Jennifer Baltzer, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

Wildfire Permafrost thaw Forest dynamics Climate change Climate warming Boreal biome Regeneration Functional traits

Latest papers

Higher-order interactions enhance the latitudinal tree diversity gradient.
Nature · 2026
Carbon and nitrogen cycling dynamics following permafrost thaw in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
The Science of the total environment · 2022
TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access.
Global change biology · 2020

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Fostering sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a resilient and thriving food system in the Northwest Territories through co-created action and research
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,986,516
FIRE to forage: Sustaining CARibou habitat in Yukon (FIRESCAR)
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$379,050
Quantifying carbon-wildlife ecosystem service bundles across Ontario's Far North
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$148,282

All 21 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Higher-order interactions enhance the latitudinal tree diversity gradient.

Li Y, Xiao J, Jiang Y, Wright SJ, Mayfield MM, Godoy O, Alonso A, Anderson-Teixeira KJ, Baltzer J, Birch JD, Bissiengou P, Bourg NA, Brockelman W, Burslem DFRP, Cao M, Clay K, Davies SJ, Du Q, Ediriweera S, Feistner A, Fernando ES, Gilbert GS, Hao Z, Holík J, Jiang M, Jin G, Johnson DJ, Jones AS, Král K, Larson AJ, Li B, Lian J, Lin L, Liu F, Liu Y, Liu Z, Lutz JA, Ma K, McMahon SM, McShea W, Memiaghe HR, Mi X, Myers JA, Nasardin M, Nathalang A, O'Brien MJ, Obiang NLE, Parker G, Phillips RP, Qiao X, Ren H, Reynolds G, Rodriguez LJV, Šamonil P, Shen G, Shu Z, Shue J, Swanson ME, Thompson J, Uriarte M, Wang X, Wang X, Wang Y, Yao TL, Ye W, Yu M, Zhang M, Zhu Y, Zimmerman J, He F, Chu C

Nature2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10434-6 PMID: 42056517

02

Carbon and nitrogen cycling dynamics following permafrost thaw in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Dieleman CM, Day NJ, Holloway JE, Baltzer J, Douglas TA, Turetsky MR

The Science of the total environment2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157288 PMID: 35839897

03

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access.

