2021 | Batbaatar Amgaa, Ecosystem sensitivity to variation in precipitation and defoliation across grasslands of Alberta | PhD | Carlyle, Cahill | Mattheis Ranch, Kinsella Ranch, Onefour and Stavely Research Stations, other locations in Alberta |
2020 | Sara Barszczewski, Simulated Livestock Soil Compaction, Plant Defoliation and Litter Removal Effects on Extracellular Enzyme Activity and Vegetation Across a Moisture Gradient in Southern Alberta, Canada | MSc | Carlyle, Hao | Stavely Research Station, Onefour Research Station, others |
2020 | Junhong Lui, Assessment of rumen microbiota in beef heifers with different feed efficiency and managed under different feeding systems | MSc | Guan, Plastow | Mattheis Ranch, Kinsella Ranch |
2020 | Margarete Dettlaff, Drivers of trembling aspen secondary chemistry and impacts on plant communities in the aspen parkland. | PhD | Cahill | Kinsella Ranch |
2020 | Dauren Kaliaskar, Cultivation and Grazing Impacts on Extracellular Enzyme Activity in Alberta Grasslands | MSc | Chang, Bork, Carlyle | Mattheis Ranch, others |
2020 | Lori Schroeder, Grassland vegetation diversity responses to the reintroduction of Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae) in Aishihik, Yukon | MSc | Schmiegleow, Bork | Yukon |
2019 | Kassia James, Mitigating effects of access mats on construction traffic in Mixedgrass Prairie of Alberta | MSc | Bork, Carlyle, Quideau | Mattheis Ranch |
2019 | Kristine Dahl, Relationships of range health scores with grazing management practices and producer perspectives in Alberta, Canada | MSc | Bork, Parkins | Alberta |
2019 | Craig DeMaere, The relationship of plant diversity to Alberta's Range Health Assessment | MSc | Carlyle, Bork | Alberta |
2019 | Megan Ljubotina, Behaviour of Helianthus annuus L.: an ethogram for sunflower, and the effect of potential competitors on soil nutrient patch use | MSc | Cahill | Kinsella Ranch |
2019 | Preston Sorenson, Quantifying the Spatial Distribution of Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Using Reflectance Spectroscopy | PhD | Quideau | Alberta |
2019 | Robert Mukiibi, Identification of functional genes for feed efficiency traits via transcriptome analyses to enhance the genomic prediction accuracy in beef cattle | PhD | Li | Kinsella Ranch |
2019 | Tien Weber, Application of manure from cattle fed with different diets affects soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions | MSc | Chang, Hao | Alberta |
2018 | Carly Moore, Rangeland Habitat Use and Activity of Cattle with Divergent Molecular Breeding Values for Residual Feed Intake | MSc | Bork, Plastow | Mattheis Ranch |
2018 | Nicky Lansink, Performance and Methane Emissions of RFI Selected Cattle in Drylot and Under Open Range Conditions | MSc | Plastow, Bork | Mattheis Ranch |
2018 | Lysandra Pyle, Influence of management and disturbance history on germinable seed bank composition and legume recruitment in Alberta’s Central Parkland and Dry Mixedgrass prairie | PhD | Bork, Hall | Mattheis Ranch, Kinsella Ranch, other Alberta locations |
2018 | Ekaterina Stolnikova, Long-term grazing effects on soil greenhouse gases emission and soil microbial communities of Alberta grasslands | MSc | Carlyle, Bork | Mattheis Ranch, Kinsella Ranch, other Alberta locations |
2018 | Caroline Martin, Displacement and Mortality of Birds by High Voltage Transmission Lines in the Canadian Dry Mixed Prairie | MSc | Nielsen, Bork | Mattheis Ranch |
2018 | Faezeh Najafi, Evaluating impacts of high voltage transmission line construction on Dry Mixedgrass prairie in Alberta | MSc | Bork, Carlyle | Mattheis Ranch |
2018 | Kyle Springer, Monitoring Phenology of Boreal Trees Using Remote Sensing | MSc | Gamon | Alberta |
2018 | Jacqueline Dennett, Search and rescue: detection and mitigation of rare vascular plant species | MSc | Nielsen | Mattheis Ranch, others |
2017 | Xiaozhu (Sean) Chuan, Effect of Grazing on Litter Decomposition and Extracellular Enzyme Activity across Agro-climatic Subregions in Alberta | MSc | Bork, Carlyle | Mattheis Ranch, Kinsella Ranch, Stavely Research Station, others |
2017 | Angela Phung, The effects of defoliation on growth, reproduction and pollination of a non-native legume (Astragalus cicer) in the Mixedgrass prairie | MSc | Carlyle, Manson | Mattheis Ranch |
2017 | Gisela Stotz, The Drivers of Invasive Species Establishment and Impact on Ecological and Evolutionary Aspects of Resident Plant Communities | PhD | Cahill | Mattheis Ranch, Kinsella Ranch, others |
2017 | Mina Kiani, Soil Quality Dynamics and Spatial Heterogeneity in Grasslands and Cropping Systems in Western Canada | MSc | Hernandez-Ramirez | Mattheis Ranch, Breton Research Station, others |
2017 | Ran Wang, Assessing diversity of prairie plants using remote sensing | PhD | Gamon | Mattheis Ranch, other locations (USA) |
