Publications
2023
Deane, C. E., L. G. Carlson, C. J. Cunningham, P. Doak, K. Kielland, & G. A. Breed. 2023. Prior choice and data requirements of Bayesian multivariate hierarchical models fit to tag-recovery data: The need for power analyses. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e9847. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9847
2022
Glass, T. W., G. A. Breed, C. R. Laird, A. J. Magoun, M. D. Robards, C. T. Williams, K. Kielland. 2022. Terrain features and architecture of wolverine (Gulo gulo) resting burrows and reproductive dens on Arctic tundra. Arctic 75: 291–299. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic75576
Glass, T.W., A.J. Magoun, M. D. Robards, and K. Kielland. 2022. Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in the Arctic: Revisiting distribution and identifying research and conservation priorities amid rapid environmental change. Polar Biology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-022-03079-4
Zhou, J., G. Kofinas, K. Kielland, R. B. Boone, L. Prugh, K. Tape. 2022. Climate Change, Moose, and Subsistence Harvest: Social-Ecological Assessment of Nuiqsut, Alaska Ecology & Society 27(3):29. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13175-270329
Koyama, L. A., and K. Kielland. 2022. Seasonal changes in nitrate assimilation of boreal woody species: Importance of the leaf-expansion period. Trees https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-021-02259-9
2021
Heslop, C. B, R. W. Ruess, K. Kielland, and M. S. Bret-Harte. 2021. Soil Enzymes Illustrate the Effects of Alder Nitrogen Fixation on Soil Carbon Processes in Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems. Ecosphere https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3818
Cameron, M. D., J. M. Eisaguirre, G. A. Breed, K. Joly and K. Kielland.2021. Mechanistic movement models identify continuously updated autumn migration cues in Arctic caribou. Movement Ecology 9(54)
Reynolds, M., J. Shook, G. Breed, and K. Kielland. 2021. Diet and reproductive success of Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) at its northern breeding limit. Canadian Field-Naturalist 135(4): 337-345
Glass, T.W. et al. 2021. Spatiotemporally variable snow properties drive habitat use of an Arctic mesopredator. Oecologia https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-04890-2
Bahlai, C. A., C. Hart, M. T. Kavanaugh, J. D. White, R. W. Ruess, T. J. Brinkman, H. W. Ducklow, D. R. Foster, W. R. Fraser, H. Genet, P. M. Groffman, S. K. Hamilton, J. F. Johnstone, K. Kielland, D. A. Landis, M. C. Mack, O. Sarnelle, and J. R. Thompson. 2021. Cascading effects: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere 12(5) https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3430 ·
Glass, T. W., G. A. Breed, M. D. Robards, C. T. Williams, and K. Kielland. 2021. Trade-off between predation risk and behavioral thermoregulation drives resting behavior in a cold-adapted mesocarnivore. Animal Behavior 175: 63-174.
Reynolds, M., J. Shook, G. Breed, and K. Kielland. 2021. Detectability and Density of the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) in Arctic Alaska. Journal of Raptor Research 55: 56-64
2020
Glass, T. W., G. A. Breed, G. Iwahana, M. C. Kynoch, M. D. Robards, C. T. Williams, and K. Kielland. 2020. Permafrost ice caves: An unrecognized microhabitat for Arctic wildlife. Ecology DOI 10.1002/ecy.3276
Cameron, M.D., K. Joly, G. A .Breed, C. P. H. Mulder, and K. Kielland. 2020. Pronounced fidelity and selection for average conditions of calving area suggestive of spatial memory in a highly migratory ungulate . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.564567
Glass, T. W., G. A. Breed, M. D. Robards, C. T. Williams, K; Kielland. 2020. Accounting for unknown behaviors of free-living animals in accelerometer-based classification models: Demonstration on a wide-ranging mesopredator . Ecological Informatics
Hasbrouck, T. R., Brinkman, T. J., Stout, G., Trochim, E. and Kielland, K. 2020. Quantifying effects of environmental factors on moose harvest in Interior Alaska. Wildlife Biology
Kielland, K., D. Arnold, N. Berg et al. Peripatetic behavior of Alaska lynx. Wild Felid. 13: 18-19
Zhou, J. et al. 2020. Enhanced shrub growth in the Arctic increases habitat connectivity for browsing herbivores. Global Change Biology DOI:10.1111/gcb.15104
Gigliotti. L., et al. 2020. Latitudinal variation in snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) body mass: A test of Bergmann's Rule. Can J. Zool. 98: 88-95. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2019-0184
2019
Julianus, E., T. N. Hollingsworth, A. D. McGuire, and K. Kielland. 2019. Moose (Alces Alces) browse availability and use in response to post-fire succession on Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Alces 55 pp.67-89
Leorna, S., T. Brinkman, G. Kofinas, K. Kielland, and J. Welker. 2019. Exploring stakeholder communication within a caribou hunting system of Arctic Alaska. Human Dimensions of Wildlife https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2019.1702742
Koyama, L. & Kielland, K., 2019. Black spruce assimilates nitrate in boreal winter. Tree Physiology, 39, pp.536–543.
