Bibliography

Books

Review Papers

General Reviews
Science and Philosophy
Foraging as a Self-Organizing Process
Experience Early in Life
Palatability and Postingestive Feedback
Toxins and Secondary Metabolites
Variety and Biodiversity

Research Papers

Experience Early in Life Affects Preference and Performance
Nutrients Affect Palatability
Toxins
Variety
Intake and Structure
How Animals Learn to Distinguish Safe from Harmful Foods
Habitat Selection
Poisonous Plants

Books

Provenza, F.D. 2003. Foraging Behavior: Managing to survive in a world of change. Utah State Univ., Logan, UT.

Review Papers

A. General Reviews (top)

Emmick, D. and F.D. Provenza. 2007. Animal ecology and foraging behavior. In press in E. Rayburn (ed.) Pasture-Based Livestock Production. Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Services.

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., J. Rogosic and J.A. Pfister. 2001. Alternative feeding practices for livestock in confinement and on pastures. Pages 169-173 In: 9 th International Symposium on Meat and Milk Production in the Future. Zb. Bioteh.. Fak. Univ. Ljubl., Kmet. Supl. Radenci, Slovenija.

Landau, S., F.D. Provenza, and N. Silanikove. 2000. Feeding behaviour and utilization of vegetation by goats under extensive systems. Proceeding of 7 th Inter. Goat Conference, Tour, France, May 2000.

Howery, L.D., F.D. Provenza and G.B. Ruyle. 1998. How do ruminants select nutritious diets on rangelands? Cooperative Extension, Univ. Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Howery, L.D., F.D. Provenza, G.B. Ruyle, and N.C. Jordan. 1998. How do animals learn if rangeland plants are toxic or nutritious? Rangelands. 20:4-9.

Provenza, F.D. 1996. Familiarity and novelty in animal diets: implications for management. Proc. Aust. Soc. Anim. Prod. 21:12-16.

Provenza, F.D. 1991. Behavior and nutrition are complementary endeavors. Pages 157-169. In: Proceedings 2nd Grazing Livestock Nutrition Conference. Agric. Expt. Sta. MP-133. Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK.

Launchbaugh, K.L. and F.D. Provenza. 1991. Learning and memory in grazing livestock: application to diet selection. Rangelands 13:242-244.

Provenza, F.D. and D.F. Balph. 1990. Applicability of five diet-selection models to various foraging challenges ruminants encounters. Pages 423-459. In: R.N. Hughes (ed.) Behavioural Mechanisms of Food Selection. NATO ASI Series G: Ecological Sciences, Vol. 20. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heildelberg.

Provenza, F.D. 1989. The evolution of range science and its implications for grazing management. Proc. Ann. Agric. Advisors, Iceland.

Provenza, F.D. and D.F. Balph. 1988. Diet selection in cattle: implications of learned feeding behavior. Feed Manage. December:20-24.

Provenza, F.D. 1987. Research to change livestock appetites. Utah Sci. 48:141-143.

Provenza, F.D. and D.F. Balph. 1987. Diet learning by domestic ruminants: theory, evidence and practical implications. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 18:211-232.

Provenza, F.D. and D.F. Balph. 1987. Diet training: behavioral concepts and management objectives. Pages 132-136. In: F.D. Provenza, J.T. Flinders and E.D. McArthur (eds.) Proceedings--Symposium on Plant-Herbivore Interactions. USDA For. Serv. Intermtn. Res. Sta. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-222.

Malechek, J.C. and F.D. Provenza. 1981. Feeding behavior and nutrition of goats on rangelands. Pages 411‑428. In: P. Morand‑Fehr, A. Bourbouzse, and M. deSimane (eds.) Nutrition and Systems of Goat Feeding. Proc. Internl. Conf. Tours, France.

B. Science and Philosophy (top)

Provenza, F.D. 2003. Twenty-five years of paradox in plant-herbivore interactions and “sustainable” grazing management (PDF, 26MB). Rangelands 25:4-15.

Provenza, F.D. 2000. Science, myth, and the management of natural resources (PDF, 9.5MB). Rangelands 22:33-36.

Provenza, F.D. 1991. Viewpoint: Range science and range management are distinct but complementary endeavors. J. Range Manage. 44:181-183.

