Module 2: Foraging Behavior and Livestock Distribution

The 2nd module includes a 'mini-documentary' video to introduce the issues, followed by 6 narrated PowerPoint presentations. The quiz includes questions on both the video and the 6 presentations. The quiz must be completed for Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Videos and Lectures

• Module Outline

• Mini-documentary Video Playlist (6 parts)

• Presentation 1: Foraging in Time and Space

• Presentation 2: Landscape Level Decisions

• Presentation 3: Plant Community and Plant Level of Diet Selection 

• Presentation 4: Feeding Station Level of Diet Selection

• Presentation 5: Learning and Consequences (BEHAVE) 

• Presentation 6: Livestock Distribution 

• Quiz

Supporting Resources

• Grazing Management: An Ecological Perspective (online textbook)

• Factors and Practices that Influence Livestock Distribution

• BEHAVE Modules

  • Chapter 1: The Challenge

  • Chapter 2: Origins of Preference         

  • Chapter 3: More than a Matter of Taste

  • Chapter 4: The Spice of Life

  • Chapter 5: The Dilemma         

  • Chapter 6: Old Dogs, New Tricks