Rick G. Kelsey, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Rick G. Kelsey, Douglas J. Westlind. 2023. β‐Pinene + ethanol attracts more red turpentine beetles than carene+ ethanol, with or without traces of frontalin, at prescribed burn or thinned sites
• Rick G. Kelsey, Douglas J. Westlind, Monica L. Gaylord. 2023. Red turpentine beetle primary attraction to β‐pinene or 3‐carene (with and without ethanol) varies in western US pine forests
• Andrea Watts, Rick G. Kelsey, Doug Westlind. 2022. The scent of stress: Understanding links between fire-injured pine and red turpentine beetles can aid postfire management
• Rick G. Kelsey, Doug Westlind. 2020. Red turpentine beetle primary attraction to (–)-β-pinene+ethanol in US Pacific Northwest ponderosa pine forests
• Josh McDaniel, Rick G. Kelsey, Doug Westlind. 2019. Alluring signals: The role of ethanol in attracting bark beetles to heat-stressed trees
• Doug Westlind, Rick G. Kelsey. 2019. Predicting post-fire attack of red turpentine or western pine beetle on ponderosa pine and its impact on mortality probability in Pacific Northwest forests
• Rick G. Kelsey, Doug Westlind. 2018. Attraction of red turpentine beetle and other Scolytinae to ethanol, 3-carene or ethanol + 3-carene in an Oregon pine forest
• Joseph J. Karchesy, Rick G. Kelsey, M. P. González-Hernández. 2018. Yellow-cedar, Callitropsis (Chamaecyparis) nootkatensis, secondary metabolites, biological activities, and chemical ecology
• David C. Shaw, Travis Woolley, Rick G. Kelsey, Brice A. McPherson, Doug Westlind, David L. Wood, Ebba K. Peterson. 2017. Surface fuels in recent Phytophthora ramorum created gaps and adjacent intact Quercus agrifolia forests, East Bay Regional Parks, California, USA
• Rick G. Kelsey, Douglas J. Westlind. 2017. Ethanol and primary attraction of red turpentine beetle in fire stressed ponderosa pine
• Rick G. Kelsey, Doug Westlind. 2017. Physiological stress and ethanol accumulation in tree stems and woody tissues at sublethal temperatures from fire
• Natasha Vizcarra, Rick G. Kelsey, Joe Karchesy. 2017. Northwest forest plants defeat pests and diseases!
• Yvette M. Karchesy, Rick G. Kelsey, George Constantine, Joseph J. Karchesy. 2016. Biological screening of selected Pacific Northwest forest plants using the brine shrimp (Artemia salina) toxicity bioassay
• Amy C. Ulappa, Rick G. Kelsey, Graham G. Frye, Janet L. Rachlow, LIsa A. Shipley, Laura Bond, Xinzhu Pu, Jennifer Sorensen Forbey. 2014. Plant protein and secondary metabolites influence diet selection in a mammalian specialist herbivore
• Rick G. Kelsey, D. Gallego, F.J. Sánchez-Garcia, J.A. Pajares. 2014. Ethanol accumulation during severe drought may signal tree vulnerability to detection and attack by bark beetles
• Rick G. Kelsey, Maia M. Beh, David C. Shaw, Daniel Manter. 2013. Ethanol attracts scolytid beetles to Phytophthora ramorum cankers on coast live oak
• Rachel A. Stong, Eli Kolodny, Rick G. Kelsey, M.P. Gonzalez-Hernandez, Jorge M. Vivanco, Daniel Manter. 2013. Effect of plant sterols and tannins on Phytophthora ramorum growth and sporulation
• Rick G. Kelsey, Maia Beh, Dave Shaw, Daniel K. Manter. 2013. Ethanol attracts scolytid beetles to Phytophthora ramorum cankers on coast live oak [Abstract]
• Elizabeth A. Gerson, Rick G. Kelsey, Brad St. Clair. 2012. Genetic variation of piperidine alkaloids in Pinus ponderosa from a common garden
• Sheeba Veluthoor, Rick G. Kelsey, M.P. Gonzalez-Hernandez, Nicholas Panella, Marc Dolan, Joe Karchesy. 2011. Composition of the heartwood essential oil of incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens Torr.)
• Sheeba Veluthoor, Shujun Li, Rick G. Kelsey, Marc C. Dolan, Nicholas A. Panella, Joe Karchesy. 2010. Two new diterpene phenols from Calocedrus decurrans
• Barbara J. Bentz, Jacques Regniere, Christopher J. Fettig, Matt Hansen, Jane L. Hayes, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Rick G. Kelsey, Jose Negron, Steve J. Seybold. 2010. Climate change and bark beetles of the western United States and Canada: Direct and indirect effects
• Rick G. Kelsey, Eric D. Forsman, James K. Swingle. 2009. Terpenoid resin distribution in conifer needles with implications for red tree vole, Arborimus longicaudus, foraging
• Daniel Manter, Rick G. Kelsey. 2008. Ethanol accumulation in drought-stressed conifer seedlings
• Jose Negron, Barbara J. Bentz, Christopher J. Fettig, Nancy E. Gillette, Matt Hansen, Jane L. Hayes, Rick G. Kelsey, John Lundquist, Ann M. Lynch, Robert Progar, Steve J. Seybold. 2008. US Forest Service bark beetle research in the western United States: Looking toward the future
• Daniel Manter, Rick G. Kelsey, Joseph J. Karchesy. 2008. Antimicrobial activity of extracts and select compounds in the heartwood of seven western conifers toward Phytophthora ramorum
• Daniel Manter, Rick G. Kelsey, Joseph J. Karchesy. 2008. Photosynthetic declines are induced by Phytophthora ramorum infection and exposure to elicitins
• Daniel Manter, Rick G. Kelsey, Joseph J. Karchesy. 2006. Isolation and characterization of phytotoxins secreted by Phytophthora ramorum
• Rick G. Kelsey, Walter G. Thies, Craig Schmitt. 2006. Using chemical markers to detect root disease in stressed ponderosa pine stands with a low incidence of disease in eastern Oregon.
• Walter G. Thies, Rick G. Kelsey, Douglas J. Westlind, Jeff Madsen. 2006. Potassium fertilizer applied immediately after planting had no impact on Douglas-fir seedling mortality caused by laminated root rot on a forested site in Washington State.
• Chris C. Maguire, W. Thomas Adams, Rick G. Kelsey. 2005. Chapter 7. Additional studies using CFIRP treatments: Douglas-fir genetics and ambrosia beetle log colonization.
• Rick G. Kelsey, Paul Hennon, Manuela Huso, Joseph G. Karchesy. 2005. Changes in heartwood chemistry of dead yellow-cedar trees that remain standing for 80 years or more in southeast Alaska.

• University of Montana, Ph.D., Forestry, 1975
• University of Montana, B.S., Forestry, 1970