Marie-Hélène Brice, Université de Montréal

Research

northern range limit climate change tree recruitment phenology fire forest dynamics boreal-temperate ecotone red maple

Latest funding

Trees under pressure: limits to species migration in the boreal-temperate ecotone
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$36,000
Trees under pressure: limits to species migration in the boreal-temperate ecotone
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Zéro perte nette de milieux humides : en route vers des approches de restauration éclairées
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$934,729

Trees under pressure: limits to species migration in the boreal-temperate ecotone

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Brice, Marie-Hélène

Keywords: northern range limit; climate change; tree recruitment; phenology; fire; forest dynamics; boreal-temperate ecotone; red maple; microclimate; soil

$36,000

Trees under pressure: limits to species migration in the boreal-temperate ecotone

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Brice, Marie-Hélène

Keywords: northern range limit; climate change; tree recruitment; phenology; fire; forest dynamics; boreal-temperate ecotone; red maple; microclimate; soil

$12,500

Zéro perte nette de milieux humides : en route vers des approches de restauration éclairées

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Poulin, Monique M

Keywords: acceptabilité sociale; biodiversité; conservation; espèces exotiques envahissantes; gouvernance; milieux humides; restauration; végétalisation

$934,729

Trajectoires de la composition forestière dans l'est du Canada sous l'action des changements globaux

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Boucher, Yan YG

Keywords: aménagement forestier; changements climatiques; changements globaux; composition forestière; dynamique des perturbations; écologie forestière; génie forestier; modélisation forestière; perturbations naturelles; résilience des forêts

$751,666

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: northern range limit Dear Professor Brice, 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]. Your research on northern range limit 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 "Trees under pressure: limits to species migration in the boreal-temperate ecotone" (2024), 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]