Provenza, F.D. 1991. Viewpoint: Range science and range management are complementary endeavors. Rangelands 13:101-103.

C. Foraging as a Self-Organizing Process (top)

Provenza, F.D., J.J. Villalba and M. Augner. 1999. The physics of foraging. Volume III, Pages 99-107. In: J.G. Buchanan-Smith, L.D Bailey and P. McCaughey (eds.) Proceedings of the XVIII International Grassland Congress. Extension Service, Saskatchewan Agriculture & Food. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Provenza, F.D. and K.L. Launchbaugh. 1999. Foraging on the edge of chaos. Pages 1-12. In: K.L. Launchbaugh, J.C. Mosley and K.D. Sanders (eds.) Grazing behavior of Livestock and Wildlife. Idaho Forest, Wildlife and Range Experiment Station. Moscow, ID.

Provenza, F.D., J.J. Villalba, C.D. Cheney and S.J. Werner. 1998. Self-organization of foraging behavior: from simplicity to complexity without goals. Nutr. Res. Rev. 11:199-222.

Provenza, F.D. and R.P. Cincotta. 1993. Foraging as a self-organizational learning process: accepting adaptability at the expense of predictability. Pages 78-101. In: R.N. Hughes (ed.) Diet Selection. Blackwell Sci. Publ. Ltd., London.

D. Experience Early in Life (top)

Provenza, F.D. 1997. Origins of food preference in herbivores. Pages 81-90. In: J.R. Mason (ed.) Repellents in Wildlife Management: Proceedings of a Symposium. National Wildlife Research Center, Ft. Collins, CO.

Provenza, F.D. 1996. Origins of food preference in herbivores. Pages 149-168. In: J.R. Mason (ed.) Repellents in Wildlife Management. Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO.

Provenza, F.D. 1995. Tracking variable environments: There is more than one kind of memory. J. Chem. Ecol. 21:911-923.

Provenza, F.D. 1994. Ontogeny and social transmission of food selection in domesticated ruminants. Pages 147-164. In: B.G. Galef Jr., M. Mainardi and P. Valsecchi (eds.) Behavioral aspects of feeding: Basic and applied research in mammals. Harwood Acad. Pub., Singapore.

Provenza, F.D. and D.F. Balph. 1988. The development of dietary choice in livestock on rangelands and its implications for management. J. Anim. Sci. 66:2356-2368.

E. Palatability and Postingestive Feedback (top)

Provenza, F.D. and J.J. Villalba. 2005. Foraging in Domestic Vertebrates: Linking the Internal and External Milieu. Pages 210-240. In Bels, V.L. (ed.) Feeding in Domestic Vertebrates: From Structure to Function. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.

Provenza, F.D. 2007. 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.

Forbes, J.M. and F.D. Provenza. 2000. Integration of learning and metabolic signals into a theory of dietary choice and food intake. Pages 3-19. In: P. Cronje (ed.) Ruminant Physiology: Digestion, Metabolism, Growth and Reproduction. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon.

Provenza, F.D. 1996. A functional explanation for palatability. Pages 123-125. In: N.E. West (ed.) Proc. Fifth International Rangeland Congress. Vol. II. Soc. Range Manage. Denver, CO.

Provenza, F.D. 1995. Postingestive feedback as an elementary determinant of food preference and intake in ruminants. J. Range Manage. 48:2-17.

Provenza, F.D. 1995. Role of learning in food preferences of ruminants: Greenhalgh and Reid revisited. Pages 233-247. In: W.V. Engelhardt, S. Leonhard-Marek, G. Breves, and D. Giesecke (eds.). Ruminant Physiology: Digestion, Metabolism, Growth and Reproduction. Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology. Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart.

F. Toxins and Secondary Metabolites (top)

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

Provenza, F.D. 2006. Behavioral mechanisms influencing use of plants with secondary metabolites by herbivores. Pages 183-195 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.

Kimball, B.A. and F.D. Provenza. 2003. Chemical Defense and Mammalian Herbivores, edited by J.D. Hardege, In Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK, [ http://www.eolss.net].

Villalba, J.J., F.D. Provenza, and J.P. Bryant. 2002. Consequences of the interaction between nutrients and plant secondary metabolites on herbivore selectivity: benefits or detriments for plants? Oikos 97:282-292.

