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D-Index
42
Citations
10478
World Ranking
5443
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1854

Knut Kielland publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Knut Kielland sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 125 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Knut Kielland D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Knut Kielland sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Knut Kielland is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and General Health Professions.

Their research mainly addresses topics such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Marine Animal Studies, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Climate Change and Permafrost, and Indigenous Studies and Ecology.

Kielland has contributed to multiple scientific publications in various venues. Frequent venues include:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Ecosphere
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Canadian Journal of Zoology
  • Journal of Raptor Research

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Pronounced Fidelity and Selection for Average Conditions of Calving Area Suggestive of Spatial Memory in a Highly Migratory Ungulate," 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Cascading effects: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network," 2021, Ecosphere
  • "Enhanced shrub growth in the Arctic increases habitat connectivity for browsing herbivores," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Trade-off between predation risk and behavioural thermoregulation drives resting behaviour in a cold-adapted mesocarnivore," 2021, Animal Behaviour
  • "Spatiotemporally variable snow properties drive habitat use of an Arctic mesopredator," 2021, Oecologia

Kielland has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Greg A. Breed
  • Thomas W. Glass
  • Martin D. Robards
  • Cory T. Williams
  • Madison Reynolds

Best Publications

  • Uptake of organic nitrogen by plants.

    Torgny Näsholm;Knut Kielland;Ulrika Ganeteg

  • Resource-based niches provide a basis for plant species diversity and dominance in arctic tundra

    Robert B. McKane;Loretta C. Johnson;Gaius R. Shaver;Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  • Preferential use of organic nitrogen for growth by a non-mycorrhizal arctic sedge

    F. Stuart Chapin;Lori Moilanen;Knut Kielland

  • Amino Acid Absorption by Arctic Plants: Implications for Plant Nutrition and Nitrogen Cycling

    Knut Kielland

  • The changing global carbon cycle: Linking plant-soil carbon dynamics to global consequences

    F. Stuart Chapin;Jack McFarland;A. David McGuire;Eugenie S. Euskirchen

  • Soil amino acid turnover dominates the nitrogen flux in permafrost-dominated taiga forest soils

    David L Jones;Knut Kielland

  • Productivity and Nutrient Cycling of Alaskan Tundra: Enhancement by Flowing Soil Water

    F. Stuart Chapin;Ned Fetcher;Knut Kielland;Kaye R. Everett

  • Moose herbivory in taiga : effects on biogeochemistry and vegetation dynamics in primary succession

    Knut Kielland;John P. Bryant

  • Resilience of Alaska's Boreal Forest to Climatic Change

    F. S. Chapin;A. D. McGuire;R. W. Ruess;T. N. Hollingsworth

  • Soil organic nitrogen mineralization across a global latitudinal gradient

    D.L. Jones;K. Kielland;F.L. Sinclair;R.A. Dahlgren

  • Landscape patterns of free amino acids in arctic tundra soils

    Knut Kielland

  • Rapid Cycling of Organic Nitrogen in Taiga Forest Ecosystems

    K. Kielland;J. W. McFarland;R. W. Ruess;K. Olson

  • Interactive effects of wildfire and climate on permafrost degradation in Alaskan lowland forests

    Dana R. N. Brown;M. Torre Jorgenson;Thomas A. Douglas;Vladimir E. Romanovsky;Vladimir E. Romanovsky

  • Amino acid, peptide and protein mineralization dynamics in a taiga forest soil

    David L. Jones;Knut Kielland

  • Effects of Simulated Climate Change on Plant Phenology and Nitrogen Mineralization in Alaskan Arctic Tundra

    Andrew P. Borner;Knut Kielland;Marilyn D. Walker

  • Moose Herbivory and Carbon Turnover of Early Successional Stands in Interior Alaska

    Knut Kielland;John P. Bryant;Roger W. Ruess

  • Amino acid uptake in deciduous and coniferous taiga ecosystems

    Knut Kielland;Jack McFarland;Karl Olson

  • Soil amino acid composition across a boreal forest successional sequence

    Nancy R. Werdin-Pfisterer;Knut Kielland;Richard D. Boone

  • Evidence and implications of recent and projected climate change in Alaska's forest ecosystems

    Jane M. Wolken;Teresa N. Hollingsworth;T. Scott Rupp;Stuart Iii Chapin

  • Cycling Dynamics of NH 4 + and Amino Acid Nitrogen in Soils of a Deciduous Boreal Forest Ecosystem

    Jack W. McFarland;Roger W. Ruess;Knut Kielland;Allen P. Doyle

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger W. Ruess
Roger W. Ruess University of Alaska Fairbanks
F. Stuart Chapin
F. Stuart Chapin University of Alaska Fairbanks
John P. Bryant
John P. Bryant University of Alaska Fairbanks
Eugénie S. Euskirchen
Eugénie S. Euskirchen University of Alaska Fairbanks
Teresa N. Hollingsworth
Teresa N. Hollingsworth German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Jill F. Johnstone
Jill F. Johnstone University of Saskatchewan
Larry D. Hinzman
Larry D. Hinzman University of Alaska Fairbanks
Richard D. Boone
Richard D. Boone University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jeremy B. Jones
Jeremy B. Jones University of Alaska Fairbanks
Eric S. Kasischke
Eric S. Kasischke University of Maryland, College Park

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