Pelster, David, Ph.D.

Contact Information:

2560 Hochelaga Boulevard
Quebec, Quebec G1V 2J3
Telephone: 418-210-5042
Fax: 418-648-2402
Email: david.pelster@canada.ca

Areas of Expertise:

• Study soil nitrogen cycle and greenhouse gas (GHG fluxes in agricultural soils
• Investigate the nitrogen cycle in agro-ecosystems
• Study GHG fluxes and ammonia volatilization to provide evidence on how to mitigate losses, and better understand underlying processes and drivers of these fluxes
• Critically evaluate opportunities for crop-livestock integration

Current Projects:

• Soil health in intensive dairy production systems laitière (Eastern Canada project, Collaborator; Financed via AAC-Base A 2016-19).
• Resilient Crop-Livestock Systems – Unravelling C and N stabilization and restitution mechanisms in manured soils.

Affiliations:

• Canadian Soil Science Society
• European Geosciences Union
• Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock

Research publications

Other science related publications