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 …
Category: Research
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 …
Ecological and agronomic consequences of Cicer milkvetch (Astragalus cicer L.) introduction into Mixed Prairie grassland
Dr. Cameron Carlyle | Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Alberta Cicer milkvetch is an introduced legume that is beginning to encroach on native mixed grass prairie plant communities Read More …
Hay mulching for revegetation of Alberta native grasslands
Dr. M. Anne Naeth | Professor and Director, Land Reclamation International Graduate School Department of Renewable Resources Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Alberta Dr. Naeth and co-investigator Dr. Federico Mollard (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Renewable Resources) applied native hay and Read More …
Impact of microsites on reclamation of Alberta native grasslands
Dr. M. Anne Naeth | Professor and Director, Land Reclamation International Graduate School Department of Renewable Resources Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Alberta This research investigates whether microsites enhance germination, emergence and establishment of seeded native forb and Read More …
Mechanisms for smooth brome invasion and the possibility of an invasional meltdown
Dr. James Cahill | Professor Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Alberta By monitoring the expansion of smooth brome into native plant communities along soil moisture gradients, Dr. Cahill and PhD student Gisela Stotz will identify factors governing the rate Read More …
Baseline archaeological research on the Roy Berg Kinsella Research Ranch and Mattheis Research Ranches
Dr. John (Jack) Ives | Professor and Director, Institute of Prairie Archaeology Department of Anthropology Faculty of Arts University of Alberta Dr. Ives and Dr. Kisha Supernant (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anthropology) will lead graduate and undergraduate students in undertaking the discovery, evaluation, Read More …
Making a home on the range for bees a win-win for agriculture and nature
Farmers and ranchers should be buzzed about bees and making room for the busy little insect in their land management, say researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences who are leading one of the first studies to establish baseline Read More …