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Julie Messier

ResearcherBiologyUniversity of Waterloo

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Julie Messier

Researcher

Biology

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 NSERC), most recently in 2020.

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Research

biological scales intraspecific variation and covariation Leaf Economic Spectrum phenotypic complexity plant functional traits plant physiology trait covariation

Latest papers

Mycorrhizal strategy of non-native plants varies with biome and disturbance.
Nature ecology & evolution · 2026
Selection for fewer, water- and carbon-conservative needles in black spruce trees under warm, dry climates.
Annals of botany · 2026 · first author
Habitat-specific trends in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in European plant communities over a century.
Nature communications · 2026

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Advancing trait-based plant ecology: understanding the causes and consequences of trait covariation across biological scales
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Advancing trait-based plant ecology: understanding the causes and consequences of trait covariation across biological scales
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$140,000

All 2 grants and awards

11 publications.

Mycorrhizal strategy of non-native plants varies with biome and disturbance.

Cazzaniga SG, Lauber T, van den Hoogen J, Beaury EM, Bueno CG, Bever JD, Damasceno G, Catford J, Lenoir J, Martin A, Mori AS, Novakovskiy A, Gutiérrez AG, González-Robles A, de Gasper AL, Moles A, Stanisci A, Csecserits A, Jentsch A, Kuzemko A, Perea AJ, Nerlekar A, Munje A, Güler B, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Hérault B, Pinho BX, Baraloto C, Rossi C, Hending D, Laughlin DC, Rogers D, Schellenberger Costa D, Thakur D, Uogintas D, Chacón-Madrigal E, Alvarez-Davila E, Weiher E, Thomas E, Gonçalves F, Rodrigues F, Sabatini FM, Schurr FM, Essl F, Zizka G, Bonari G, Swacha G, Chen HYH, Bruelheide H, Ford H, Wang HF, Biurrun I, Aubin I, Dembicz I, Willie J, Altman J, Svenning JC, Lichstein JW, Moeslund JE, Dolezal J, Cornelissen JHC, Hunter J, Messier J, Dengler J, Homeier J, Orwin KH, Korznikov K, Van Meerbeek K, Macía MJ, Schmidt M, Varricchione M, Carlucci MB, Spasojevic M, Giorgis MA, Chytrý M, El-Sheikh MA, Hatim MZ, Kraft NJB, Mohanbabu N, Phillips OL, Reich PB, Pielech R, Arasa-Gisbert R, Guarino R, Testolin R, Tarifa R, Mukul SA, Phartyal SS, Schmitt S, Haider S, Dziuba T, Domingues T, Liu U, Golub V, Silva V, Fontana V, Vandvik V, Kissling WD, Stančić Z, Winter M, Crowther TW, Delavaux CS

Nature ecology & evolution2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41559-026-03144-9 PMID: 42608551

Selection for fewer, water- and carbon-conservative needles in black spruce trees under warm, dry climates.

Messier J, Henry S, Caruso CM, Isabel N, Lenz P, Marquis B, Parker WC, Aubin I

Annals of botany2026First author

DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaf332 PMID: 41453119

Habitat-specific trends in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in European plant communities over a century.

Kambach S, Jandt U, Acosta ATR, Álvarez-Martínez JM, Axmanová I, Bazzichetto M, Bergmeier E, Bernhardt-Römermann M, Biurrun I, Bonari G, Carboni M, Carlucci MB, Carranza ML, Cerabolini BEL, Chiarucci A, Chytrý M, Damasceno G, Dengler J, De Sanctis M, Divíšek J, Dolezal J, Dullinger S, Essl F, Friesová K, Fontana V, Garbolino E, Glaser M, González-Robles A, Güler B, Hähn GJA, Hájek M, Hruska T, Illa E, Jansen F, Jansen S, Jentsch A, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Daniel Kissling W, Knollová I, Losapio G, Liu U, Lenoir J, Lens F, Lenzner B, Perea AJ, Méndez L, Messier J, Mori AS, Napoleone F, Norum R, Novakovskiy A, Onstein R, Pakeman RJ, Peñuelas J, Petřík P, Pielech R, Pinho BX, Poschlod P, Rašomavičius V, Roscher C, Rossi C, Sabatini FM, Sandel B, Costa DS, Schmidt W, Sheremetiev S, Shovon TA, Spasojevic MJ, Swenson NG, Swacha G, Tarifa R, Tichý L, Tomaselli M, Valdés A, Van Meerbeek K, Vandvik V, Vassilev K, Večeřa M, Weiher E, Wohlgemuth T, Bruelheide H

Nature communications2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72112-5 PMID: 42103731

Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic.

García Criado M, Myers-Smith IH, Bjorkman AD, Elmendorf SC, Normand S, Aastrup P, Aerts R, Alatalo JM, Baeten L, Björk RG, Björkman MP, Boulanger-Lapointe N, Butler EE, Cooper EJ, Cornelissen JHC, Daskalova GN, Fadrique B, Forbes BC, Henry GHR, Hollister RD, Høye TT, Jacobsen IBD, Jägerbrand AK, Jónsdóttir IS, Kaarlejärvi E, Khitun O, Klanderud K, Kolari THM, Lang SI, Lecomte N, Lenoir J, Macek P, Messier J, Michelsen A, Molau U, Muscarella R, Nielsen ML, Petit Bon M, Post E, Raundrup K, Rinnan R, Rixen C, Ryde I, Serra-Diaz JM, Schaepman-Strub G, Schmidt NM, Schrodt F, Sjögersten S, Steinbauer MJ, Stewart L, Strandberg B, Tolvanen A, Tweedie CE, Vellend M

Nature2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08946-8 PMID: 40307554

Root and biomass allocation traits predict changes in plant species and communities over four decades of global change.

