How Do Domestic Herbivores Select Nutritious Diets on Rangelands?

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Authors
Frederick Provenza
Publication Date: May 1998 | Publication Number: az1023 | View PDF

Animal learning has been shown to play a major role in the development of diet selection by domestic herbivores. Dr. Frederick Provenza and his associates at Utah State University have conducted a series of experiments over the past 15 years to learn how physiological and behavioral mechanisms govern diet selection. This publication synthesizes several key diet selection concepts presented in four recent articles.