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Edward W. Bork

Edward W. Bork

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
6125
World Ranking
7070
National Ranking
444

Overview

Edward W. Bork is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has an extensive publication record predominantly in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans various subfields, including Soil Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Key topics that Edward W. Bork has focused on include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

Among recent publications are the following papers:

  • "Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally," 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Carbon accumulation in agroforestry systems is affected by tree species diversity, age and regional climate: A global meta-analysis," 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Biochar and its manure-based feedstock have divergent effects on soil organic carbon and greenhouse gas emissions in croplands," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Adaptive multi-paddock grazing improves water infiltration in Canadian grassland soils," 2021, Geoderma
  • "Modelling spatio-temporal patterns of soil carbon and greenhouse gas emissions in grazing lands: Current status and prospects," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors of Edward W. Bork include:

  • Cameron N. Carlyle
  • Scott X. Chang
  • Carolyn Fitzsimmons
  • James F. Cahill
  • Francisco Novais

Edward W. Bork has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent venues include:

  • Journal of Animal Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness

    Lauchlan H. Fraser;Jason Pither;Anke Jentsch;Marcelo Sternberg

  • Determinants of bacterial communities in Canadian agroforestry systems.

    Samiran Banerjee;Samiran Banerjee;Mark Baah-Acheamfour;Cameron N. Carlyle;Andrew Bissett

  • Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to precipitation extremes: A synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments

    Kevin R. Wilcox;Zheng Shi;Laureano A. Gherardi;Nathan P. Lemoine

  • Integrating LIDAR data and multispectral imagery for enhanced classification of rangeland vegetation: A meta analysis

    Edward W. Bork;Jason G. Su

  • Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed

    Kimberly J. Komatsu;Meghan L. Avolio;Nathan P. Lemoine;Forest Isbell

  • Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities

    Kevin R. Wilcox;Andrew T. Tredennick;Sally E. Koerner;Emily Grman

  • Influence of Vegetation, Slope, and Lidar Sampling Angle on DEM Accuracy

    Jason Su;Edward W. Bork

  • Impacts of grazing systems on soil compaction and pasture production in Alberta

    N. T. Donkor;J. V. Gedir;R. J. Hudson;E. W. Bork

  • Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

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  • Soil moisture and plant growth responses to litter and defoliation impacts in Parkland grasslands

    E.S. Deutsch;E.W. Bork;W.D. Willms

  • Grazing and climate effects on soil organic carbon concentration and particle-size association in northern grasslands

    Daniel B. Hewins;Mark P. Lyseng;Donald F. Schoderbek;Mike Alexander

  • Carbon accumulation in agroforestry systems is affected by tree species diversity, age and regional climate: A global meta-analysis

    Zilong Ma;Han Y. H. Chen;Edward W. Bork;Cameron N. Carlyle

  • Trees increase soil carbon and its stability in three agroforestry systems in central Alberta, Canada

    Mark Baah-Acheamfour;Cameron N. Carlyle;Edward W. Bork;Scott X. Chang

  • Biological control of Canada thistle in temperate pastures using high density rotational cattle grazing

    Sue L. De Bruijn;Edward W. Bork

  • Biochar and its manure-based feedstock have divergent effects on soil organic carbon and greenhouse gas emissions in croplands.

    Cole D. Gross;Edward W. Bork;Cameron N. Carlyle;Scott X. Chang

  • Cover components on long-term seasonal sheep grazing treatments in three-tip sagebrush steppe.

    Edward W. Bork;Neil E. West;John W. Walker

  • Characterization of diverse plant communities in Aspen Parkland rangeland using LiDAR data

    Jason G. Su;Edward W. Bork

  • Herbage Yield Losses in Perennial Pasture Due to Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

    Chad W. Grekul;Edward W. Bork

  • Tree plantations on farms: Evaluating growth and potential for success

    Jefferson S. Hall;Brian E. Love;Brian E. Love;Eva J. Garen;Jacob L. Slusser

  • Forest and grassland cover types reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils.

    Mark Baah-Acheamfour;Cameron N. Carlyle;Sang-Sun Lim;Edward W. Bork

  • Soil physical quality varies among contrasting land uses in Northern Prairie regions

    Christina Hebb;Donald Schoderbek;Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez;Daniel Hewins

  • Carbon pool size and stability are affected by trees and grassland cover types within agroforestry systems of western Canada

    Mark Baah-Acheamfour;Scott X. Chang;Cameron N. Carlyle;Edward W. Bork

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott X. Chang
Scott X. Chang University of Alberta
James F. Cahill
James F. Cahill University of Alberta
Walter D. Willms
Walter D. Willms Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Robert J. Hudson
Robert J. Hudson University of Alberta
Anke Jentsch
Anke Jentsch University of Bayreuth
Marcelo Cabido
Marcelo Cabido National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Sandra Díaz
Sandra Díaz National University of Córdoba
Carl Beierkuhnlein
Carl Beierkuhnlein University of Bayreuth
Gerhard E. Overbeck
Gerhard E. Overbeck Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Bryan L. Foster
Bryan L. Foster University of Kansas

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