2008 BEHAVE Meeting Agenda

Behavior-Based Management: Embracing Change from Genes to Landscapes

Session I: Embracing Change -Thinking about Behavior-Based Management: Adaptation and Resilience

A Philosophy of Change: Living in an Evolutionary Spirit - Fred Provenza
Group Discussion - Moderator Johan duToit
Preparing for the Century of Surprise - Mark Brunson
Group Discussion - Moderator Johan duToit

Session II: Transgenerational Links to Landscapes: The Home-Field Advantage

Biology Underlying Epigenetics - Kevin Welch
Learning to Eat Saltbrush in the Womb - Meghan Chadwick
Do Experiences Early in Life Increase Use of Sagebrush by Sheep? - Ashley Hansen
Transgenerational Links to Landscapes: Social Organization in Bison - Ryan Shaw
Exploiting Unpredictability: The WoDaaBe Cattle Herders in Niger - Saverio Krätli

Session III: From Soils to Landscapes and Communities: Primary Roles for Secondary Compounds

Linking the Health of Soils and Plants - Andrea Clemensen
Cooperation versus Competition in Plant Communities - Ron Ryel
Linking Plant Diversity with Herbivore Nutrition and Production - Tiffanny Lyman
Linking Plant Chemistry and Herbivore Health - Juan Villalba
Linking the Health of Land and People - Daren Cornforth
Early Adaptation to Foods in Humans - Julie Mennella

Session IV: Ax, Cow and Plough
Behavior-Based Management of Herbivores for Rejuvenating Landscapes: Sagebrush Steppe as a Model

Sheep as Integrated Sagebrush Managers - Roger Banner
Sheep for Sage Grouse - Michael Guttery
Rancher Perspective on Sheep and Sagebrush - Andy Taft
Rancher Perspective on Sheep and Sagebrush - Scott Chew
Exploring the Boundaries of Adaptation in Cattle - Agee Smith
Cattle at Home on the Sagebrush Range - Chuck Petersen
Rancher Perspective: Been There - Done That - Matt Carter
Monitoring at Spatial and Temporal Scales that Empower Managers - Gregg Simonds and Eric Sant

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