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 …
Category: Research
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 …
You want pollinators to make their home on your range
Alberta Farmer Express, June 27, 2017 by Jill Burkhardt: There is a buzz on range- and pasture lands. And we really need to pay attention to native pollinators and the benefits that they provide, says a rangeland ecologist. “Pollinators are critical to Read More …
Novel app offers layers of maps
Just as the inventors of Google Street View vastly improved on paper maps, a team at the University of Alberta has developed an innovative digital tool that shows natural landscapes in penetrating detail. On&Off DigiMapping is a GPS-based learning tool Read More …
Scientists look to grazing to aid carbon retention in soil
Western Producer, April 27, 2017 by Barbara Duckworth: The symbiotic relationship of plants, soil and animals has long been understood among those living off the land. Soil with high carbon content has increased fertility, water retention and productivity. Now scientists are Read More …
Researchers receive $3.76M in federal funding for greener agriculture
Three University of Alberta scientists will take their greenhouse gas reduction research to the next level, thanks to an infusion of funding announced today by the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, federal minister of agriculture and agri-food. The funding will exceed $3.76 Read More …