Chirvasa, C., Petit Bon, M., Bladen, K. K., Kelsey, K. C., Leffler, A. J., Williams, T. J., & Beard, K. H. (2026). Rapid plant functional trait responses to warming, flooding, and herbivory in high-latitude coastal wetlands. Oecologia, 208(3), 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-026-05876-8
Kelsey, K. C., Leffler, A. J., Petit Bon, M., Barr, B. N., & Beard, K. H. (2025). Responding to rising waters and temperatures: greenhouse gas flux from a high-latitude coastal wetland. Environmental Research Letters, 20(10), 104040. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adff98
Barr, B.N., Kelsey, K.C., Leffler, A.J., Petit Bon, M., Beard, K.H. (2025) Salinity and moisture influence CO2 and CH4 production from high latitude coastal soils, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 103; DOI: 10.1029/2024JG008629
Crawford, B., Kelsey, K., Ibsen, P., Rees, A., & Charobee, A. (2025). Intra-urban variations in land surface phenology in a semi-arid environment. Environmental Research Letters, 20(1), 14036. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad9759
Petit Bon, M., Leffler, A. J., Kelsey, K. C., Williams, T. J., & Beard, K. H. (2024). Projected near‐future flooding and warming increase graminoid biomass in a high‐latitude coastal wetland. The Journal of Ecology, 112(12), 2715-2730. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14418
Kelsey, K. C., Højlund Pedersen, S., Leffler, A. J., Sexton, J. O., & Welker, J. M. (2023). Snow and vegetation seasonality influence seasonal trends of leaf nitrogen and biomass in Arctic tundra. Ecosphere (Washington, D.C), 14(5), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4515
Beard, K. H., Kelsey, K. C., Choi, R. T., Welker, J. M., & Leffler, A. J. (2023). Goose Feces Effects on Subarctic Soil Nitrogen Availability and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes. Ecosystems (New York), 26(1), 187-200. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00752-x
Rodman, K. C., Andrus, R. A., Carlson, A. R., Carter, T. A., Chapman, T. B., Coop, J. D., Fornwalt, P. J., Gill, N. S., Harvey, B. J., Hoffman, A. E., Kelsey, K. C., Kulakowski, D., Laughlin, D. C., Morris, J. E., Negrón, J. F., Nigro, K. M., Pappas, G. S., Redmond, M. D., Rhoades, C. C., . . . Hart, S. J. (2022). Rocky Mountain forests are poised to recover following bark beetle outbreaks but with altered composition. The Journal of Ecology, 110(12), 2929-2949. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13999
Leffler, A. J., Becker, H. A., Kelsey, K. C., Spalinger, D. A., & Welker, J. M. (2022). Short‐term effects of summer warming on caribou forage quality are mitigated by long‐term warming. Ecosphere (Washington, D.C), 13(6), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4104
Choi, R. T., Petit Bon, M., Leffler, A. J., Kelsey, K. C., Welker, J. M., & Beard, K. H. (2022). Short‐term effects of experimental goose grazing and warming differ in three low‐Arctic coastal wetland plant communities. Journal of Vegetation Science, 33(3), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13139
Kelsey, K. C., Pedersen, S. H., Leffler, A. J., Sexton, J. O., Feng, M., & Welker, J. M. (2021). Winter snow and spring temperature have differential effects on vegetation phenology and productivity across Arctic plant communities. Global Change Biology, 27(8), 1572-1586. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15505
Ballantyne, A. P., Liu, Z., Anderegg, W. R. L., Yu, Z., Stoy, P., Poulter, B., Vanderwall, J., Watts, J., Kelsey, K., & Neff, J. (2021). Reconciling carbon-cycle processes from ecosystem to global scales. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19(1), 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2296
Choi, R. T., Beard, K. H., Kelsey, K. C., Leffler, A. J., Schmutz, J. A., & Welker, J. M. (2020). Early Goose Arrival Increases Soil Nitrogen Availability More Than an Advancing Spring in Coastal Western Alaska. Ecosystems (New York), 23(6), 1309-1324. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00472-9
Chin, A., Simon, G. L., Anthamatten, P., Kelsey, K. C., Crawford, B. R., & Weaver, A. J. (2020). Pandemics and the future of human-landscape interactions. Anthropocene, 31, 100256-100256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2020.100256
Leffler, A. J., Beard, K. H., Kelsey, K. C., Choi, R. T., Schmutz, J. A., & Welker, J. M. (2019). Delayed herbivory by migratory geese increases summer‐long CO 2 uptake in coastal western Alaska. Global Change Biology, 25(1), 277-289. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14473