Provenza, F.D. and J. Ropp. 2001. Understanding herbivore responses to anti-quality factors in forages. Pages 5-12. In: K. Launchbaugh (ed.) Anti-Quality Factors in Rangeland and Pastureland Forages. Idaho Forest, Wildlife and Range Expt. Sta. Bull. 73. Moscow, ID.

Launchbaugh, K.L., F.D. Provenza and J.A. Pfister. 2001. Herbivore response to anti-quality factors in forages. J. Range Manage. 54:431-440.

Provenza, F.D. 1997. Feeding behavior of animals in response to plant toxicants. Pages 231-242. In: J.P.F. D'Mello (ed.) CRC Handbook of Plant and Fungal Toxicants. CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, FL.

Pfister, J.A., C.D. Cheney and F.D. Provenza. 1992. Behavioral toxicology of livestock ingesting plant toxins. J. Range Manage. 45: 30-36.

Provenza, F.D., J.A. Pfister and C.D. Cheney. 1992. Mechanisms of learning in diet selection with reference to phytotoxicosis in herbivores. J. Range Manage. 45:36-45.

Clausen, T.P., P.B. Reichardt, J.P. Bryant and F.D. Provenza. 1992. Condensed Tannins in Plant Defense: A Perspective on Classical Theories. Pages 639‑652. In: R.W. Hemingway and P.E. Laks (eds.) Plant Polyphenols. Synthesis, Properties, Significance. Plenum Press, New York, NY.

Bryant, J.P., P.B. Reichardt, T.P. Clausen, F.D. Provenza and P.J. Kuropat. 1992. Woody plant-mammal interactions. Pages 343-370. In: G.A. Rosenthal and M. R. Berenbaum (eds.) Herbivores: Their Interactions with Secondary Plant Metabolites. Second Ed. Academic Press, New York, NY.

Bryant, J.P., F.D. Provenza, J. Pastor, P.B. Reichardt, T.P. Clausen, and J.T. DuToit. 1991. Interactions between woody plants and browsing mammals mediated by secondary metabolites. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 22:431-446.

Bryant, J.P., K. Danell, F.D. Provenza, P.B. Reichardt, T.P. Clausen and R.A. Werner. 1991. Effects of mammal browsing on the chemistry of deciduous woody plants. Pages 135-154. In: M.J. Raupp and D.W. Tallamy (eds.) Phytochemical Induction by Herbivores. John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, NY.

Provenza, F.D., J.A. Pfister and C.D. Cheney. 1991. How herbivores cope with phytotoxins and ways plants circumvent the system. Pages 21-29. In: L.F. James, R.F. Keeler, E.M. Bailey Jr., P.R. Cheeke and M.P. Hegarty (eds.) Proceedings - Third International Symposium on Poisonous Plants. Iowa State Univ. Press, Aimes, IA.

Provenza, F.D. and J.A. Pfister. 1991. Influence of toxins on food ingestion by herbivores. Pages 199-206 In: Ho, Y.W., H.K. Wong, N. Abdullah,and Z.A. Tajuddin (eds.) Recent Advances on the Nutrition of Herbivores. Malaysian Soc. Anim. Prod.

Malechek, J.C., D.F. Balph and F.D. Provenza. 1986. Plant defense and herbivore learning: their consequences for livestock grazing systems. Pages 193-208. In: O. Gudmundsson (ed.) Grazing Research at Northern Latitudes. Plenum Press, New York, NY.

G. Variety and Biodiversity (top)

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.

Provenza, F.D., J.J. Villalba, L.E. Dziba, S.B. Atwood and R.E. Banner. 2003. Linking herbivore experience, varied diets, and plant biochemical diversity. Small Rum. Res. 49:257-274.

Provenza, F.D., J.J. Villalba and J.P. Bryant. 2003. Foraging by herbivores: Linking the biochemical diversity of plants with herbivore culture and landscape diversity. Pages 387-421. In: J.A. Bissonette and I. Storch (eds.) Landscape Ecology and Resource Management: Linking Theory with Practice. Island Press, New York, NY.

Provenza, F.D. 1996. Acquired aversions as the basis for varied diets of ruminants foraging on rangelands. J. Anim. Sci. 74:2010-2020.