Kattge J, Bönisch G, Díaz S, Lavorel S, Prentice IC, Leadley P, Tautenhahn S, Werner GDA, Aakala T, Abedi M, Acosta ATR, Adamidis GC, Adamson K, Aiba M, Albert CH, Alcántara JM, Alcázar C C, Aleixo I, Ali H, Amiaud B, Ammer C, Amoroso MM, Anand M, Anderson C, Anten N, Antos J, Apgaua DMG, Ashman TL, Asmara DH, Asner GP, Aspinwall M, Atkin O, Aubin I, Baastrup-Spohr L, Bahalkeh K, Bahn M, Baker T, Baker WJ, Bakker JP, Baldocchi D, Baltzer J, Banerjee A, Baranger A, Barlow J, Barneche DR, Baruch Z, Bastianelli D, Battles J, Bauerle W, Bauters M, Bazzato E, Beckmann M, Beeckman H, Beierkuhnlein C, Bekker R, Belfry G, Belluau M, Beloiu M, Benavides R, Benomar L, Berdugo-Lattke ML, Berenguer E, Bergamin R, Bergmann J, Bergmann Carlucci M, Berner L, Bernhardt-Römermann M, Bigler C, Bjorkman AD, Blackman C, Blanco C, Blonder B, Blumenthal D, Bocanegra-González KT, Boeckx P, Bohlman S, Böhning-Gaese K, Boisvert-Marsh L, Bond W, Bond-Lamberty B, Boom A, Boonman CCF, Bordin K, Boughton EH, Boukili V, Bowman DMJS, Bravo S, Brendel MR, Broadley MR, Brown KA, Bruelheide H, Brumnich F, Bruun HH, Bruy D, Buchanan SW, Bucher SF, Buchmann N, Buitenwerf R, Bunker DE, Bürger J, Burrascano S, Burslem DFRP, Butterfield BJ, Byun C, Marques M, Scalon MC, Caccianiga M, Cadotte M, Cailleret M, Camac J, Camarero JJ, Campany C, Campetella G, Campos JA, Cano-Arboleda L, Canullo R, Carbognani M, Carvalho F, Casanoves F, Castagneyrol B, Catford JA, Cavender-Bares J, Cerabolini BEL, Cervellini M, Chacón-Madrigal E, Chapin K, Chapin FS, Chelli S, Chen SC, Chen A, Cherubini P, Chianucci F, Choat B, Chung KS, Chytrý M, Ciccarelli D, Coll L, Collins CG, Conti L, Coomes D, Cornelissen JHC, Cornwell WK, Corona P, Coyea M, Craine J, Craven D, Cromsigt JPGM, Csecserits A, Cufar K, Cuntz M, da Silva AC, Dahlin KM, Dainese M, Dalke I, Dalle Fratte M, Dang-Le AT, Danihelka J, Dannoura M, Dawson S, de Beer AJ, De Frutos A, De Long JR, Dechant B, Delagrange S, Delpierre N, Derroire G, Dias AS, Diaz-Toribio MH, Dimitrakopoulos PG, Dobrowolski M, Doktor D, Dřevojan P, Dong N, Dransfield J, Dressler S, Duarte L, Ducouret E, Dullinger S, Durka W, Duursma R, Dymova O, E-Vojtkó A, Eckstein RL, Ejtehadi H, Elser J, Emilio T, Engemann K, Erfanian MB, Erfmeier A, Esquivel-Muelbert A, Esser G, Estiarte M, Domingues TF, Fagan WF, Fagúndez J, Falster DS, Fan Y, Fang J, Farris E, Fazlioglu F, Feng Y, Fernandez-Mendez F, Ferrara C, Ferreira J, Fidelis A, Finegan B, Firn J, Flowers TJ, Flynn DFB, Fontana V, Forey E, Forgiarini C, François L, Frangipani M, Frank D, Frenette-Dussault C, Freschet GT, Fry EL, Fyllas NM, Mazzochini GG, Gachet S, Gallagher R, Ganade G, Ganga F, García-Palacios P, Gargaglione V, Garnier E, Garrido JL, de Gasper AL, Gea-Izquierdo G, Gibson D, Gillison AN, Giroldo A, Glasenhardt MC, Gleason S, Gliesch M, Goldberg E, Göldel B, Gonzalez-Akre E, Gonzalez-Andujar JL, González-Melo A, González-Robles A, Graae BJ, Granda E, Graves S, Green WA, Gregor T, Gross N, Guerin GR, Günther A, Gutiérrez AG, Haddock L, Haines A, Hall J, Hambuckers A, Han W, Harrison SP, Hattingh W, Hawes JE, He T, He P, Heberling JM, Helm A, Hempel S, Hentschel J, Hérault B, Hereş AM, Herz K, Heuertz M, Hickler T, Hietz P, Higuchi P, Hipp AL, Hirons A, Hock M, Hogan JA, Holl K, Honnay O, Hornstein D, Hou E, Hough-Snee N, Hovstad KA, Ichie T, Igić B, Illa E, Isaac M, Ishihara M, Ivanov L, Ivanova L, Iversen CM, Izquierdo J, Jackson RB, Jackson B, Jactel H, Jagodzinski AM, Jandt U, Jansen S, Jenkins T, Jentsch A, Jespersen JRP, Jiang GF, Johansen JL, Johnson D, Jokela EJ, Joly CA, Jordan GJ, Joseph GS, Junaedi D, Junker RR, Justes E, Kabzems R, Kane J, Kaplan Z, Kattenborn T, Kavelenova L, Kearsley E, Kempel A, Kenzo T, Kerkhoff A, Khalil MI, Kinlock NL, Kissling WD, Kitajima K, Kitzberger T, Kjøller R, Klein T, Kleyer M, Klimešová J, Klipel J, Kloeppel B, Klotz S, Knops JMH, Kohyama T, Koike F, Kollmann J, Komac B, Komatsu K, König C, Kraft NJB, Kramer K, Kreft H, Kühn I, Kumarathunge D, Kuppler J, Kurokawa H, Kurosawa Y, Kuyah S, Laclau JP, Lafleur B, Lallai E, Lamb E, Lamprecht A, Larkin DJ, Laughlin D, Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y, le Maire G, le Roux PC, le Roux E, Lee T, Lens F, Lewis SL, Lhotsky B, Li Y, Li X, Lichstein