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Frederick D. Provenza

Frederick D. Provenza

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Animal Science and Veterinary
USA
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
83
Citations
19470
World Ranking
62
National Ranking
21

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award

Overview

Frederick D. Provenza is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Ecology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics of their work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Provenza has published extensively in venues such as Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Scientific Reports, Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, Research Square, and Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology.

  • Plant-Based Meats, Human Health, and Climate Change (2020, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)
  • A metabolomics comparison of plant-based meat and grass-fed meat indicates large nutritional differences despite comparable Nutrition Facts panels (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Health-Promoting Phytonutrients Are Higher in Grass-Fed Meat and Milk (2021, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)
  • Ecological Implications of Plant Secondary Metabolites - Phytochemical Diversity Can Enhance Agricultural Sustainability (2020, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)
  • Of browse, goats, and men: Contribution to the debate on animal traditions and cultures (2020, Applied Animal Behaviour Science)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Provenza include Stephan van Vliet, Scott L. Kronberg, James R. Bain, Jennifer Cloward, and Robert E. Ward.

Best Publications

  • Postingestive Feedback as an Elementary Determinant of Food Preference and Intake in Ruminants

    Frederick D. Provenza

  • Linking herbivore experience, varied diets, and plant biochemical diversity

    Frederick D. Provenza;Juan J. Villalba;Luthando D. Dziba;Sheldon B. Atwood

  • Acquired Aversions as the Basis for Varied Diets of Ruminants Foraging on Rangelands

    Frederick D. Provenza

  • Use of tannin-binding chemicals to assay for tannins and their negative postingestive effects in ruminants

    N. Silanikove;A. Perevolotsky;Frederick D. Provenza

  • Multi-paddock grazing on rangelands: why the perceptual dichotomy between research results and rancher experience?

    Richard Teague;Frederick D Provenza;Urs Kreuter;Tim Steffens

  • Mechanisms of Learning in Diet Selection with Reference to Phytotoxicosis in Herbivores

    Frederick D. Provenza;James A. Pfister;Carl D. Cheney

  • Diet learning by domestic ruminants: Theory, evidence and practical implications

    Frederick D Provenza;D F Balph

  • Conditioned Flavor Aversion: A Mechanism for Goats to Avoid Condensed Tannins in Blackbrush

    Frederick D. Provenza;Elizabeth A. Burritt;T. P. Clausen;J. P. Bryant

  • EXPERIENCE EARLY IN LIFE AFFECTS VOLUNTARY INTAKE OF BLACKBRUSH BY GOATS

    Roberto A. Distel;Frederick D. Provenza

  • Ability of lambs to learn about novel foods while observing or participating with social models

    Anna G. Thorhallsdottir;Frederick D. Provenza;D. F. Balph

  • Development of Dietary Choice in Livestock on Rangelands and its Implications for Management

    Frederick D. Provenza;David F. Balph

  • Applicability of Five Diet-Selection Models to Various Foraging Challenges Ruminants Encounter

    Frederick D. Provenza;David F. Balph

  • Ecological implications of condensed tannin structure: A case study.

    Thomas P. Clausen;Frederick D. Provenza;Elizabeth A. Burritt;P. B. Reichardt

  • Experience Influences Diet Mixing by Herbivores: Implications for Plant Biochemical Diversity

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza;Guo-dong Han

  • Plant-Based Meats, Human Health, and Climate Change

    Stephan van Vliet;Scott L. Kronberg;Frederick D. Provenza

  • Consequences of the interaction between nutrients and plant secondary metabolites on herbivore selectivity: benefits or detriments for plants?

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza;J. P. Bryant

  • Mechanisms Determining Large-Herbivore Distribution

    Derek W. Bailey;Frederick D. Provenza

  • Preference of the Mother Affects Selection and Avoidance of Foods by Lambs Differing in Age

    Sarwat N. Mirza;Frederick D. Provenza

  • The Value to Herbivores of Plant Physical and Chemical Diversity in Time and Space

    Frederick D. Provenza;Juan J. Villalba;J. Haskell;Jennifer W. MacAdam

  • Foraging ecology of goats and sheep on wooded rangelands

    Thomas G. Papachristou;Luthando E. Dziba;Frederick D. Provenza

  • Conditioned taste aversions: how sick must a ruminant get before it learns about toxicity in foods?

    J. T. du Toit;Frederick D. Provenza;A. Nastis

  • Self-organization of foraging behaviour: from simplicity to complexity without goals.

    Frederick D. Provenza;Juan J. Villalba;Carl D. Cheney;Scott J. Werner

  • Preference for wheat straw by lambs conditioned with intraruminal infusions of starch

    Juan J. Villalba;Frederick D. Provenza

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan J. Villalba
Juan J. Villalba Utah State University
James A. Pfister
James A. Pfister United States Department of Agriculture
Avi Perevolotsky
Avi Perevolotsky Agricultural Research Organization
Nissim Silanikove
Nissim Silanikove Agricultural Research Organization
John P. Bryant
John P. Bryant University of Alaska Fairbanks
Serge Yan Landau
Serge Yan Landau Agricultural Research Organization
P. Gregorini
P. Gregorini Lincoln University
Bruce A. Kimball
Bruce A. Kimball Agricultural Research Service
Xavier Manteca
Xavier Manteca Autonomous University of Barcelona
John Nolan
John Nolan University of New England

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