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Behavioral Principles
and Practices

Behavior Depends on Consequences, No. 1.1.1

Learning about Foods and Locations, No. 1.1.2

Learning What to Eat and What to Avoid, No. 1.1.3

The Challenge, No. 1.1.4

Structure Determines Experience, No. 1.1.5

Mineral Nutrition: Are animals nutritionally wise?, No. 1.1.6

Social

Mother Knows Best, No. 1.2.1

Feedback

Palatability -- More Than a Matter of Taste, No. 1.3.1

Nutrients Influence Palatability, No. 1.3.2

Toxins Reduce Palatability, No. 1.3.3

Toxin-Nutrient Interactions Influence Diet Selection, No. 1.3.4

Variety

Does Variety Matter?, No. 1.4.1

Ignoring Variation: Are We Missing Opportunities?, 1.4.2

Application of
Behavioral Principles

Diet Training

Training Animals to Avoid Foods, No. 2.1.1

Introducing Animals to New Foods, No. 2.1.2

Diet Mixing: Increasing Intake of Unpalatable Plants, No 2.1.3

Pastures & Rangelands

Livestock as a Tool for Biodiversity in the Sagebrush Steppe, No. 2.2.1

Structure, Quality and Skills Interact to Influence Forage Intake , No. 2.2.2

Poisonous Plants

Why Animals Die From Eating Poisonous Plants, No. 2.3.1

Reducing Losses Due to Tall Larkspur Poisoning, No. 2.3.2

Habitat

Preparing Animals for Moving Day, No. 2.4.1

Training Livestock to Leave Streams and Use Uplands, No. 2.4.2

Using Low Moisture Blocks to Improve Livestock Distribution & Forage Utilization, No. 2.4.3

Plant Response
to Grazing

Tolerance

Carbohydrate Reserves: What You Learned May Be Wrong, No. 3.1.1

Factors Influencing Grazing Tolerance, No. 3.1.2

Grazing Response Index: A Simple, Effective Method to Evaluate Plant Responses to Grazing, No. 3.1.3

Avoidance

Ingestion of Toxic Plants by Herbivores, No. 3.2.1