and WA van Niekerk
• Research Note: Testing for a decline in secondary productivity under desertification in subtropical thicket, South Africa, using Angora goats: lessons for experimental design, TA Milne and GIH Kerley

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