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- 14Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of/Rangeland Research Institute (RRI)
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- 10Briggs, Keith G.
- 4W. D. Willms
- 2Alexander Johnston
- 2Armstrong, Glen W.
- 2Davies, Mary Jane
- 2DePauw, R.M.
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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 #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
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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)
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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!
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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....