2017 | Ashton Sturm, Indicators of native bee communities in Alberta’s agricultural zone | MSc | Carlyle | Alberta |
2017 | Monica Kohler, Effects of environmental and disturbance gradients on native bee diversity, abundance and composition in Alberta’s prairies | MSc | Carlyle | Alberta |
2017 | Laurie Frerichs, Decadal assessment of successional development on reclaimed upland boreal well sites | MSc | Naeth, Bork | Alberta |
2017 | Fuyong Li, Rumen Microbiome Associated with Feed Efficiency and Host Genetics in Beef Cattle | MSc | Guan | Kinsella Ranch |
2016 | Rebecca Kong, Contribution of the Rumen Epithelial Transcriptome and Microbial Community to Variation in Beef Cattle Feed Efficiency | MSc | Guan | Kinsella Ranch |
2016 | Catherine Denny, Spatial heterogeneity of buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis) in relation to forest canopy patterns and its importance for grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) resource selection | MSc | Nielsen | Alberta |
2016 | Mark Lyseng, Impact of Grazing on Alberta’s Northern Temperate Grasslands | MSc | Bork | Alberta |
2016 | Mark Baah-Acheamfour, Soil Organic Carbon Content and Stability, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Three Agroforestry Systems in Central Alberta, Canada | PhD | Chang, Bork | Alberta |
2015 | Jeannine Goehing, Competition impacts on hybrid poplar and implications for alternative establishment systems. | MSc | Macdonald, Bork | Alberta |
2015 | Quinn Barber, Assessing the vulnerability of rare plants using climate change velocity, habitat connectivity and dispersal ability | MSc | Hamann, Nielsen | Alberta |
2015 | Jennine Pedersen, Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change on Rare Plants through Assisted Migration | MSc | Nielsen, Macdonald | Mattheis Ranch, others |
2015 | Anna Shuina, Revegetation of fen peatlands following oil and gas extraction in northern Alberta | MSc | Bork | Alberta |
2014 | Tanner Broadbent, Clipping and watering effects on caespitose and rhizomatous grasses: Implications for grazing management | PhD | Bork | Mattheis Ranch |
2014 | Regina Dahl, Characterizing thorny buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea) encroachment into the Mixedgrass Prairie in Alberta, Western Canada | MSc | Bork, Dalgaard, Bøcher | Mattheis Ranch
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2014 | David Henkel-Johnson, Factors regulating tree-herb competition in young hybrid poplar plantations | MSc | Macdonald, Bork | Alberta |
2014 | Krista Fink, Landscape- and Micro-scale Habitat Selection by Greater Short-horned Lizards | MSc | Nielsen, Pruss | Alberta |
2014 | Kajal Devani, Design and Demonstration of a High Throughput DNA Tracking System for Genetic Improvement and Brand Verification in the Canadian Beef Industry | MSc | Plastow | Alberta |
2014 | Pamela Belter, Relationships among diverse root foraging behaviours: understanding plant behavioural types | MSc | Cahill | Kinsella Ranch |
2014 | Meghan Nannt, Impacts of distance to pipeline disturbance on Mixedgrass prairie and Halimolobos virgata (Nutt.) O.E. Schulz (Slender mouse ear cress) | MSc | Naeth | Alberta |
2013 | Amanda Miller, Recovery of legumes in northern temperate pastures following the application of broadleaf herbicides | MSc | Bork, Hall | Alberta |
2013 | Shannon White, Consequences of altered precipitation, warming, and clipping for plant productivity, biodiversity, and grazing resources at three northern temperate grassland sites. | PhD | Bork, Cahill | Kinsella Ranch, others |
2013 | Jonathan Bennett, Grassland plant community assembly: The role of environmental heterogeneity, evolutionary history, competition, and pollination | PhD | Cahill | Kinsella Ranch |
2013 | Brian Karisa, Candidate genes, metabolites and biological pathways associated with Residual Feed Intake and carcass quality in beef cattle | PhD | Wang, Plastow | Kinsella Ranch |
2013 | Samson Nyanumba, Plant litter: direct and indirect effects of simulated climate change and clipping on its decomposition, and its effects on plant-plant interactions | PhD | Chang, Cahill | Kinsella Ranch |
2012 | Lindsay Glines, Woody plant encroachment into grasslands within the Red Deer River drainage, Alberta. | MSc | Merrill | Alberta |
2012 | James Glasier, Community ecology of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the central sand hills of Alberta, and a key to the ants of Alberta. | MSc | Acorn, Nielsen | Alberta |
2012 | Alan Marsh, The influence of land-cover type and vegetation on nocturnal foraging activities and vertebrate prey acquisition by burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia). | MSc | Bayne, Wellicome | Alberta |
2012 | Tisa Girard, Habitat selection by feral horses in the Alberta foothills. | MSc | Bork | Alberta |
2012 | Alicia Entem, Cost-effective conservation planning for species at risk in Saskatchewan's Milk River watershed: the efficiency gains of a multi-species approach | MSc | Adamowicz, Boxall | Alberta |