Research Papers

A. Experience Early in Life Affects Preference and Performance (top)

1. Mother-Young (top)

a. Palatable and Nutritious Foods (top)

Mirza, S.N. and F.D. Provenza. 1992. Effects of age and conditions of exposure on maternally mediated food selection in lambs. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 33:35-42.

Mirza, S.N. and F.D. Provenza. 1990. Preference of the mother affects selection and avoidance of foods by lambs differing in age. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 28:255-263.

Thorhallsdottir, A.G., F.D. Provenza and D.F. Balph. 1990. Ability of lambs to learn about novel foods while observing or participating with social models. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 25:25-33.

b. Toxic Foods (top)

Mirza, S.N. and F.D. Provenza. 1994. Socially induced food avoidance in lambs: Direct or indirect maternal influence? J. Anim. Sci. 72:899-902.

Provenza, F.D., J.J. Lynch and J.V. Nolan. 1993. The relative importance of mother and toxicosis in the selection of foods by lambs. J. Chem. Ecol. 19:313-323.

Thorhallsdottir, A.G., F.D. Provenza and D.F. Balph. 1990. The role of the mother in the intake of harmful foods by lambs. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 25:35-44.

Thorhallsdottir, A.G., F.D. Provenza and D.F. Balph. 1990. Social influences on conditioned food aversions in sheep. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 25:45-50.

Thorhallsdottir, A.G., F.D. Provenza and D.F. Balph. 1987. Food aversion learning in lambs with or without a mother: discrimination, novelty and persistence. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 18:327-340.

c. Poor Quality Roughage (top)

Wiedmeier, R.D., F.D. Provenza, and E.A. Burritt. 2002. Exposure to ammoniated wheat straw as suckling calves improves performance of mature beef cows wintered on ammoniated wheat straw. J. Anim. Sci. 80:2340-2348.

Distel, R.A. and F.D. Provenza. 1991. Experience early in life affects voluntary intake of blackbrush by goats. J. Chem. Ecol. 17:431-450.

d. Feedlot (top)

Hatfield, P.G., L. Ortega-Reyes, F.D. Provenza and H.A. Glimp. 1992. Post-exposure performance of lambs exposed to whole barley early in life. Sheep Res. J. 8:91-94.

Ortega Reyes, L., F.D. Provenza, C.F. Parker and P.G. Hatfield. 1992. Drylot performance and ruminal papillae development of lambs exposed to a high concentrate diet while nursing. Small Rum. Res. 7:101-112.

e. In utero (top)

Nolte, D.L., F.D. Provenza, R. Callan and K.E. Panter. 1992. Garlic in the ovine fetal environment. Physiol. Behav. 52:1091-1093.

f. Habitat (top)

Howery, L.D., F.D. Provenza, R.E. Banner and C.B. Scott. 1998. Social and environmental factors influence cattle distribution on rangeland. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 55:231-244.

Howery, L.D., F.D. Provenza, R.E. Banner and C.B. Scott. 1996. Differences in home range and habitat use among individuals in a cattle herd. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 49:305-320.

2. Individual Experience (top)

Burritt, E.A., R.E. Banner and F.D. Provenza. 2000. Sagebrush ingestion by lambs: Effects of experience and macronutrients. J. Range. Manage. 53:91-96.

Nolte, D.L. and F.D. Provenza. 1992. Food preferences in lambs after exposure to flavors in milk. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 32:381-389.

Nolte, D.L. and F.D. Provenza. 1992. Food preferences in lambs after exposure to flavors in solid foods. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 32:337-347.

Nolte, D.L., F.D. Provenza and D.F. Balph. 1990. The establishment and persistence of food preferences in lambs exposed to selected foods. J. Anim. Sci. 68:998-1002.

Squibb, R.C., F.D. Provenza and D.F. Balph. 1990. Effect of age of exposure on consumption of a shrub by sheep. J. Anim. Sci. 68:987-997.

Provenza, F.D. and J.C. Malechek. 1986. A comparison of food selection and foraging behavior in juvenile and adult goats. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 16:49-61.

3. Foraging Skills (top)

Ortega-Reyes L. and F.D. Provenza. 1993. Amount of experience and age affect the development of foraging skills of goats browsing blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima). Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 36:169-183.

Ortega-Reyes L. and F.D. Provenza. 1993. Experience with blackbrush affects ingestion of shrub live oak by goats. J. Anim. Sci. 71:380-383.

