Foraging Behavior: Managing to Survive in a World of Change

by Frederick D. Provenza

Why would anyone want to read Foraging Managing to Survive in a World of Change? It is filled with new discoveries about the age-old topic of grazing animals and forage resource management. Cattle producers, dairy farmers, sheep producers, wildlife biologists, and anyone challenged with managing livestock, forages, wildlife, and natural resources can use the principles contained in this book. The principles in this booklet will provide you with a new understanding of why animals eat what they eat, why they forage where they forage, and why they act the way they act. The principles in this book, once understood, can make a difference in how you manage your land and animals or how you advise others to do so. These principles, when applied, can make a difference in animal performance, natural resource conditions, and farm and ranch profitability.

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Published January 1, 2003