JW, Liebergesell M, Lim JY, Lin YS, Linares JC, Liu C, Liu D, Liu U, Livingstone S, Llusià J, Lohbeck M, López-García Á, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Lososová Z, Louault F, Lukács BA, Lukeš P, Luo Y, Lussu M, Ma S, Maciel Rabelo Pereira C, Mack M, Maire V, Mäkelä A, Mäkinen H, Malhado ACM, Mallik A, Manning P, Manzoni S, Marchetti Z, Marchino L, Marcilio-Silva V, Marcon E, Marignani M, Markesteijn L, Martin A, Martínez-Garza C, Martínez-Vilalta J, Mašková T, Mason K, Mason N, Massad TJ, Masse J, Mayrose I, McCarthy J, McCormack ML, McCulloh K, McFadden IR, McGill BJ, McPartland MY, Medeiros JS, Medlyn B, Meerts P, Mehrabi Z, Meir P, Melo FPL, Mencuccini M, Meredieu C, Messier J, Mészáros I, Metsaranta J, Michaletz ST, Michelaki C, Migalina S, Milla R, Miller JED, Minden V, Ming R, Mokany K, Moles AT, Molnár A, Molofsky J, Molz M, Montgomery RA, Monty A, Moravcová L, Moreno-Martínez A, Moretti M, Mori AS, Mori S, Morris D, Morrison J, Mucina L, Mueller S, Muir CD, Müller SC, Munoz F, Myers-Smith IH, Myster RW, Nagano M, Naidu S, Narayanan A, Natesan B, Negoita L, Nelson AS, Neuschulz EL, Ni J, Niedrist G, Nieto J, Niinemets Ü, Nolan R, Nottebrock H, Nouvellon Y, Novakovskiy A, Nutrient Network, Nystuen KO, O'Grady A, O'Hara K, O'Reilly-Nugent A, Oakley S, Oberhuber W, Ohtsuka T, Oliveira R, Öllerer K, Olson ME, Onipchenko V, Onoda Y, Onstein RE, Ordonez JC, Osada N, Ostonen I, Ottaviani G, Otto S, Overbeck GE, Ozinga WA, Pahl AT, Paine CET, Pakeman RJ, Papageorgiou AC, Parfionova E, Pärtel M, Patacca M, Paula S, Paule J, Pauli H, Pausas JG, Peco B, Penuelas J, Perea A, Peri PL, Petisco-Souza AC, Petraglia A, Petritan AM, Phillips OL, Pierce S, Pillar VD, Pisek J, Pomogaybin A, Poorter H, Portsmuth A, Poschlod P, Potvin C, Pounds D, Powell AS, Power SA, Prinzing A, Puglielli G, Pyšek P, Raevel V, Rammig A, Ransijn J, Ray CA, Reich PB, Reichstein M, Reid DEB, Réjou-Méchain M, de Dios VR, Ribeiro S, Richardson S, Riibak K, Rillig MC, Riviera F, Robert EMR, Roberts S, Robroek B, Roddy A, Rodrigues AV, Rogers A, Rollinson E, Rolo V, Römermann C, Ronzhina D, Roscher C, Rosell JA, Rosenfield MF, Rossi C, Roy DB, Royer-Tardif S, Rüger N, Ruiz-Peinado R, Rumpf SB, Rusch GM, Ryo M, Sack L, Saldaña A, Salgado-Negret B, Salguero-Gomez R, Santa-Regina I, Santacruz-García AC, Santos J, Sardans J, Schamp B, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schleuning M, Schmid B, Schmidt M, Schmitt S, Schneider JV, Schowanek SD, Schrader J, Schrodt F, Schuldt B, Schurr F, Selaya Garvizu G, Semchenko M, Seymour C, Sfair JC, Sharpe JM, Sheppard CS, Sheremetiev S, Shiodera S, Shipley B, Shovon TA, Siebenkäs A, Sierra C, Silva V, Silva M, Sitzia T, Sjöman H, Slot M, Smith NG, Sodhi D, Soltis P, Soltis D, Somers B, Sonnier G, Sørensen MV, Sosinski EE, Soudzilovskaia NA, Souza AF, Spasojevic M, Sperandii MG, Stan AB, Stegen J, Steinbauer K, Stephan JG, Sterck F, Stojanovic DB, Strydom T, Suarez ML, Svenning JC, Svitková I, Svitok M, Svoboda M, Swaine E, Swenson N, Tabarelli M, Takagi K, Tappeiner U, Tarifa R, Tauugourdeau S, Tavsanoglu C, Te Beest M, Tedersoo L, Thiffault N, Thom D, Thomas E, Thompson K, Thornton PE, Thuiller W, Tichý L, Tissue D, Tjoelker MG, Tng DYP, Tobias J, Török P, Tarin T, Torres-Ruiz JM, Tóthmérész B, Treurnicht M, Trivellone V, Trolliet F, Trotsiuk V, Tsakalos JL, Tsiripidis I, Tysklind N, Umehara T, Usoltsev V, Vadeboncoeur M, Vaezi J, Valladares F, Vamosi J, van Bodegom PM, van Breugel M, Van Cleemput E, van de Weg M, van der Merwe S, van der Plas F, van der Sande MT, van Kleunen M, Van Meerbeek K, Vanderwel M, Vanselow KA, Vårhammar A, Varone L, Vasquez Valderrama MY, Vassilev K, Vellend M, Veneklaas EJ, Verbeeck H, Verheyen K, Vibrans A, Vieira I, Villacís J, Violle C, Vivek P, Wagner K, Waldram M, Waldron A, Walker AP, Waller M, Walther G, Wang H, Wang F, Wang W, Watkins H, Watkins J, Weber U, Weedon JT, Wei L, Weigelt P, Weiher E, Wells AW, Wellstein C, Wenk E, Westoby M, Westwood A, White PJ, Whitten M, Williams M, Winkler DE, Winter K, Womack C, Wright IJ, Wright SJ, Wright J, Pinho BX, Ximenes F, Yamada T, Yamaji K, Yanai R, Yankov N, Yguel B, Zanini KJ, Zanne AE, Zelený D, Zhao YP, Zheng J, Zheng J, Ziemińska K, Zirbel CR, Zizka G, Zo-Bi IC, Zotz G, Wirth C

