UI Home Contact UI Search
Link to UI Home Page

  Search Our Site:
   
Rangeland Ecology
& Management
College of Natural
Resources
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-1135
phone (208) 885-6536
fax (208) 885-5190
range@uidaho.edu

more contact info
Grazing Behavior of Livestock and Wildlife




A contemporary synthesis of important topics of grazing behavior including:

  • Diet Selection
  • Habitat Selection
  • Wildlife & Livestock Grazing Interactions
  • Manipulating Animal Behavior to Accomplish Management Goals

17 chapters by the leading scientists and practitioners in the study of grazing behavior.

Edited and reviewed by Karen Launchbaugh, Kenneth Sanders, and Jeff Mosley






These files can be downloaded and viewed with Adobe Acrobat Software






For more information:
Call 208-885-6536 or email range@uidaho.edu

Cover and Table of Contents

Foraging on the Edge of Chaos 
F.D. Provenza and K.L. Launchbaugh

Making Sense of Animal Conditioning
F.K. McSweeney

Grazers and Browsers: How Digestive Morphology Affects Diet Selection
L.A. Shipley

Foraging Behavior: Experience or Inheritance?
K.L. Launchbaugh, J.W. Walker and C.A. Taylor

Manipulating Diet Selection to Control Weeds
B.E. Olson

Behavioral Strategies for Coping with Poisonous Plants 
J.A. Pfister

Behavioral Approaches for Limiting Depredation by Wild Ungulates
D.L. Nolte

Plant Attributes that Affect Livestock Selection and Intake 
H.F. Mayland and G.E. Shewmaker

Using Stockdogs for Low Stress Livestock Handling 
W. Butler

Low Stress Livestock Handling
S.Cote

Some Basic Principles of Habitat Use 
P.R Krausman

Impact of Spatial Memory on Habitat Use
L.D. Howery, D.W. Bailey and E.A. Laca

Influence of Species, Breed and Type of Animal on Habitat Selection
D.W. Bailey

Influence of Social Dominance on Habitat Selection by Free-Ranging Ungulates
J.C. Mosley

Management Strategies for Optimal Beef Cattle Distribution and Use of Mountain Riparian Meadows 
T. DelCurto, M.Porath, M. McInnis, P. Momont and C. Parsons

Livestock-Big Game Relationships: Conflicts and Compatibilities
M.Vavra, M.J. Willis and D.P. Sheehy

Livestock, Wildlife, Plants, and Landscapes: Putting it All Together 
B. Budd