Flores, E.R., F.D. Provenza and D.F. Balph. 1989. Role of experience in the development of foraging skills of lambs browsing the shrub serviceberry. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 23:271-278.

Flores, E.R., F.D. Provenza and D.F. Balph. 1989. The effect of experience on the foraging skill of lambs: importance of plant form. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 23:285-291.

Flores, E.R., F.D. Provenza and D.F. Balph. 1989. Relationship between plant maturity and foraging experience of lambs grazing hycrest crested wheatgrass. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 23:279-284.

B. Nutrients Affect Palatability (top)

1. Energy (top)

E. A. Burritt, 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.

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 2000. Discriminating among novel foods: effects of energy provision on preferences of lambs for poor-quality foods. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 66:87-106.

Villalba, J.J., F.D. Provenza and J. Rogosic. 1999. Preference for flavored wheat straw by lambs conditioned with intraruminal infusions of starch administered at different times after straw ingestion. J. Anim. Sci. 77:3185-3190.

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 1997. Preference for wheat straw by lambs conditioned with intraruminal infusions of starch. Br. J. Nutr. 77:287-297.

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 1997. Preference for flavored wheat straw by lambs conditioned with intraruminal infusions of acetate and propionate. J. Anim. Sci. 75:2905-2914.

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 1996. Preference for flavored wheat straw by lambs conditioned with intraruminal administrations of sodium propionate. J. Anim. Sci. 74:2362-2368.

Ralphs, M.H., F.D. Provenza, R.D. Wiedmeier and F.B. Bunderson. 1995. Effects of energy source and food flavor on conditioned preferences in sheep. J. Anim. Sci. 73:1651-1657.

Burritt, E.A. and F.D. Provenza. 1992. Lambs form preferences for non-nutritive flavors paired with glucose. J. Anim. Sci. 70:1133-1136.

2. Nitrogen (top)

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 1997. Preference for flavoured foods by lambs conditioned with intraruminal administration of nitrogen. Br. J. Nutr. 78:545-561.

3. Nitrogen-Energy Interactions (top)

Scott, L.L. and F.D. Provenza. 2000. Lambs fed protein or energy imbalanced diets forage in locations and on foods that rectify imbalances. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 68:293-305.

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 1999. Effects of food structure and nutritional quality and animal nutritional state on intake behaviour and food preferences of sheep. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 63:145-163.

Scott, L.L. and F.D. Provenza. 1999. Variation in food selection among lambs: effects of basal diet and foods offered in a meal. J. Anim. Sci. 77:2391-2397.

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 1999. Nutrient-specific preferences by lambs conditioned with intraruminal infusions of starch, casein, and water. J. Anim. Sci. 77:378-387.

4. Minerals (top)

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.

C. Toxins (top)

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.

1. Toxins Cause Food Aversions and Influence Palatability (top)

Provenza, F.D., B.R. Kimball and J.J. Villalba. 2000. Roles of odor, taste, and toxicity in the food preferences of lambs. Oikos 88:424-432.

Landau, S., N. Silanikove, Z. Nitsan, D. Barkai, H. Baram, F.D. Provenza and A. Perevolotsky. 2000. Short-term changes in eating patterns explain the effects of condensed tannins on feed intake in heifers. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 69:199-213.

Burritt, E.A. and F.D. Provenza. 2000. Role of toxins in intake of varied diets by sheep. J. Chem. Ecol. 26:1991-2005.

Launchbaugh, K.L., F.D. Provenza and E.A. Burritt. 1993. How herbivores track variable environments: Response to variability of phytotoxins. J. Chem. Ecol. 19:1047-1056.

Clausen, T.P., F.D. Provenza, E.A. Burritt, J.P. Bryant and P.B. Reichardt. 1990. Ecological implications of condensed tannin strucuture: a case study. J. Chem. Ecol. 16:2381-2392.

Provenza, F.D., E.A. Burritt, T.P. Clausen, J.P. Bryant, P.B. Reichardt and R.A. Distel. 1990. Conditioned flavor aversion: a mechanism for goats to avoid condensed tannins in blackbrush. Am. Nat. 136:810-828.

2. Nutrient - Toxin Interactions (top)

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.

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

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., 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.

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.

