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1990-01-01
Johan F. Dormaar, Walter D. Willms
Native prairie communities have evolved to produce relatively low but sustained production. Demand for greater production has resulted in overgrazing and, consequently, lower and more unstable annual yields and increased risk of soil erosion. Because the Rough Fescue Prairie is best suited for...
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Sustained Yield Forestry in Sweden and Russia: How Does it Correspond to Sustainable Forest Management Policy?
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Martin Hermansson, Frederik Doyon, Per Angelstam, Marine Elbakidze, Kjell Andersson, Jonas Jacobsson, Glen W. Armstrong, Robert Axelsson, Yurij Pautov
This paper analyzes how sustained yield (SY) forestry is defined and implemented in Sweden and Russia, two countries with different forest-industrial regimes. We first compare definitions of SY forestry in national legislation and policies. Then we study forest management planning in two large...
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2020-01-01
Abdul-Bari, Mohammed M., McQueen, Rachel H., Nguyen, Ha., Wismer, Wendy V, de la Mata, A. Paulina, Harynuk, James J.
Although polyester is well known for smelling strongly after wear, little is known about the propensity of nylon to retain and emit body odor. In this study, we investigated whether odor intensity differed between nylon and polyester fabrics. A secondary aim was to compare odor on fabrics frozen...
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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!
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Irving, B. D., Davies, M. J., and Briggs, K. G.
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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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)
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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...
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Traditional kefir reduces weight gain and improves plasma and liver lipid profiles more successfully than a commercial equivalent in a mouse model of obesity
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Bourrie, Benjamin C.T., Cotter, Paul D., Willing, Ben P.
Kefir, a fermented milk beverage, has shown promise in alleviating obesity and associated metabolic dysfunction. However, microbial characteristics are variable among traditional kefirs, and commercial kefirs drastically differ from traditional kefir. This study investigated the ability of four...