Olnes, J. et al., 2019. Post-fire deciduous canopies drive patterns in snowshoe hare herbivory of regenerating black spruce. Can. J. For. Res. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2019-0150
Ruess, R.W. et al., 2019. Phosphorus mobilizing enzymes of Alnus-associated ectomycorrhizal fungi in an Alaskan boreal floodplain. . Forests, 10.
2018
Allmann, B., Kielland, K. & Wagner, D., 2018. Leaf herbivory by insects during summer reduces overwinter browsing by moose. BMC Ecology, 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-018-0192-x
Brown, C.L. et al., 2018. Fire-mediated patterns of habitat use by male moose in Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 96(183–192).
Brown, C. et al., 2018. Resource selection and movement of male moose in response to varying levels of off-road vehicle access. Ecosphere, 9. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2405
Cameron, M.D. et al., 2018. Movement-based methods to infer parturition events in migratory ungulates. . Canadian Journal of Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2017-0314
Kielland, K., DiFolco, D. & Montgomerie, C., 2018. Dining dangerously: Geophagy in snowshoe hares. Ecology . DOI:10.1002/ecy.2555.
Ludwig, S. et al., 2018. Fire Severity Effects on Soil Carbon and Nutrients and Microbial Processes in a Siberian Larch Forest. . Global Change Biology.
Olnes, J. et al., 2018. Functional responses of white spruce to snowshoe hare herbivory at the treeline. PLoS ONE. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0198453
2017
Olnes, J. et al., 2017. Can snowshoe hares control treeline expansion?. Ecology, 98, pp. 2499-2505.
Olnes, J.R. & Kielland, K., 2017. Asynchronous recruitment dynamics of snowshoe hares and white spruce in a boreal forest. Forest Ecology & Management , 384, pp.83–91.
Zhou, J. et al., 2017. The role of vegetation structure in controlling distributions of vertebrate herbivores in Arctic Alaska. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 49, pp.291-304.
2016
Brown, D.R.N. et al., 2016. Landscape effects of wildfire on permafrost distribution in interior Alaska derived from remote sensing. Remote Sensing 8(8), 654; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8080654
Doak, P., Carroll, C. & Kielland, K., 2016. Harvest of female moose at high density: modelling the impacts of harvest on population size and biomass yield. Wildlife Biology 22(4):153-159; https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.00163
Finger, R.A. et al., 2016. Effects of permafrost thaw on nitrogen availability and plant-soil interactions in a boreal Alaskan lowland. Journal of Ecology, 104, pp.1542–1554.
Olnes, J.R. & Kielland, K., 2016. Stage-dependent effects of browsing by snowshoe hares on successional dynamics in a boreal forest ecosystem. . Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1475
2015
Brown, C. et al., 2015. Applications of resilience theory in management of a moose-hunter system in Alaska. Ecology & Society, 20. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-07202-200116.
Brown, D.N. et al., 2015. Interactive effects of wildfire and climate on permafrost degradation in Alaskan lowland forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 120. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JG003033
Feierabend, D. & Kielland, K., 2015. Seasonal Effects of Habitat on Sources and Rates of Snowshoe Hare Predation in Alaskan Boreal Forests. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143543
Jones, C.E. et al., 2015. Integrating Local Knowledge and Science: Economic Consequences of Driftwood Harvest in a Changing Climate. Ecology & Society, 20. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-07235-200125.
Jones, C.E., Kielland, K. & Hinzman, L.D., 2015. Modeling groundwater upwelling as a control on river ice thickness. Hydrology Research, 46(4), pp.566-577.
Lord, R. & Kielland, K., 2015. Effects of variable fire severity on forage production and foraging behavior of moose in winter. Alces, 51, pp.23-34.