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

Villalba, J.J., F.D. Provenza, and R.E. Banner. 2002. Influence of macronutrients and activated charcoal on utilization of sagebrush by sheep and goats. J. Anim. Sci. 80:2099-2109.

Villalba, J.J., F.D. Provenza, and R.E. Banner. 2002. Influence of macronutrients and polyethylene glycol on intake of a quebracho tannin diet by sheep and goats. J. Anim. Sci. 80:3154-3164.

Banner, R.E., J. Rogosic, E.A. Burritt and F.D. Provenza. 2000. Supplemental barley and activated charcoal increase intake of sagebrush by lambs. J. Range Manage. 53:415-420.

Burritt, E.A., R.E. Banner and F.D. Provenza. 2000. Sagebrush ingestion by lambs: Effects of experience and macronutrients. J. Range. Manage. 53:91-96.

Wang, J. and F.D. Provenza. 1996. Food deprivation affects preference of sheep for foods varying in nutrients and a toxin. J. Chem. Ecol. 22:2011-2021

Wang, J. and F.D. Provenza. 1997. Dynamics of preference by sheep offered foods varying in flavors, nutrients, and a toxin. J. Chem. Ecol. 23:275-288.

3. Medicines (top)

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

a. Activated Charcoal - Terpenes (top)

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.

Villalba, J.J., F.D. Provenza, and R.E. Banner. 2002. Influence of macronutrients and activated charcoal on utilization of sagebrush by sheep and goats. J. Anim. Sci. 80:2099-2109.

Banner, R.E., J. Rogosic, E.A. Burritt and F.D. Provenza. 2000. Supplemental barley and activated charcoal increase intake of sagebrush by lambs. J. Range Manage. 53:415-420.

b. Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) - Tannin (top)

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.

Landau, S.Y., A. Perevolotsky, D. Kababya, N. Silanikove, R. Nitzan, H. Baram, and F.D. Provenza. 2002. Polyethylene glycol affects goats’ feeding behavior in a tannin-rich environment. J. Range. Manage. 55:598-603.

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 2002.Polyethylene glycol influences selection of foraging location by sheep consuming quebracho tannin. J. Anim. Sci. 80:1846-1851.

Villalba, J.J., F.D. Provenza, and R.E. Banner. 2002. Influence of macronutrients and polyethylene glycol on intake of a quebracho tannin diet by sheep and goats. J. Anim. Sci. 80:3154-3164.

Titus, C.H., F.D. Provenza, A. Perevolotsky, N. Silanikov and J. Rogosic. 2001. Supplemental polyethylene glycol influences preferences of goats browsing blackbrush. J. Range. Manage 54:161-165.

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 2001. Preference for polyethylene glycol by sheep fed a quebracho tannin diet. J. Anim. Sci. 79:2066-2074.

Silanikove, N., A. Perevolotsky and F.D. Provenza. 2001. Use of tannin-binding chemicals to assay for tannins and their negative postingestive effects in ruminants. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 91:69-81.

Provenza, F.D., E.A. Burritt, A. Perevolotsky and N. Silanikove. 2000. Self-regulation of intake of polyethylene glycol by sheep fed diets varying in tannin concentrations. J. Anim. Sci. 78:1206-1212.

Titus, C.H., F.D. Provenza, E.A. Burritt, A. Perevolotsky and N. Silanikove. 2000. Preferences for foods varying in macronutrients and tannins by lambs supplemented with polyethylene glycol. J. Anim. Sci. 78:1443-1449.

c. Grain Acidosis (top)

Phy, T.S. and F.D. Provenza. 1998. Sheep fed grain prefer foods and solutions that attenuate acidosis. J. Anim. Sci. 76:954-960.

Phy, T.S. and F.D. Provenza. 1998. Eating barley too frequently or in excess decreases lambs' preference for barley but sodium bicarbonate and lasalocid attenuate the response. J. Anim. Sci. 76:1578-1583.

Provenza, F.D., L. Ortega-Reyes, C.B. Scott, J.J. Lynch and E.A. Burritt. 1994. Antiemetic drugs attenuate food aversions in sheep. J. Anim. Sci. 72:1989-1994.

4. Methods (top)

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.

D. Variety (top)

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.

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.

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 Prod. Sci. 101:142-149.

