Recent Publications and Presentations

2007

Dziba L.E., Provenza F.D., J.J. Villalba and S.B. Atwood. 2007. Supplemental energy and protein increases use of sagebrush by sheep. Small Rum. Res. 69:203-207.

Provenza, F.D., J.J. Villalba, J. Haskell, J.W. MacAdams, T.C. Griggs and R.D. Weidmeier. 2007. The value to herbivores of plant physical and chemical diversity in time and space. Crop Sci. 47:382-398.

2006

Atwood, S.B., F.D. Provenza, J.J. Villalba and R.D. Wiedmeier. 2006. Intake of lambs offered ad libitum access to one of three iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous mixed rations or a choice of all three foods. Livestock Sci. 101:142-149.

Dziba, L., J.O. Hall and F.D. Provenza. 2006. Feeding behavior of lambs in relation to kinetics of 1, 8 cineole dosed intravenously or into the rumen. J. Chem. Ecol. 32:391-408.

Provenza, F.D. 2006. From Nature's Bounty. Luncheon Presentation at the Third National Conference on Grazing Lands, St. Louis, MO. December 11th

Rogosic, J., J. A. Pfister, F. D. Provenza and D. Grbesa. 2006. The effect of activated charcoal and number of species offered on intake of Mediterranean shrubs by sheep and goats. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci.101:305-317.

Rogosic, J., J.A. Pfister, F.D. Provenza and D. Grbesa. 2006. Sheep and goat preference for and nutritional value of Mediterranean maquis shrubs. Small Ruminant Res. 64:169-179.

Shaw, R.A., J. J. Villalba and F. D. Provenza. 2006. Resource availability and quality influence patterns of diet mixing by sheep. J. Chem. Ecol. 32:1276-1278.

Shaw, R.A., J. J. Villalba and F. D. Provenza. 2006. Influence of stock density and rate and temporal patterns of forage allocation on the diet mixing behavior of sheep grazing sagebrush steppe. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 100:207-218.

Villalba J. J., F. D. Provenza, J. O. Hall, and C. Peterson. 2006. Phosphorus appetite in sheep: Dissociating taste from postingestive effects. J. Anim. Sci. 84: 2213-2223.

Villalba, J.J F. D. Provenza, and K. C. Olson. 2006. Terpenes and carbohydrate source influence rumen fermentation, digestibility, intake, and preference in sheep. J. Anim. Sci. 84:2463-2473.

Villalba, J.J., F.D. Provenza and R. Shaw. 2006. Initial conditions and temporal delays influence preference for foods high in tannins and for foraging locations with and without foods high in tannins by sheep. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 97:190-205.

Villalba, J.J., F.D. Provenza and R. Shaw. 2006. Sheep self-medicate when challenged with illness-inducing foods. Anim. Behav. 71:1131-1139.

2005

Bailey, D.W. 2005. Identification and creation of optimal habitat conditions for livestock. Rangeland Ecology and Management 58:109-118.

Bailey, D.W., H.C. VanWagoner, D.J. Garrick, M.G. Thomas, and R. Weinmeister. 2005. Sire and dam effects on distribution patterns of cows grazing mountainous rangeland. Proceedings, Western Section of the American Society of Animal Science 56:79-82.

Baraza, E., J.J. Villalba and F.D. Provenza. 2005. Nutritional context influences preferences of lambs for foods with plant secondary metabolites. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 92: 293-305.

Burritt, E.A., H. F. Mayland, Provenza, F.D., R. L. Miller and J. C. Burns. 2005. Effect of added sugar on preference and intake by sheep of hay cut in the morning versus the afternoon. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 94:245-254.

Emmick, D. and F.D. Provenza. 2005. Animal ecology and foraging behavior. In press in E. Rayburn (ed.) Pasture-Based Livestock Production. Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Services.

Haley, D.B., D.W. Bailey, and J.M. Stookey. 2005. The effects of weaning calves abruptly or in two stages on their behavior and growth rate. Journal of Animal Science 83:2205-2214.