Paragi, T. et al., 2015. Browse removal, plant condition, and moose twinning rates before and after short-term changes in moose densities. Alces, 51, pp.1-21.
Schneider, W., Brewster, K. & Kielland, K., 2015. Team Building on Dangerous Ice: A Study in Collaborative Learning. Arctic, 68(3), pp.399-404.
Worker, S.B., Kielland, K. & Barboza, P.S., 2015. Effects of geophagy on food intake, body mass, and nutrient dynamics of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 93, pp.323-329.
2014
Bryant, J.P. et al., 2014. Can antibrowsing defense regulate the spread of woody vegetation in arctic tundra?. Ecography, 37, pp.204-211.
Feierabend, D. & Kielland, K., 2014. Multiple crossings of a large glacial river by Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis). Canadian Field-Naturalist, 128, pp.80 - 83.
Feierabend, D. & Kielland, K., 2014. Movement, activity patterns, and habitat use of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) in interior Alaska. Journal of Mammalogy, 95(3), pp.525-533.
Kielland, K., 2014. Natural history of northerm plants and animals. Review of R.M.M. Crawford:Tundra-taiga biology: human, plant, and animal survival in the Arctic. Oxford University Press. Ecology, 95(8), pp.2364-2365.
Krebs, C.J. et al., 2014. What factors determine cyclic amplitude in the snowshoe hare cycle?. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 92, pp.1039-1048.
2013
Schneider, W.S. et al., 2013. Dangerous Ice: Changing ice conditions on the Tanana River, Fairbanks: Oral History Program, Rasmuson Library and the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Farrell, M. et al., 2013. Oligopeptides Represent a Preferred Source of Organic N Uptake: A Global Phenomenon?. Ecosystems, 16(1), pp.113-145.
Hirobe, M. et al., 2013. Effects of livestock grazing on the spatial heterogeneity of net soil nitrogen mineralization in three types of Mongolian grasslands. Journal of Soils and Sediments , 13, pp.1123-1132.
Krebs, C.J. et al., 2013. Synchrony in the snowshoe hare cycle in Northwestern North America, 1970-2012. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 91 , pp.562-572.
Nossov, D.R. et al., 2013. Edaphic and microclimatic controls over permafrost response to fire in central Alaska. Environmental Research Letters, 8.
Ruess, R.W. et al., 2013. Ecosystem-Level Consequences of Symbiont Partnerships in a N2-Fixing Shrub from Interior Alaskan Floodplains. Ecological Monographs, 83, pp.177 - 194.
Shenoy, A., Kielland, K. & Johnstone, J.F., 2013. Effects of fire severity on nutrient uptake reinforce alternate pathways of succession in boreal forests. Plant Ecology, 214, pp.587-596 .
2012
Feng, Z. et al., 2012. Plant toxins and trophic cascades alter fire regime and succession on a boreal forest landscape. Ecological Modelling, 244, pp.79–92.
Jones, D.L. & Kielland, K., 2012. Amino acid, peptide and protein mineralization dynamics in a taiga forest soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 55, pp.60–69.
2011
Finstad, G.L. & Kielland, K., 2011. Landscape Variation in the Diet and Productivity of Reindeer in Alaska Based on Stable Isotope Analyses. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 76, pp.543–554.
Forbey, J.Sorensen et al., 2011. Inhibition of Snowshoe Hare Succinate Dehydrogenase Activity as a Mechanism of Deterrence for Papyriferic Acid in Birch. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37, pp.1285–1293.
Koyama, L. & Kielland, K., 2011. Plant physiological responses to hydrologically mediated changes in nitrogen supply on a boreal forest floodplain: A mechanism explaining the discrepancy in nitrogen demand and supply. Plant Soil, 342, pp.129–139.
Nossov, D.R. et al., 2011. Development of Alnus tenuifolia stands on an Alaskan floodplain: patterns of recruitment, disease and succession. Journal of Ecology, 99, pp.621–633.
Seaton, C. T. et al., 2011. Browse biomass removal and nutritional condition of Alaska moose Alces alces. Wildlife Biology, 17, pp.55-66.
Shenoy, A. et al., 2011. Persistent effects of fire severity on early successional forests in interior Alaska. Forest Ecology and Management, 261, pp.381–390.
Wolken, J.M. et al., 2011. Evidence and implications of recent and projected climate change in Alaska’s forest ecosystems. Ecosphere, 2.