Atwood, S.B., F.D. Provenza, R.D. Wiedmeier and R.E. Banner. 2001. Changes in preferences of gestating heifers fed untreated or ammoniated straw in different flavors. J. Anim. Sci. 79:3027-3033.

Atwood, S.B., F.D. Provenza, R.D. Wiedmeier and R.E. Banner. 2001. Influence of free-choice versus mixed-ration diets on food intake and performance of fattening calves. J. Anim. Sci. 79:3034-3040.

Scott, L.L. and F.D. Provenza. 1998. Variety of foods and flavors affects selection of foraging locations by sheep. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 61:113-122.

Early, D. and F.D. Provenza. 1998. Food flavor and nutritional characteristics alter dynamics of food preference in lambs. J. Anim. Sci. 76:728-734.

Provenza, F.D., C.B. Scott, T.S. Phy and J.J. Lynch. 1996. Preference of sheep for foods varying in flavors and nutrients. J. Anim. Sci. 74:2355-2361.

E. Intake and Structure (top)

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 2000. Postingestive feedback from starch influences the ingestive behavior of sheep consuming wheat straw. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 66:49-63.

F. How Animals Learn to Distinguish Safe from Harmful Foods (top)

1. Discrimination and Generalization (top)

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 2000. Roles of flavor and reward intensities in acquisition and generalization of food preferences in lambs: Do strong plant signals always deter herbivory? J. Chem. Ecol. 26:1911-1922.

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 2000. Discriminating among novel foods: effects of energy provision on preferences of lambs for poor-quality foods. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 66:87-106.

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 2000. Roles of novelty, generalization and postingestive feedback in the recognition of foods by lambs. J. Anim. Sci. 78:3060-3069.

Launchbaugh, K.L. and F.D. Provenza. 1994. The effect of flavor intensity and toxin dose on the formation and generalization of flavor aversions in sheep. J. Anim. Sci. 72:10-13.

Launchbaugh, K.L. and F.D. Provenza. 1993. Can plants practice mimicry to avoid grazing by mammalian herbivores? Oikos 66:501-504.

2. Prior Illness (top)

Burritt, E.A. and F.D. Provenza. 1996. Amount of experience and prior illness affect the acquisition and persistence of conditioned food aversions in lambs. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 48:73-80.

3. Timing and Amount (top)

Provenza, F.D., J.J. Lynch, E.A. Burritt and C.B. Scott. 1994. How goats learn to distinguish between novel foods that differ in postingestive consequences. J. Chem. Ecol. 20:609-624.

Provenza, F.D., J.J. Lynch and J.V. Nolan. 1993. Temporal contiguity between food ingestion and toxicosis affects the acquisition of food aversions in sheep. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 38:269-281.

Burritt, E.A. and F.D. Provenza. 1991. Ability of lambs to learn with a delay between food ingestion and consequences given meals containing novel and familiar foods. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 32:179-189.

4. Food Novelty (top)

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.

Villalba, J.J. and F.D. Provenza. 2000. Roles of novelty, generalization and postingestive feedback in the recognition of foods by lambs. J. Anim. Sci. 78:3060-3069.

Augner, M., F.D. Provenza and J.J. Villalba. 1998. A rule of thumb in mammalian herbivores? Anim. Behav. 56:337-345.

Provenza, F.D., J.J. Lynch, E.A. Burritt and C.B. Scott. 1994. How goats learn to distinguish between novel foods that differ in postingestive consequences. J. Chem. Ecol. 20:609-624.

Burritt, E.A. and F.D. Provenza. 1989. Food aversion learning: ability of lambs to distinguish safe from harmful foods. J. Anim. Sci. 67:1732-1739.

5. Overcoming Food Neophobia (top)

Launchbaugh, K.L., F.D. Provenza and M.J. Werkmeister. 1997. Overcoming food neophobia in domestic ruminants through addition of a familiar flavor and repeated exposure to novel foods. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 54:327-334.

Wang, J. and F.D. Provenza. 1996. Food preference and acceptance of novel foods by lambs depend on the composition of the basal diet. J. Anim. Sci. 74:2349-2354.

Provenza, F.D., J.J Lynch and C.D. Cheney. 1995. Effects of a flavor and food restriction on the intake of novel foods by sheep. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 43:83-93.

