Roland Kröbel, Ph.D.

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Research Scientist

As ecosystem modeller at the Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, the work of my team revolves around the further development of AAFC's whole farm model Holos.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
5403 1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta

Current research and/or projects

  • An ecological approach, based on carbon flows within the model HOLOS, for understanding responses of Canadian farms to prospective management practices and global changes
  • Agri-environmental indicators on farm level - ammonia volatilization

Research and/or project statements

  • Ecosystem modeling in agriculture
  • Climate change
  • Greenhouse gas emissions
  • N cycling

Additional links

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=ZvbhJTwAAAAJ&hl=en

 

Key publications

  1. Kröbel, R., Stephens, E.C., Gorzelak, M.A., Thivierge, M.N., Akhter, F., Nyiraneza, J., Singer, S.D., Geddes, C.M., Glenn, A.J., Devillers, N., Alemu, A.W., St. Luce, M., Giardetti, D. (2021). Making farming more sustainable by helping farmers to decide rather than telling them what to do. Environmental Research Letters, [online] 16(5), http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abef30

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  2. St. Luce, M., Lemke, R., Gan, Y., McConkey, B., May, W., Campbell, C., Zentner, R., Wang, H., Kroebel, R., Fernandez, M., Brandt, K. (2020). Diversifying cropping systems enhances productivity, stability, and nitrogen use efficiency. Agronomy Journal, [online] 112(3), 1517-1536. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20162

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  3. Singer, S.D., Soolanayakanahally, R.Y., Foroud, N.A., Kroebel, R. (2020). Biotechnological strategies for improved photosynthesis in a future of elevated atmospheric CO2, 251(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00425-019-03301-4

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  4. Mirmasoudi, S., Byrne, J., MacDonald, R., Johnson, D., Kroebel, R. (2019). Modelling historical and potential future climate impacts on Keremeos Creek, an Okanagan-Similkameen watershed, British Columbia, Canada: Part I. Forecasting change in spring and summer water supply and demand. Canadian Water Resources Journal, [online] 44(4), 350-366. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07011784.2019.1640137

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  5. Alemu, A.W., Kröbel, R., McConkey, B.G., Iwaasa, A.D. (2019). Effect of increasing species diversity and grazing management on pasture productivity, animal performance, and soil carbon sequestration of re-established pasture in Canadian Prairie. Animals, [online] 9(4), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9040127

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  6. Fan, J., McConkey, B.G., Liang, B.C., Angers, D.A., Janzen, H.H., Kröbel, R., Cerkowniak, D.D., Smith, W.N. (2019). Increasing crop yields and root input make Canadian farmland a large carbon sink. Geoderma, [online] 336 49-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.08.004

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  7. Cordeiro, M.R.C., Rotz, A., Kroebel, R., Beauchemin, K.A., Hunt, D., Bittman, S., Koenig, K.M., McKenzie, D.B. (2019). Prospects of forage production in northern regions under climate and land-use changes: A case-study of a dairy farm in Newfoundland, Canada. Agronomy, [online] 9(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9010031

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  8. Mirmasoudi, S., Byrne, J., Kroebel, R., Johnson, D., MacDonald, R. (2018). A novel time-effective model for daily distributed solar radiation estimates across variable terrain, 9(4), 383-398. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40095-018-0279-3

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  9. Pogue, S.J., Kröbel, R., Janzen, H.H., Beauchemin, K.A., Legesse, G., de Souza, D.M., Iravani, M., Selin, C., Byrne, J., McAllister, T.A. (2018). Beef production and ecosystem services in Canada's prairie provinces: A review, 166 152-172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2018.06.011

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  10. Legesse, G., Cordeiro, M.R.C., Ominski, K.H., Beauchemin, K.A., Kroebel, R., McGeough, E.J., Pogue, S., McAllister, T.A. (2018). Water use intensity of Canadian beef production in 1981 as compared to 2011. Science of the Total Environment, [online] 619-620 1030-1039. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.194

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  11. VanderZaag, A.C., Burtt, S., Vergé, X., Piquette, S., Wright, T., Kroebel, R., Gordon, R. (2018). CASE STUDY: Water budget of a dairy farm with a tie-stall barn for milk cows and summer pasturing of heifers and dry cows. Professional Animal Scientist, [online] 34(1), 108-117. http://dx.doi.org/10.15232/pas.2017-01654

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  12. Martel, M., Glenn, A., Wilson, H., Kröbel, R. (2018). Simulation of actual evapotranspiration from agricultural landscapes in the Canadian Prairies. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, [online] 15 105-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2017.11.010

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  13. Guest, G., Smith, W., Grant, B., McConkey, B., Chipanshi, A., Reid, K., Kroebel, R., Martel, M., Desjardins, R., VanderZaag, A., Pattey, E., Glenn, A., Wilson, H., Balde, H., Wagner-Riddle, C., Drury, C.F., Fuller, K., Hayashi, M., Reynolds, D. (2018). Comparing the performance of the dndc, holos, and vsmb models for predicting the water partitioning of various crops and sites across Canada. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 98(2), 212-231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2017-0112

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  14. Karimi, R., Janzen, H.H., Smith, E.G., Ellert, B.H., Kröbel, R. (2018). Soil carbon dynamics in wheat plots established on grassland in 1911 as influenced by nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 98(3), 580-583. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2017-0133

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  15. Legesse, G., Kroebel, R., Alemu, A.W., Ominski, K.H., McGeough, E.J., Beauchemin, K.A., Chai, L., Bittman, S., McAllister, T.A. (2018). Effect of changes in management practices and animal performance on ammonia emissions from Canadian beef production in 1981 as compared with 2011. Canadian Journal of Animal Science, [online] 98(4), 833-844. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjas-2017-0184

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  16. Little, S.M., Benchaar, C., Janzen, H.H., Kröbel, R., McGeough, E.J., Beauchemin, K.A. (2017). Demonstrating the effect of forage source on the carbon footprint of a Canadian dairy farm using whole-systems analysis and the holos model: Alfalfa silage vs. corn silage. Climate, [online] 5(4), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli5040087

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  17. Alemu, A.W., Janzen, H.H., Little, S., Hao, X.Y., Thompson, D.J., Baron, V., Iwaasa, A., Beauchemin, K.A., Kröbel, R., 2017. Assessment of grazing management on farm greenhouse gas intensity of beef production systems in the Canadian Prairies using life cycle assessment. Agricultural Systems 158, 1-13

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  18. J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 100 (Suppl. 2):265.

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  20. Karimi, R., Janzen, H.H., Smith, E.G., Ellert, B.H., Kröbel, R. (2017). Nitrogen balance in century-old wheat experiments. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 97(4), 580-591. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2016-0118

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Contact

Research facility

Lethbridge Research and Development Centre
5403 1st Avenue South
Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Modeling›Agri-ecosystem

Language

English

Other languages

German