Kirsten Reid
Kirsten Reid
Ph.D.
Independent Contractor, Sole proprietor
Conservation Biologist at Yukon Conservation Society
Whitehorse, Yukon
Northern ecosystems
Northern ecosystems
Conservation science
Conservation science
Large landscape conservation and ecology
Large landscape conservation and ecology
Climate change and disturbances
Climate change and disturbances
Recent Science Communication & Media
Recent Science Communication & Media
Climate change is affecting vegetation in Yukon. What should we do about it? (Canadian Geographic, November 2022)
Climate change affecting composition of Yukon forests, study finds (CBC North, August 2022)
How one young scientist is protecting fragile ecosystems in Canada's North (National Observer, December 2021)
Scientific Publications
Scientific Publications
Reid KA, Day NJ, Alfaro-Sanchez R, Johnstone JF, Cumming SG, Mack MC, Turetsky MR, Walker XJ, and Baltzer JL. 2023. Black spruce seed availability and viability in boreal forests after a large wildfire event. Annals of Forest Science. 80(4). doi: 10.1186/s13595-022-01166-4
Reid KA, Day NJ, Alfaro-Sanchez R, Johnstone JF, Cumming SG, Mack MC, Turetsky MR, Walker XJ, and Baltzer JL. 2023. Black spruce seed availability and viability in boreal forests after a large wildfire event. Annals of Forest Science. 80(4). doi: 10.1186/s13595-022-01166-4
Brehaut LB, Goodwin KJ, Reid KA, Crofts AL, Danby RK, Mamet SD, and Brown CD. 2022. Seed and cone predation reduces reproductive potential of treeline conifers across northern Canada. Journal of Biogeography. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14539
Brehaut LB, Goodwin KJ, Reid KA, Crofts AL, Danby RK, Mamet SD, and Brown CD. 2022. Seed and cone predation reduces reproductive potential of treeline conifers across northern Canada. Journal of Biogeography. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14539
Day NJ, Johnstone JF, Reid KA, Cumming SG, Mack MC, Turetsky MR, Walker XJ and Baltzer JL (2022). Material legacies and environmental constraints underlie fire resilience of a dominant forest type. Ecosystems. doi:10.1007/s10021-022-00772-7.
Day NJ, Johnstone JF, Reid KA, Cumming SG, Mack MC, Turetsky MR, Walker XJ and Baltzer JL (2022). Material legacies and environmental constraints underlie fire resilience of a dominant forest type. Ecosystems. doi:10.1007/s10021-022-00772-7.
Reid KA, Reid DG, Brown CD (2022). Patterns of vegetation change in Yukon: Recent findings and future research in dynamic subarctic ecosystems. Environmental Reviews. doi: 10.1139/er-2021-0110.
Reid KA, Reid DG, Brown CD (2022). Patterns of vegetation change in Yukon: Recent findings and future research in dynamic subarctic ecosystems. Environmental Reviews. doi: 10.1139/er-2021-0110.
Baltzer JL (and 27 other authors including Reid KA) (2021). Increasing fire and the decline of fire adapted black spruce in the boreal forest. PNAS 118:45 (e2024872118). doi: 10.1073/pnas.202487211.
Baltzer JL (and 27 other authors including Reid KA) (2021). Increasing fire and the decline of fire adapted black spruce in the boreal forest. PNAS 118:45 (e2024872118). doi: 10.1073/pnas.202487211.
Day NJ, Cumming SG, Dunfield KE, Johnstone JF, Mack MC, Reid KA, Turetsky MR, Walker XJ and Baltzer JL (2020). Identifying functional impacts of heat-resistant fungi on boreal forest recovery after wildfire. Front. For. Glob. Change 3:68. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2020.00068.
Day NJ, Cumming SG, Dunfield KE, Johnstone JF, Mack MC, Reid KA, Turetsky MR, Walker XJ and Baltzer JL (2020). Identifying functional impacts of heat-resistant fungi on boreal forest recovery after wildfire. Front. For. Glob. Change 3:68. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2020.00068.