6. Location (top)

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. Applied Animal Behavior Science 88: 187-208

Burritt, E.A. and F.D. Provenza. 1997. Effect of an unfamiliar location on the consumption of novel and familiar foods by sheep. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 54:317-325.

7. Conditioning and Maintaining a Food Aversion (top)

Kimball, B.A., F.D. Provenza and E.A. Burritt. 2002. Importance of alternative foods on the persistence of flavor aversions: Implications for applied flavor avoidance learning. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 76:249-258.

Ralphs, M.H., F.D. Provenza, J.A. Pfister, D. Graham, G.C. Duff and G. Greathouse. 2001. Conditioned food aversion: from theory to practice. Rangelands 23:14-18.

Ralphs, M.H. and F.D. Provenza. 1999. Conditioned food aversions: principles and practices, with special reference to social facilitation. Proc. Nutr. Soc. 58:813-820.

Provenza, F.D., L. Ortega-Reyes, C.B. Scott, J.J. Lynch and E.A. Burritt. 1994. Antiemetic drugs attenuate food aversions in sheep. J. Anim. Sci. 72:1989-1994.

duToit, J.T., F.D. Provenza and A.S. Nastis. 1991. Conditioned taste aversions: How sick must a ruminant get before it detects toxicity in foods? Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 30:35-46.

Provenza, F.D. and E.A. Burritt. 1991. Socially-induced diet preference ameliorates conditioned food aversion in lambs. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 31:229-236.

Burritt, E.A. and F.D. Provenza. 1990. Food aversion learning in sheep: persistence of conditioned taste aversions to palatable shrubs (Cercocarpus montanus and Amelanchier alnifolia). J. Anim. Sci. 68:1003-1007.

Burritt, E.A. and F.D. Provenza. 1989. Food aversion learning: conditioning lambs to avoid a palatable shrub (Cercocarpus montanus). J. Anim. Sci. 67:650-653.

G. Habitat (top)

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. Applied Animal Behavior Science 88: 187-208

Howery, L.D., F.D. Provenza, R.E. Banner and C.B. Scott. 1998. Social and environmental factors influence cattle distribution on rangeland. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 55:231-244.

Scott, L.L., and F.D. Provenza. 1998. Variety of foods and flavors affects selection of foraging locations by sheep. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 61:113-122.

Howery, L.D., F.D. Provenza, R.E. Banner and C.B. Scott. 1996. Differences in home range and habitat use among individuals in a cattle herd. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 49:305-320.

Scott, C.B., R.E. Banner, and F.D. Provenza. 1996. Observations of sheep foraging in familiar and unfamiliar environments: familiarity with the environment influences diet selection by sheep. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 49:165-171.

Scott, C.B., F.D. Provenza, and R.E. Banner. 1995. Dietary habits and social interactions affect choice of feeding location by sheep. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 45:225-237.

H. Poisonous Plants (Research papers and reviews) (top)

Pfister, J.A., F.D. Provenza, K.E. Panter, B.L. Stegelmeier and K.L. Launchbaugh. 2002. Risk management to reduce losses from toxic plants. J. Range Manage. 55:291-300.

Pfister, J.A., F.D. Provenza and G.D. Manners. 1994. Why do most cattle survive tall larkspur ingestion? Pages 484-489. In: S.M. Colegate, and P.R. Dorling (ed.) Plant Associated Toxins. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.

Ralphs, M.H. and F.D. Provenza. 1990. Minimizing toxic plant losses through behavior modification. Pages 47-54. In: A. McGinty and R. Machen (eds.) Proceedings West Texas Toxic Plant Symposium. Texas. Agric. Extension Service, College Station, TX.

Pfister, J.A., F.D. Provenza, G.D. Manners, D.R. Gardner and M.H. Ralphs. 1997. Tall larkspur ingestion: Can cattle regulate intake below toxic levels? J. Chem. Ecol. 23:759-777.

Lane, M.A., M.H. Ralphs, J.D. Olsen, F.D. Provenza and J.A. Pfister. 1990. Conditioned taste aversion: potential for reducing cattle losses to larkspur. J. Range Manage. 43:127-131.

Pfister, J.A., F.D. Provenza and G.D. Manners. 1990. Ingestion of tall larkspur by cattle: separating the effects of flavor from post-ingestive consequences. J. Chem. Ecol. 16:1697-1705.