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Research Materials (Agricultural, Life, & Environmental Sciences)
Items in this Collection
- 10Briggs, Keith G.
- 2Davies, Mary Jane
- 2DePauw, R.M.
- 2Irving, Barry D.
- 1Christopher Schulze
- 1David Olefeldt
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Greenhouse gas flux data for peatlands in Northwest Territories and Northern Alberta, 2021
2025-04-14
Lorna I Harris, Christopher Schulze, Kate Marouelli, Lauren Thompson, Renae Shewan, David Olefeldt
Closed-chamber greenhouse gas fluxes (methane, CH4; carbon dioxide, CO2) were measured in July and August of 2021 from peatland subsites (peat plateaus, bogs, and fens) at the research sites Lutose (AB), Scotty Creek (NWT), and Smith Creek (NWT). All CO2 fluxes are calculated as the change in...
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Keith Briggs, with co-author Ron DePauw, describes his 1960’s University of Manitoba research that led to the Canada Western Extra Strong (CWES) spring wheat crop for Western Canada, and the registration and production of the variety Glenlea.
Download2023-08-04
Briggs, Keith G., DePauw, R.M.
TALES OF ALES #7: Keith Briggs (with Ron DePauw as co-author) describes the mid 1960’s spring wheat research and related R&D of his University of Manitoba PhD program that developed the 25% higher yielding spring wheat variety Glenlea. A new Canada Western Extra Strong (CWES) wheat market class...
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TALE #3 How to landscape a Campus 101, and how it was done at the University of Alberta: A real-time lesson from Hugh Knowles, Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, transforming Parkland bush to campus serenity using his iconic tree collection
Download2023-08-02
The North Campus land of the University of Alberta was established on 258 acres of land known as River Lot # 5, purchased in 1907 as the site for the University to be developed in south Edmonton. At that time it was 90% uncleared bush with scrubby willow, a few small cropped fields with winding...
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TALE #4 ‘Fertile Ground: ALES pioneering journey alongside plant genetics’: About plant varieties released by the University of Alberta between 1915 and 2022 (An update)
Download2023-08-02
TALE #4 describes varieties released and general aspects of variety breeding work in the Faculty of ALES from 1915 to 2022, with information about those varieties and who bred them. Part 1 is an out-of-print reprint of a Faculty article written on this subject in 2016. Parts 2, 3 and 4 provide...
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TALE #4 ‘Fertile Ground: ALES pioneering journey alongside plant genetics’: About plant varieties released by the University of Alberta between 1915 and 2022 (An update)
Download2023-08-02
TALE #4 describes varieties released and general aspects of variety breeding work in the Faculty of ALES from 1915 to 2022, with information about those varieties and who bred them. Part 1 is an out-of-print reprint of a Faculty article written on this subject in 2016. Parts 2, 3 and 4 provide...
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TALE #6 : Irving, B., Davies, M. J., and Briggs, K. G. 2023. All about the ‘Best in N. America’ Faculty of ALES undergraduate Range Team successes for 40+ years at the N. American Society for Range Management academic competitions: Who they were and how they did it!
Download2023-07-04
Briggs, Keith G., Irving, Barry D., Davies, Mary Jane
TALES OF ALES #6 is a story about 42 years of continued, demonstrable academic excellence in undergraduate teaching and learning in range management at the University of Alberta. It features the Faculty of ALES undergraduate ‘Range Teams’ and their instructors, the ‘winningest’ teams in N....
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TALE of ALES #5: Crop homesteading in Alberta, and the vital role of the Faculty of Agriculture (1915 – 2023), helping the public decide which agricultural, horticultural and amenity plants they should grow – then and now
Download2023-08-02
Part 1 of Tale #5 is an overview of some broad geopolitical and historical events affecting land allocation to immigrants in the early days of settlement in Alberta. It also describes some conditions and challenges that faced immigrants who wished to develop crop-based homesteads in these ‘new...
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TALES of ALES #0 : Eight Titles and Synopses Index, with clickable DOI links, August 2023, by senior Author Keith G. Briggs (Emeritus Professor, AFNS/ALES)
Download2023-08-05
Briggs, Keith G., Davies, Mary Jane, Irving, Barry D., DePauw, R.M.
About TALES OF ALES: TALES OF ALES is a series of stories written in retirement by Keith Briggs in 2021 – 2023 (and with occasional additional authors as noted). The intention of the stories is to place into the University of Alberta archival record some notable agricultural science events and...
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TALES of ALES #1: The ’Who’s Who’ compendium of plant science Professors and others in the history of the University of Alberta Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, (AFNS/ALES), including timelines and their research interests (1908 – 2023: Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences = ALES)
Download2023-07-07
This TALE of ALES #1 is a unique historical compendium with timelines that lists all those who were the past Professors and other researchers in the plant sciences in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science (AFNS) from 1908 up to 2023. It also includes some extra...