Warren Cardinal-McTeague, University of British Columbia

Research

Leaf functional traits Leaf spectroscopy Decolonial science Biodiversity and sustainability Co-production of research Ecosystem health Environmental monitoring Indigenous relationships with land

Latest papers

Next-generation specimen digitization: capturing reflectance spectra from the world's herbaria for modeling plant biology across time, space, and taxa.
The New phytologist · 2026
Complex reticulation in backbone subfamily relationships in Leguminosae.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2026
Biome evolution in subfamily Cercidoideae (Leguminosae): a tropical arborescent clade with a relictual depauperate temperate lineage.
Revista brasileira de botanica : Brazilian journal of botany · 2025

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Sowing Sovereignty: A Journey Into Indigenous Seed Work
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$72,350
The Political Economy of Buying Ideas: Using Public Procurement to Stimulate Business Innovation
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$34,861
Restoring Indigenous relationships with land and monitoring ecosystem health and function
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$66,000

All 5 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Next-generation specimen digitization: capturing reflectance spectra from the world's herbaria for modeling plant biology across time, space, and taxa.

Cavender-Bares J, White DM, Ahlstrand NI, Austin MW, Bastianelli D, Bazan S, Boughalmi K, Cardinal-McTeague W, Chacón-Madrigal E, Couvreur TLP, Davis C, Durgante FM, Grace OM, Guzmán Q JA, Hansen K, Hernández-Leal MS, Hopkins MJG, Jackson R, Kothari S, Lee AK, Léveillé-Bourret É, Pinto-Ledezma J, Quinteros Casaverde NL, Meireles JE, Neto-Bradley B, Nichodemus CO, Ree RH, Schmull M, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Tuomisto H, Ustin SL, Vasconcelos CC

The New phytologist2026

DOI: 10.1111/nph.70645 PMID: 41174827

02

Complex reticulation in backbone subfamily relationships in Leguminosae.

Stai JS, Cardinal-McTeague W, Bruneau A, Cannon SB

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108438 PMID: 40902914

03

Biome evolution in subfamily Cercidoideae (Leguminosae): a tropical arborescent clade with a relictual depauperate temperate lineage.

Hagelstam-Renshaw C, Ringelberg JJ, Sinou C, Cardinal-McTeague W, Bruneau A

Revista brasileira de botanica : Brazilian journal of botany2025

DOI: 10.1007/s40415-024-01058-z PMID: 39703368

Sowing Sovereignty: A Journey Into Indigenous Seed Work

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Robin Martens, Tabitha

Keywords: Indigenous knowledge; Indigenous food sovereignty; language revitalization; Indigenous culture; community-based research

$72,350

The Political Economy of Buying Ideas: Using Public Procurement to Stimulate Business Innovation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ornston, Darius P.

Keywords: Comparative political economy; international political economy; innovation policy; procurement; trade agreements; Canada; Sweden; United States

$34,861

Restoring Indigenous relationships with land and monitoring ecosystem health and function

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cardinal-McTeague, Warren

Keywords: ecosystem function; environmental health; environmental management; food systems; indigenous data sovereignty; leaf functional traits; leaf microbiome; leaf spectroscopy; research co-production; remote sensing

$66,000

Restoring Indigenous relationships with land and monitoring ecosystem health and function

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Cardinal-McTeague, Warren

$12,500

Indigenous Natural Sciences

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Cardinal-McTeague, Warren

Keywords: Leaf functional traits; Leaf spectroscopy; Decolonial science; Biodiversity and sustainability; Co-production of research; Ecosystem health; Environmental monitoring; Indigenous relationships with land; Microbiome diversity and function; Western land use

$190,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Leaf functional traits Dear Professor Cardinal-McTeague, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Next-generation specimen digitization: capturing reflectance spectra from the world's herbaria for modeling plant biology across time, space, and taxa." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Restoring Indigenous relationships with land and monitoring ecosystem health and function" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]