2010
Chapin III, S.F. et al., 2010. Resilience of Alaska’s boreal forest to climatic change. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 40, pp.1360–1370.
Hollingsworth, T.N. et al., 2010. Twenty-five years of vegetation change along a putative successional chronosequence on the Tanana River, Alaska1. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 40, pp.1273–1287.
Kielland, K., Olson, K. & Euskirchen, E., 2010. Demography of snowshoe hares in relation to regional climate variability during a 10-year population cycle in interior Alaska1. Canadian Journal of Forest Research Research, 40, pp.1265–1272.
Kofinas, G.P. et al., 2010. Resilience of Athabascan subsistence systems to interior Alaska’s changing climate. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 40, pp.1347–1359.
McFarland, J.W. et al., 2010. Glycine mineralization in situ closely correlates with soil carbon availability across six North American forest ecosystems. Biogeochemistry.
McFarland, J.W. et al., 2010. Cross-Ecosystem Comparisons of In Situ Plant Uptake of Amino Acid-N and NH4 +. Ecosystems, 11, pp.177–193.
2009
Angell, A.C. & Kielland, K., 2009. Establishment and growth of white spruce on a boreal forest floodplain: Interactions between microclimate and mammalian herbivory. Forest Ecology and Management, 258, pp.2475–2480.
Chapin III, S.F. et al., 2009. The changing global carbon cycle: linking plant–soil carbon dynamics to global consequences. Special Feature – Essay review plant – soil interactions and the carbon cycle. Journal of Ecology, 97, pp.840–850.
Feng, Z. et al., 2009. Plant Toxicity, Adaptive Herbivory, and Plant Community Dynamics. Ecosystems, 12, pp.534–547.
Jones, D.L. et al., 2009. Soil organic nitrogen mineralization across a global latitudinal gradient. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 23.
Näsholm, T., Kielland, K. & Ganeteg, U., 2009. Uptake of organic nitrogen by plants. , 182, pp.31–48.
Rattenbury, K. et al., 2009. A reindeer herder’s perspective on caribou, weather and socio-economic change on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Polar Research, 28, pp.71–88.
2008
Borner, A.P., Kielland, K. & Walker, M.D., 2008. Effects of Simulated Climate Change on Plant Phenology and Nitrogen Mineralization in Alaskan Arctic Tundra. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 40, pp.27–38.
Butler, L.G. & Kielland, K., 2008. Acceleration of vegetation turnover and element cycling by mammalian herbivory in riparian ecosystems. Journal of Ecology, 96, pp.136–144.
Cebrian, M.R., Kielland, K. & Finstad, G., 2008. Forage Quality and Reindeer Productivity: Multiplier Effects Amplified by Climate Change. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 40, pp.48–54.
Clilverd, H.M., Jones, J.B. & Kielland, K., 2008. Nitrogen retention in the hyporheic zone of a glacial river in interior Alaska. Biogeochemistry, 88, pp.31–46.
Lisuzzo, N., Kielland, K. & Jones, J.B., 2008. Hydrologic controls on nitrogen availability in a high-latitude, semi-arid floodplain. Ecoscience, 15, pp.366–376.
2007
Butler, L.G. et al., 2007. Interactive controls of herbivory and fluvial dynamics on landscape vegetation patterns on the Tanana River floodplain, interior Alaska. Journal of Biogeography, 2007, pp.1622–1631.
Kielland, K., McFarland, J.W. & Ruess, R.W., 2007. Rapid cycling of organic nitrogen in taiga forest ecosystems. Ecosystems, 10, pp.360–368.
2006
Chapin III, F.S. et al., 2006. Summary and synthesis: Past and future changes in the Alaskan boreal forest. In F. S. Chapin III et al. Alaska’s Changing Boreal Forest. Alaska’s Changing Boreal Forest. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 332–338.
Kielland, K., Byrant, J. & Ruess, R.W., 2006. Mammalian herbivory, ecosystem engineering, and ecological cascades in taiga forests. Pages 211-226, In: F.S. Chapin, III, M.W. Oswood, K. Van Cleve, L. Viereck, and D. Verbyla (editors), Alaska’s Changing Boreal Forest, Oxord University Press, New York, NY.
Rexstad, E. & Kielland, K., 2006. Alaska’s Changing Boreal Forest. In M. W. Oswood et al. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, pp. pp. 121-132.
Valentine, D.W. et al., 2006. Patterns of biogeochemistry in Alaskan boreal forests. In F. S. Chapin, III et al. Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest. Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest. New York: Oxford University, pp. 241-266.
