Researchers from Brown, including IBES Associate Professor Tyler Kartiznel, contributed to a study that found giraffes' gut microbiome is more closely tied to the giraffe’s species than to the specific plants it consumes.
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Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
Tyler Kartzinel
Peggy and Henry D. Sharpe Associate Professor of Environment and Society, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Research Interests
Conservation biology, Molecular ecology, Evolution of species interactions
Biography
Kartzinel’s research uses forensic lab tools and field experiments to illuminate how species interact with each other. The outcome of species interactions like predation, competition, and mutualisms matter to nature and people, and knowledge of these interactions can help guide efforts to address global change.
Recent News
Uppsala University
Unexpected discoveries in study of giraffe gut flora
Past and present members of Associate Professor Tyler Karzinel's lab analyzed the link between diet and gut flora in three giraffe species.
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Global Ecology and Conservation
Diet-microbiome covariation across three giraffe species in a close-contact zone
Associate Professor Tyler Kartzinel's lab group collaborated with nonprofits in Kenya and Namibia to compare the diets and gut microbiomes of giraffes.
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Founded in 2014, the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society has become a leader in producing boundary-breaking, solutions-driven research while educating the next generation of environmental leaders.
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Brown University ecologists teamed with National Park Service scientists in Yellowstone to answer a vexing question about how different wildlife species find enough to eat.
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Nature Scientific Reports
Group 2i Isochrysidales thrive in marine and lacustrine systems with ice cover
New research from Tyler Kartzinel, assistant professor of biology and environment and society, and IBES Fellow Yongsong Huang.
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