Assistant Professor
Year Started at JMU: 2021
reiderke@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Website: https://kelseyreider.weebly.com/
Research Description
I am an ecologist with three primary research interests: wildlife and ecosystem responses to climate change, amphibian adaptations to high-elevation environments, and community interactions with animals that modify the environment (e.g., by nutrient subsidies, microhabitat creation). Current research investigates the role of animals in ecosystem development following glacier loss in the Andes and the thermal biology of high-elevation salamanders in the Rocky Mountains. There are opportunities in my lab for students interested in vertebrate and ecosystem ecology.
Education
- PhD in Biology, 2018, Florida International University
- MS in Biology, 2011, Florida International University
- BS in Zoology/Marine Ecology, 2007, Ohio State University
Select Publications
- Reider, K.E., Bueno de Mesquita, C.P., Anderson, K. et al. (2024). Wild Andean camelids promote rapid ecosystem development after glacier retreat. Scientific Reports. 14, 31913. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83457-6
- Kirk, M. A., Reider, K. E., Lackey, A. C. R., Thomas, S. A., & Whiteman, H. H. (2023). The role of environmental variation in mediating fitness trade-offs for an amphibian polyphenism. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92, 1815–1827. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13974
- Reider, K. E., Zerger, M., & Whiteman, H. H. (2022). Extending the biologging revolution to amphibians: Implantation, extraction, and validation of miniature temperature loggers. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 337, 403–411. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2575
- Additional publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0093-0529
Biology Department