Kimball, B.A.; Nolte, D.L.; and Perry, K.R. 2005. Hydrolyzed casein reduces browsing of trees and shrubs by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). HortScience 40:1810-1814.

Kimball, B.A. and D.L. Nolte. 2005. Herbivore experience with plant defense compounds influences acquisition of new flavor aversions. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 91: 17-34.

Launchbaugh, K.L, and L.D. Howery. 2005. Understanding landscape use patterns of livestock as a consequence of foraging behavior. Rangeland Ecology & Management 58:99–108.

McCoy, N. H. and S.B. Atwood. 2005. Flaws in Orr’s Laws (and the paradigm that produced them): An abbreviated response. Conserv. Biol. 19:1318-1320.

Nolte, D.L.; Kimball, B.A.; Villalba, J.J.; Provenza, F.D.; and Perry, K.R. 2005. Effects of Forage Nutritional Quality (Energy and Protein) on Deer Acceptance of Foods Containing Secondary Metabolites. Proceedings of the 21st Vertebrate Pest Conference.

Papachristou, T., L. E. Dziba and F.D. Provenza. 2005. Foraging ecology of goats and sheep
on wooded rangelands. Small Rum. Res. 59:141-156.

Perevolotsky, A.S. Landau, N. Silanikove and F.D. Provenza. 2005. Upgrading tannin-rich forages by supplementing ruminants with polyethylene glycol (PEG). In C.A. Sandoval-Castro, F.D. DeB, D. Hovel, F. Torres Acosta, and A. Ayala-Burgos (eds.) Herbivores: The Assessment of Intake, Digestibility and the Role of Secondary Compounds. British Society of Animal Production, Occasional Publications. Nottingham Univ. Press, Nottingham.

Provenza, F.D. and J.J. Villalba. 2005. Foraging in Domestic Vertebrates: Linking the Internal and External Milieu. In press. In Bels, V.L. (ed.) Feeding in Domestic Vertebrates: From Structure to Function. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.

Villalba, J.J., and Provenza, F.D. 2005. Foraging in chemically diverse environments: Concentrations of energy and protein, and food alternatives influence ingestion of plant secondary metabolites by lambs. J. Chem. Ecol. 31:123-138.

Werner, S.J., D.L. Nolte and F.D. Provenza. 2005. Proximal cues of pocket gopher burrow plugging behavior: Influence of light, burrow openings, and temperature. Physiol. Behav. 85:340-345.

2004

Cibils, A. F., L. D. Howery, and G. B. Ruyle. 2004. Diet and habitat selection by cattle: the relationship between skin and gut defense systems. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 88: 187-208

Kimball, B.A., L. Dziba, J.J. Johnston, and F.D. Provenza. 2004. Chromatographic analysis of sagebrush monoterpenes in blood plasma. Journal Chromatog. Sci. 42:245-249.

Knubel, B.F.R., K.E. Panter and F.D. Provenza. 2004. Pregnancy in goats does not influence intake of novel or familiar foods with or without toxins. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 85:293-305.

Provenza, F.D. 2004. Behavioral mechanisms influencing use of plants with secondary metabolites by herbivores. In press. In: F. Torres, C. Sandoval and D. Hovel (eds.) Herbivores: Assessment of Intake, Digestibility and the Role of Secondary Compounds. British Society of Animal Production, Occasional Publications. Nottingham Univ. Press, Nottingham.

Provenza, F.D. 2004. Animal behavior, nutrition and production: Different sides of the same coin? Pages 15-27 in Proceedings 2004 Intermountain Nutrition Conference. Utah State Univ. Logan, UT.

Provenza, F.D. 2004. More than a matter of taste. In press. In: D.W. Stephens, J.S. Brown and R.C. Ydenberg (eds.) Foraging. Univ. Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.

Villalba, J.J., F.D. Provenza and GouDong. 2004. Experience influences diet mixing by herbivores: Implications for plant biochemical diversity. Oikos 107:100-109.