Short Vitae

SHORT VITAE
Larry R. Rittenhouse
Education:
  • BS (Range Mgmt..) Utah State Univ. (1962)
  • MS (Agronomy/Range Mgmt..) Univ. of Nebraska (1966)
  • PhD (Range Animal Nutrition) Univ. of Nebraska (1969)
Academic Interests:
  • Range Animal Nutrition
  • Grazing/Foraging Behavior
  • Grazing Management
  • Rangeland Ecology
Selected Publications:
  • Bailey, D.W., J.E. Gross, E.A. Laca, L.R. Rittenhouse, M.B. Coughenour, D.M. Swift and P.H. Simms.  1996.  Mechanisms that result in large herbivore grazing distribution patterns.  J. Range Manage.  49:386-400.
  • Rittenhouse, L.R. and D.W. Bailey.  1996.  Spatial and temporal distribution of nutrients:  adaptive significance to free-grazing herbivores.  pp. 51-61.  In.  Proceedings 3rd Grazing Livestock Nutrition Conference.  Volume 47 Supplement 1.  Proceedings WEstern Section American Society of Animal Science.
  • Hosoi, E., L.R. Rittenhouse, D.M. Swift and R.W. Richards.  1995.  Foraging strategies of cattle in a “Y” maze:  influence of forage availability.  Applied Animal Behavior Science.  43:189-196.
  • Hosoi, E.,  D.M. Swift L.R. Rittenhouse and R.W. Richards.  1995.  Comparative foraging strategies of sheep and goats in a T-maze apparatus.  Applied Animal Behavior Science.  44:37-45.
  • Bailey, D.W., L.R. Rittenhouse, R.H. Hart, D.M. Swift, and R.W. Richards. 1990. Association by cattle of relative food availabilities and location. J. Range Manage. 42:480-482.
  • Senft, R.L, D.W. Bailey, M.B. Coughenour, L.R. Rittenhouse, O. Sala and D.M. Swift.  1987.  Large herbivore foraging tactics and ecological hierarchies.  Bioscience  37:789-798.