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Last published 2026
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Gerardo Celis

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High Impact

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Also affiliated: University of Alaska Fairbanks (2021); Northern Arizona University (2015–2023); University of Florida (2010–2022)

Postdoc Researcher

28 h-index 105 pubs 3,160 cited

  • Tundra
  • Soil
  • Permafrost
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Carbon Cycle
  • Climate Change
  • Carbon
  • Alaska
  • Biomass
  • Plant Physiological Phenomena
  • Seasons
  • Ecosystem
  • Animals
  • Transportation
  • Panthera

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Gerardo Celis's research focuses on ecosystem carbon cycling, particularly in Arctic and boreal regions. His work investigates the exchange of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. Celis has contributed to large-scale datasets and analyses, including the FLUXNET-CH4 database for freshwater wetlands and the ABCflux database for Arctic-boreal CO2 flux observations. His research explores the representativeness of current eddy covariance site networks and suggests optimizations for future network enhancements.

His publications examine the role of thawing permafrost in carbon emissions, with findings indicating persistent carbon release over extended measurement periods. Celis's work also addresses the statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes, highlighting regional patterns and uncertainties. He has investigated soil respiration and its impact on offsetting carbon uptake in Alaskan and Northwest Canadian ecosystems, as well as decadal changes in carbon uptake balanced by respiratory losses in northern permafrost ecosystems. Celis's research is supported by a strong publication record, with 97 total publications and over 2,900 citations, contributing to his designation as a highly cited researcher.

Metrics

  • h-index: 28
  • Publications: 105
  • Citations: 3,160

Selected Publications

  • Near-infrared spectroscopy predictions of forage nitrogen, crude protein, and fiber for plant, lichen, and moss specimens across land-cover types in the Sattasniemi reindeer herding district, northern Finland, summer 2025 (2026)
    UC Santa Barbara DOI OpenAlex
  • Dental microwear textures of reindeer from northern herding districts in Finnish Lapland (2026)
    Annales Zoologici Fennici DOI OpenAlex
  • Land cover, plant functional type, and forage quality in the reindeer herding district of Sattasniemi, Finland (2026)
    Research Square DOI OpenAlex
  • Dental microwear textures of reindeer data from northern herding districts in Finnish Lapland, 1993-1994. (2025)
    California Digital Library 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Carbon and methane fluxes from typical pasture-based beef cattle production systems in the Southeastern USA (2025)
    The Science of The Total Environment DOI OpenAlex
  • Forbs in Viking lands: the effect of disturbing dominant graminoids on recruitment in tundra grasslands (2025)
    Oikos DOI OpenAlex
  • Refining Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Collagen Quantification: A New Predictive Model for Archaeological Bone (2025)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Small rodent disturbance impact on Arctic graminoid forage quality (2025)
    Polar Biology DOI OpenAlex
  • ARGO: ARctic greenhouse Gas Observation metadata version 1 (2025)
    Earth system science data 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Forbs in Viking lands: The effect of disturbing dominant graminoids on forb recruitment in tundra grasslands (2024)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • ARGO: ARctic greenhouse Gas Observation metadata version 1 (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Small rodent disturbance impact on Arctic graminoid forage quality. (2024)
    Research Square DOI OpenAlex
  • Decadal increases in carbon uptake offset by respiratory losses across northern permafrost ecosystems (2024)
    Nature Climate Change 55 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Phylogeography of apomictic and outcrossing individuals in invasive and native populations of <scp> <i>Ardisia crenata</i> </scp> (Primulaceae) (2024)
    Plant Species Biology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Convergence Science Approach to Understanding the Changing Arctic (2024)
    Earth s Future 8 citations DOI OpenAlex

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