Leffler, A. J., Beard, K. H., Kelsey, K. C., Choi, R. T., Schmutz, J. A., & Welker, J. M. (2019). Cloud cover and delayed herbivory relative to timing of spring onset interact to dampen climate change impacts on net ecosystem exchange in a coastal Alaskan wetland. Environmental Research Letters, 14(8), 84030. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab1c91
Leffler, A. J., Beard, K. H., Kelsey, K. C., Choi, R. T., Schmutz, J. A., & Welker, J. M. (2019). Delayed herbivory by migratory geese increases summer‐long CO2 uptake in coastal western Alaska. Global Change Biology, 25(1), 277-289. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14473
Choi, R. T., Beard, K. H., Leffler, A. J., Kelsey, K. C., Schmutz, J. A., & Welker, J. M. (2019). Phenological mismatch between season advancement and migration timing alters Arctic plant traits. The Journal of Ecology, 107(5), 2503-2518. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13191
Beard, K. H., Kelsey, K. C., Leffler, A. J., & Welker, J. M. (2019). The Missing Angle: Ecosystem Consequences of Phenological Mismatch. Trends in Ecology & Evolution (Amsterdam), 34(10), 885-888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.07.019
Beard, K. H., Choi, R. T., Leffler, A. J., Carlson, L. G., Kelsey, K. C., Schmutz, J. A., & Welker, J. M. (2019). Migratory goose arrival time plays a larger role in influencing forage quality than advancing springs in an Arctic coastal wetland. PloS one, 14(3), e0213037. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213037
Redmond, M. D., & Kelsey, K. C. (2018). Topography and overstory mortality interact to control tree regeneration in spruce-fir forests of the southern Rocky Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management, 427, 106-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.05.057
Kelsey, K. C., Redmond, M. D., Barger, N. N., & Neff, J. C. (2018). Species, Climate and Landscape Physiography Drive Variable Growth Trends in Subalpine Forests. Ecosystems (New York), 21(1), 125-140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-017-0139-7
Kelsey, K. C., Leffler, A. J., Beard, K. H., Choi, R. T., Schmutz, J. A., & Welker, J. M. (2018). Phenological mismatch in coastal western Alaska may increase summer season greenhouse gas uptake. Environmental Research Letters, 13(4), 44032. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aab698
Redmond, M. D., Kelsey, K. C., Urza, A. K., & Barger, N. N. (2017). Interacting effects of climate and landscape physiography on piñon pine growth using an individual‐based approach. Ecosphere (Washington, D.C), 8(3), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1681
Lu, X., Kelsey, K. C., Yan, Y., Sun, J., Wang, X., Cheng, G., & Neff, J. C. (2017). Effects of grazing on ecosystem structure and function of alpine grasslands in Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: a synthesis. Ecosphere (Washington, D.C), 8(1), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1656
Dilling, L., Kelsey, K. C., Fernandez, D. P., Huang, Y. D., Milford, J. B., & Neff, J. C. (2016). Managing Carbon on Federal Public Lands: Opportunities and Challenges in Southwestern Colorado. Environmental Management (New York), 58(2), 283-296. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-016-0714-2
Love Stowell, S. M., Churchill, A. C., Hund, A. K., Kelsey, K. C., Redmond, M. D., Seiter, S. A., & Barger, N. N. (2015). Transforming Graduate Training in STEM Education. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 96(2), 317-323. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9623-96.2.317
Kelsey, K. C., Barnes, K. L., Ryan, M. G., & Neff, J. C. (2014). Short and long-term carbon balance of bioenergy electricity production fueled by forest treatments. Carbon Balance and Management, 9(1), 6-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-014-0006-1
Kelsey, K., & Neff, J. (2014). Estimates of Aboveground Biomass from Texture Analysis of Landsat Imagery. Remote Sensing (Basel, Switzerland), 6(7), 6407-6422. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs6076407
Kelsey, K. C., Wickland, K. P., Striegl, R. G., & Neff, J. C. (2012). Variation in Soil Carbon Dioxide Efflux at Two Spatial Scales in a Topographically Complex Boreal Forest. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 44(4), 457-468. https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.457
