DATASET: Seasonal dynamics of the nutritive value of temperate forage trees differ among species

<p dir="ltr">This dataset is linked to the paper "Seasonal dynamics of the nutritive value of temperate forage trees differ among species" (Mesbahi et al., under review).</p><p dir="ltr">The dataset consists of 285 samples of tree leaves from 2015-2017 at 14 sites across France in June, August, and October (i.e. from spring to autumn). We measured seven nutritive characteristics: <i>in vitro</i> dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) and the contents of crude protein (CP), dry matter (DM), neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (ADF), acid detergent lignin (ADL), and minerals.</p><p dir="ltr">The statistical analysis was performed using the R software. It included model selection, ANOVA, and the estimation of marginal means for each characteristic. Subsequently, we clustered the tree species to simplify the presentation of the results for dissemination.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p>