Global change biology2020

DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14904 PMID: 31891233

Fostering sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a resilient and thriving food system in the Northwest Territories through co-created action and research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative

Principal investigators: Spring, Andrew J.

Keywords: Food systems; Northwest Territories; Climate Change; agriculture; Wildfire' Resilience; sustainable farmer-led research; traditional food

$1,986,516

FIRE to forage: Sustaining CARibou habitat in Yukon (FIRESCAR)

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Baltzer, Jennifer JL

Keywords: boreal forest ecology; caribou conservation and management; caribou lichen; climate change; cumulative effects; ecological forecasting; ecological resilience; forest management; landcover change; wildfire

$379,050

Quantifying carbon-wildlife ecosystem service bundles across Ontario's Far North

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Stewart, Frances FEC

Keywords: biodiversity; carbon; ecosystem services; northern landscapes; ontario; vegetation; wildlife

$148,282

Citizen Inclusion in Power-Sharing Settlements

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Open Research Area

Principal investigators: McCulloch, Allison

Keywords: power-sharing; adoptability; adaptability; citizen inclusion; peace negotiations; peace settlements; referendums

$137,360

Boreal caribou movement in relation to forage availability and habitat structure within regenerating burns

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Cumming, Steven SG

$60,000

Forests and Global Change

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Baltzer, Jennifer

Keywords: Climate warming; Wildfire; Permafrost thaw; Forest dynamics; Boreal biome; Regeneration

$700,000

The role of altered resource availability in determining taiga forest response to permafrost thaw

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Baltzer, Jennifer

Keywords: forest dynamics; climate change; permafrost thaw; resource availability; productivity; high latitude boreal forests; growth; functional traits

$291,558

The role of altered resource availability in determining taiga forest response to permafrost thaw

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Baltzer, Jennifer

$120,000

The role of altered resource availability in determining taiga forest response to permafrost thaw

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Northern Research Supplement

Principal investigators: Baltzer, Jennifer JL

Keywords: boreal forest; climate warning; isotopes; mackenzie river basin; permafrost; plant functional traits; radial growth; stress response; trait plasticity

$108,000

Towards a constrained estimate of boreal forest productivity across northwestern North America

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Sonnentag, Oliver

$70,086

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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Biologie

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Jana Vamosi

Biological Sciences

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Madhur Anand

Environmental Sciences

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Fangliang He

Renewable Resources - University of Alberta

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Azim Mallik

Biology

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Eric Lamb

Plant Sciences

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Benoit Lafleur

Institut de recherche sur les forêts

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Mark Vanderwel

Biology

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Marney Isaac

Other Natural Sciences and Engineering

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Julie Messier

Biology

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Biology

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Department of Zoology at UBC

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Biology and Chemistry

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Wildfire Dear Professor Baltzer, 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 "Higher-order interactions enhance the latitudinal tree diversity gradient." (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 "FIRE to forage: Sustaining CARibou habitat in Yukon (FIRESCAR)" (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]