Dr. Guillermo Hernandez Ramirez | Assistant Professor, Department of Renewable Resources Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Albert Forage productivity, quality and persistence are essential factors for the success and profitability of rangeland operations. Good soil quality Read More …
Category: Research
Grazing effects on the plant-pollinator relationship: a contrast of native legumes with an invasive (Astragalus cicer L.)
Dr. Cameron Carlyle | Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Alberta Native pollinators experienced a rapid decline in abundance as a result of large scale agricultural conversion across Read More …
Quantifying carbon stocks across Alberta’s grasslands in support of a provincial carbon strategy
Dr. Edward Bork | Professor and Mattheis Chair in Rangeland Ecology & Management Director, Rangeland Research Institute Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Alberta Dr. Bork is working with several graduate Read More …
Long-term monitoring of rangeland ecosystem functions on the Mattheis Research Ranch
Dr. Cameron Carlyle | Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Alberta To better understand the sustainability of ecological goods and services derived from Alberta rangelands, Dr. Carlyle and co-investigator Dr. Read More …
Effects of defoliation and soil moisture level on methane production and oxidation in soils of the Mattheis Research Ranch
Dr. Scott Chang | Professor Department of Renewable Resources Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Alberta Rangelands are a significant global sink for atmospheric methane, however, little is known about the effects of grazing on the production and Read More …
Oasis on the prairie: quantifying and characterizing the water resources of the Mattheis Research Ranch
Dr. Miles Dyck | Assistant Professor Department of Renewable Resources Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Alberta Water quantity and quality are important issues that affect and are affected by the management of rangelands in southern Alberta. The Mattheis Read More …
Spatial patterns of and management effects on soil carbon in the Mattheis Research Ranch
Dr. Scott Chang | Professor Department of Renewable Resources Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Alberta By systematically sampling rangelands and croplands within the Mattheis Research Ranch, Dr. Chang and co-investigator Dr. Zhiping Wang (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Read More …
Baseline carbon monitoring for rangeland carbon sequestration
Dr. John Gamon | Professor, Cross-appointed Departments of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Alberta Using a combination of atmospheric measurements, plot sampling, and remote sensing techniques, Dr. Gamon and his graduate students monitored Read More …
Mapping patterns in the distribution and abundance of upland songbirds on the Mattheis Research Ranch
Dr. Scott Nielsen | Associate Professor and Alberta Biodiversity Conservation Chair Department of Renewable Resources Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Alberta Dr. Nielsen’s research team conducted repeated point counts in two consecutive years at 372 locations Read More …
Differentiating and understanding the roles of soil nutrient and soil community heterogeneity on plant growth, carbon storage, and biodiversity
Dr. James Cahill | Professor Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Alberta Though plant growth in grasslands has historically been viewed from primarily nutritive and topdown perspectives, diverse soil microorganisms have substantial non-nutritive impacts on growth, ecosystem services, Read More …