Belant, J.L. et al., 2006. Interspecific Resource Partitioning in Sympatric Ursids. Ecological Applications, 16, pp.2333–2343.
Kielland, K. et al., 2006. Contribution of winter processes to soil nitrogen flux in taiga forest ecosystems. Biogeochemistry, 81, pp.349–360.
Kielland, K., McFarland, J. & Olson, K., 2006. Amino acid uptake in deciduous and coniferous taiga ecosystems. Plant Soil, 288, pp.297–307.
Loomis, P.F. et al., 2006. Nitrogen cycling at treeline: Latitudinal and elevational patterns across a boreal landscape. Ecoscience, 13, pp.544–556.
2005
Schneider, W.S., Kielland, K. & Finstad, G.L., 2005. Factors in the adaptation of reindeer herders to caribou on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Arctic Anthropology, 42, pp.36–49.
2003
Huntington, H.P. et al., 2003. Human dimensions of the Arctic system. Arctic Research of the United States (National Science Foundation), 17, pp.59–69.
2002
Jones, D.L. & Kielland, K., 2002. Soil amino acid turnover dominates the nitrogen flux in permafrost-dominated taiga forest soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 34, pp.209–219.
McFarland, J.M. et al., 2002. Cycling dynamics of NH4+ and amino acid N in soils of a deciduous boreal forest ecosystem. Ecosystems, 5, pp.775–788.
McKane, R.B. et al., 2002. Resource-based niches provide a basis for plant species diversity and dominance in arctic tundra. Nature, letters to Nature, 415, pp.68–71.
2001
Kielland, K., 2001. Plant nutrient acquisition: new perspectives. In J. Arihara et al. Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, pp. 376–398.
Kielland, K., 2001. Stable isotope signatures of moose in relation to seasonal forage composition: a hypothesis. Alces, 37, pp.329–338.
1998
Kielland, K. & Bryant, J.P., 1998. Moose herbivory in taiga: effects on biogeochemistry and vegetation dynamics in primary succession. Oikos, 82, pp.377–383.
Kielland, K. & Osborne, T., 1998. Moose browsing on feltleaf willow: optimal foraging in relation to plant morphology and chemistry. Alces, 34, pp.149–155.
Kielland, K., Barnett, B. & Schell, D., 1998. Intraseasonal variation in the d15N signatures of taiga trees and shrubs. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 28, pp.485–488.
1997
Kielland, K., Bryant, J.P. & Ruess, R.W., 1997. Moose herbivory and carbon turnover of early successional stands in interior Alaska. Oikos, 80, pp.25–30.
Kielland, K., 1997. Role of free amino acids in the nitrogen economy of arctic cryptogams. Ecoscience, 4, pp.75–79.
Rossow, L.J., Bryant, J.P. & Kielland, K., 1997. Effects of above-ground browsing by mammals on mycorrhizal infection in early successional taiga ecosystem. Oecologia, 110, pp.94–98.
1996
Schimel, J.P., Kielland, K. & Chapin, F.S., 1996. Landscape function and disturbance in arctic tundra. Ecological studies Vol. 120. In J. D. Tenhunen & Reynolds, J. F. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 203–221.
1995
Kielland, K., 1995. Landscape patterns of free amino acids in arctic tundra soils. Biogeochemistry, 31, pp.85–98.
1994
Kielland, K., 1994. Amino acid absorption by arctic plants: implications for plant nutrition and nitrogen cycling. Ecology, 75, pp.2373–2383.
Kielland, K. & Chapin, F.S., 1994. Phosphate uptake in arctic plants in relation to phosphate supply: the role of spatial and temporal variability. Oikos, 70, pp.443–448.
1993
Chapin, F.S., Moilanen, L. & Kielland, K., 1993. Preferential use of organic nitrogen for growth by a non-mycorrhizal arctic sedge. Nature, 361, pp.150–153.
1992
Kielland, K. & Chapin, F.S., 1992. Arctic ecosystems in a changing climate: an ecophysiological perspective. In R. L. Jeffries et al. New York: Academic Press, pp. 321–335.
1990
Kielland, K., 1990. Processes controlling nitrogen release and turnover in arctic tundra. University of Alaska Fairbanks.
1988
Chapin, F.S. et al., 1988. Productivity and nutrient cycling of Alaskan tundra: enhancement by flowing soil water. Ecology, 69, pp.693–702.