2012 | Donald Wehlage, Monitoring year-to-year variability in dry mixed-grass prairie yield using multi-sensor remote sensing. | MSc | Gamon | southern Alberta |
2012 | Janet Scott, Evaluating water quality and biotic indices in the lower Little Bow River, Alberta. | MSc | Chanasyk | Alberta |
2012 | Anayansi Cohen-Fernandez, Reclamation of a limestone quarry to a natural plant community. | PhD | Naeth | Alberta |
2012 | Darin Sherritt, Festuca hallii (Vasey) Piper (plains rough fescue) and Festuca campestris Rydb (foothills rough fescue) response to seed mix diversity and mycorrhizae. | MSc | Naeth | Alberta |
2011 | Steven Tannas, Mechanisms regulating Poa pratensis L. and Festuca campestris Rybd. within the Foothills Fescue grasslands of southern Alberta. | PhD | Bork | Alberta |
2011 | Erin McLeod, Forage responses to herbicide weed control in grass-legume swards. | MSc | Bork | Alberta |
2011 | Candace Nemirsky, Prairie plant species at risk in southern Alberta: identification of critical habitat at the microsite level for Halimolobos virgata (Nutt.) O.E. Schulz and determination of set back distance between pipeline disturbance and Halimolobos virgata and Cryptantha minima Rydb. | MSc | Naeth | Alberta |
2011 | Peggy Desserud, Rough fescue (Festuca hallii) ecology and restoration in central Alberta. | PhD | Naeth | Alberta |
2011 | Johnny Montenegro-Ballestero, Sustainable management of natural rangeland ecosystems. | PhD | Grant | Alberta |
2011 | Jillian Kaufmann, Interactions between cattle grazing and forestry on Alberta's public lands. | MSc | Bork | Alberta |
2011 | Aliah Adams, Conserving cougars in a rural landscape: habitat requirements and local tolerance in west-central Alberta | MSc | St. Clair | Alberta |
2011 | Gerda Kits, The impact of social context on conservation auctions: social capital, leadership and crowding out. | PhD | Adamowicz, Boxall | |
2011 | Kimberly Ives, Predicting conservation status of North American avian and mammalian scavengers: implications of geography, life history, behaviour and human disturbance. | MSc | Nielsen | Alberta |
2010 | Anna Botey, Interdisciplinarity in ecosystem management | PhD | Garvin | |
2010 | Timothy Antill, Biology and control of Russian thistle (Salsola tragus L.) in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis Shaw) winter ranges in montane grasslands of Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. | MSc | Naeth | Alberta |
2010 | Shawna LaRade, Long-term agronomic and environmental impact of aspen control strategies in the Aspen Parkland. | MSc | Bork | Alberta |
2010 | Laura Hamilton, Effects of natural gas development on three grassland bird species in CFB Suffield, Alberta, Canada. | MSc | Paszkowski | Alberta |
2010 | Michael Clark, Differential impacts of native and introduced ungulates on Rough Fescue Grassland root production and turnover. | MSc | Cahill | Kinsella Ranch |
2010 | Yang Lin, Spatial patterns of vegetation and soil fertility along a grazing gradient in a desert steppe in Inner Mongolia, China. | MSc | Chang | China |
2010 | Behnaz Attaeian, Biogeochemical cycling and microbial communities in native grasslands: responses to climate change and defoliation. | PhD | Chang, Cahill | Kinsella Ranch |
2010 | Danielle Gabruck, Legume-grass forage mixes for maximizing yield and competitiveness against weeds in early establishment. | MSc | Bork | Alberta |
2010 | Katherine Packman, Investigation of reverse auctions for wetland restoration in Manitoba. | MSc | Boxall | Manitoba |
2009 | Holger Spaedtke, Aversive conditioning on horseback: A management alternative for grassland systems threatened by sedentary elk populations. | MSc | St. Clair | Alberta |
2009 | Jennifer Walker, Kura clover (Trifolium ambiguum) seed production and establishment in Alberta. | PhD | King | Alberta |
2009 | Hsuan-Ting Chen, Assessing riparian health of Astotin Creek of central Alberta. | MSc | He | Alberta |
2009 | Mae Elsinger, Reclamation status of plains rough fescue grasslands at Rumsey Block in central Alberta, Canada after oil and gas well site and pipeline disturbances | MSc | Naeth | Alberta |
2009 | Rafael Avila-Flores, Black-tailed prairie dog declines in northwestern Mexico: species-habitat relationships in a changing landscape | PhD | Boutin | Mexico |
2009 | Krista Bush, Genetic diversity and paternity analysis of endangered Canadian greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) | PhD | Paszkowski | W Canada, USA |
2009 | Philip De Witt, Ungulate guild dynamics: mechanisms and consequences for aspen-parklands. | MSc | Merrill | Alberta |
2009 | Byron Shore, Mycorrhizal interactions of Festuca hallii (Vasey) Piper (plains rough fescue) | MSc | Cahill | Kinsella Ranch |
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