We are seeking highly motivated individuals to study the impact of crop rotation diversification on soil carbon storage and greenhouse gas mitigation. Research activities will involve:

1)obtaining baseline data for a long‐term field infrastructure (lysimeters) dedicated to the study of soil health and its impacts on soil ecosystem services;

2) an inter‐comparison of models (DayCent, DNDC) using data from soil lysimeters and long‐term experiments to assess their applicability for estimating soil water, carbon and nitrogen dynamics for Ontario conditions;

An M.Sc. studentship is available starting in the fall of 2016 involving research at The University of Guelph's Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility (CESRF) (http://www.ces.uoguelph.ca) in collaboration with PlantForm Corporation (www.plantformcorp.com), and funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) (www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca).

Are you interested in the behaviour, ecology and conservation of pollinators and looking to take on the challenge of an MSc or PhD? Professor Nigel Raine is looking for enthusiastic, committed, and hard working students to join his lab in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph.

Research topics for prospective graduate students include:

Shelley Hunt is a professor in our School of Environmental Sciences and director of the University of Guelph Arboretum. She is also a forest ecologist. More information on Shelley and her research is available at: https://www.uoguelph.ca/ses/users/shunt

Thursday, March 17 2016 News Release.  Experienced bumblebees prefer not to share their foraging knowledge with newbies, according to new research involving a University of Guelph professor Nigel Raine. http://news.uoguelph.ca/2016/03/experienced-bumblebees-wont-share-newbies-study/

I am very excited to announce the 2016 winner of the Distinguished IB Student Speaker Award, Danielle Ethier.  Tomorrow, Danielle, a senior PhD student working with Dr. Tom Nudds, will tell us about her multidisciplinary work on "Factors affecting the abundance of a declining migratory songbird".  As Danielle eloquently pointed out:

Low levels of pesticides can impact the foraging behaviour of bumblebees on wildflowers, changing their floral preferences and hindering their ability to learn the skills needed to extract nectar and pollen, according to a study co-authored by Nigel Raine a University of Guelph professor.