2006 BEHAVE Meeting Agenda

Creating Futures: Behavior in Principles and Practice

Session I: It’s All about Behavior

Overview: Enhancing Habitat for Wildlife – Rick Danvir
Rejuvenating Landscapes with Nutrients and Medicines – Juan Villalba
Sheep as bio-Engineers: Rejuvenating Sagebrush Steppe – Ryan Woodland
Getting Winter-Welfare Elk off the Dole – Dax Mangus,
Improving Habitat for Endangered Species – Dwayne Elmore

Session II: Happy Animals, Healthy Landscapes

Overview: Back to the Future? – Fred Provenza
Happy Animals: Foraging Choices and Animal Welfare – Xavier Manteca
Home on the Range: Let the Bison Choose – Mark Kossler
Got Grass? Choice in Pasture-Based Dairies – Darrell Emmick
Recreating Pasture Ecosystems in Australia – Dean Revell

Session III: Happy Animals, Healthy Landscapes (con't)

Overview: Dessert First? – Juan Villalba
Grazing Circuits: A French Herders Perspective – Yolande Jankens
Tour de France with Grazing Circuits – Michel Meuret
Grazing Circuits and Plant Structural Diversity – Cyril Agreil
Low-Stress Livestock Handling and Grazing for Wildlife – John Haskell

Session IV: Expanding Horizons

Overview: International Perspectives – Avi Perevolotsky
BEHAVE in South Africa: Opportunities and Challenges – Luthando Dziba
Intensive Grazing Systems and Animal Behavior in Australia – Andrew
Thompson
Extensive Grazing Systems and Animal Behavior in Australia – Leigh Hunt

Session V: Expanding Horizons (con’t)

Overview: Creating Futures for People – Mark Brunson
Re-Creating Rural Landscapes in Montana – Linda Poole and Ranchers
Nurturing Rural Development in Utah – Bill Hopkin
Linking Healthy Lifestyles and Behavior – Fred Provenza and Sandy Atwood

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