Messier J, Becker-Scarpitta A, Li Y, Violle C, Vellend M

Ecology2024First author

DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4389 PMID: 39252476

Tropical shrubs living in an extreme environment show convergent ecological strategies but divergent ecophysiological strategies.

Aragón L, Messier J, Atuesta-Escobar N, Lasso E

Annals of botany2023

DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcad002 PMID: 36655596

The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset.

Díaz S, Kattge J, Cornelissen JHC, Wright IJ, Lavorel S, Dray S, Reu B, Kleyer M, Wirth C, Prentice IC, Garnier E, Bönisch G, Westoby M, Poorter H, Reich PB, Moles AT, Dickie J, Zanne AE, Chave J, Wright SJ, Sheremetiev SN, Jactel H, Baraloto C, Cerabolini BEL, Pierce S, Shipley B, Casanoves F, Joswig JS, Günther A, Falczuk V, Rüger N, Mahecha MD, Gorné LD, Amiaud B, Atkin OK, Bahn M, Baldocchi D, Beckmann M, Blonder B, Bond W, Bond-Lamberty B, Brown K, Burrascano S, Byun C, Campetella G, Cavender-Bares J, Chapin FS, Choat B, Coomes DA, Cornwell WK, Craine J, Craven D, Dainese M, de Araujo AC, de Vries FT, Domingues TF, Enquist BJ, Fagúndez J, Fang J, Fernández-Méndez F, Fernandez-Piedade MT, Ford H, Forey E, Freschet GT, Gachet S, Gallagher R, Green W, Guerin GR, Gutiérrez AG, Harrison SP, Hattingh WN, He T, Hickler T, Higgins SI, Higuchi P, Ilic J, Jackson RB, Jalili A, Jansen S, Koike F, König C, Kraft N, Kramer K, Kreft H, Kühn I, Kurokawa H, Lamb EG, Laughlin DC, Leishman M, Lewis S, Louault F, Malhado ACM, Manning P, Meir P, Mencuccini M, Messier J, Miller R, Minden V, Molofsky J, Montgomery R, Montserrat-Martí G, Moretti M, Müller S, Niinemets Ü, Ogaya R, Öllerer K, Onipchenko V, Onoda Y, Ozinga WA, Pausas JG, Peco B, Penuelas J, Pillar VD, Pladevall C, Römermann C, Sack L, Salinas N, Sandel B, Sardans J, Schamp B, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schulze ED, Schweingruber F, Shiodera S, Sosinski Ê, Soudzilovskaia N, Spasojevic MJ, Swaine E, Swenson N, Tautenhahn S, Thompson K, Totte A, Urrutia-Jalabert R, Valladares F, van Bodegom P, Vasseur F, Verheyen K, Vile D, Violle C, von Holle B, Weigelt P, Weiher E, Wiemann MC, Williams M, Wright J, Zotz G

Scientific data2022

DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01774-9 PMID: 36477373

Increasing plant group productivity through latent genetic variation for cooperation.

Wuest SE, Pires ND, Luo S, Vasseur F, Messier J, Grossniklaus U, Niklaus PA

PLoS biology2022

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001842 PMID: 36445870

A Perspective on Plant Phenomics: Coupling Deep Learning and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.

Vasseur F, Cornet D, Beurier G, Messier J, Rouan L, Bresson J, Ecarnot M, Stahl M, Heumos S, Gérard M, Reijnen H, Tillard P, Lacombe B, Emanuel A, Floret J, Estarague A, Przybylska S, Sartori K, Gillespie LM, Baron E, Kazakou E, Vile D, Violle C

Frontiers in plant science2022

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.836488 PMID: 35668791

Linking ecomechanical models and functional traits to understand phenotypic diversity.

Higham TE, Ferry LA, Schmitz L, Irschick DJ, Starko S, Anderson PSL, Bergmann PJ, Jamniczky HA, Monteiro LR, Navon D, Messier J, Carrington E, Farina SC, Feilich KL, Hernandez LP, Johnson MA, Kawano SM, Law CJ, Longo SJ, Martin CH, Martone PT, Rico-Guevara A, Santana SE, Niklas KJ

Trends in ecology & evolution2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.05.009 PMID: 34218955

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Julie Messier

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Mycorrhizal strategy of non-native plants varies with biome and disturbance.

Selection for fewer, water- and carbon-conservative needles in black spruce trees under warm, dry climates.

Habitat-specific trends in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in European plant communities over a century.

Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic.

Root and biomass allocation traits predict changes in plant species and communities over four decades of global change.

Tropical shrubs living in an extreme environment show convergent ecological strategies but divergent ecophysiological strategies.

The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset.

Increasing plant group productivity through latent genetic variation for cooperation.

A Perspective on Plant Phenomics: Coupling Deep Learning and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.

Linking ecomechanical models and functional traits to understand phenotypic diversity.

Advancing trait-based plant ecology: understanding the causes and consequences of trait covariation across biological scales

Advancing trait-based plant ecology: understanding the causes and consequences of trait covariation across biological scales

Frequent collaborators

Mark Vellend

Brandon Schamp

Madhur Anand

Mark Vanderwel

Marney Isaac

Azim Mallik

Benoit Lafleur

Nicolas Lecomte

Eric Lamb

Catherine Potvin

Sarah Otto

Jennifer Baltzer

Jana Vamosi