Publications

Kartzinel Lab postdocs†, grad students‡, undergraduates§, research assistants; *indicates joint first authorship

2024

  • Littleford-Colquhoun BL†, Geremia C, McGarvey LM, Merkle JA, Hoff HK‡, Anderson H, Segal CR, Kartzinel RY, Maywar I, Nantais N, Moore C§, Kartzinel TR. 2024. Body size modulates the extent of seasonal diet switching by large mammalian herbivores in Yellowstone National Park. Royal Society Open Science 11: 240136. [Open Access]​
  • Wang KJ, Huang Y, Kartzinel TR, Majaneva M, Richter N, Liao S. 2024. Group 2i Isochrysidales thrive in marine and lacustrine systems with ice cover. Scientific Reports 14: 11449.
    • Nature preprint doi: 10.22541/essoar.170913595.57923245/v2
  • Karp AT, Koerner SE, Hempson GP, Abraham JO, Anderson TM, Bond JW, Burkepile DE, Goheen JR, Guyton JA, Kartzinel TR, Kimuyu DM, Mohanbabu N, Palmer TM, Porensky LM, Pringle RM, Ritchie ME, Smith MD, Thompson DI, Young TP, Staver AC. 2024. Grazing herbivores reduce herbaceous biomass and fire activity across African gradients. Ecology Letters 27: e14450.
  • Harvey Sky N, Britnell JA, Antwis R, Kartzinel TR, Rubenstein DI, Toye P, Karani B, Njeru R, Hinchclife D, Gaymer J, Mutisya S, Shultz S. 2024. Linking diet switching to reproductive performance across populations of two Critically Endangered mammalian herbivores. Communications Biology 7: 503 [PDF from publisher]
  • Brown BRP‡, Kasoha LM, Lokeny P, Jakopak, RP, Dyck M, Wambua A, Reed CG‡, Newsome SD, Palmer TM, Pringle RM, Goheen JR, Kartzinel TR. 2024. Spatiotemporal variation in the gut microbiomes of co-occurring wild rodent species. Ecosphere 15: e4854. [Open access]
  • Littleford-Colquhoun BL† and Kartzinel TR. 2024. A CRISPR-based strategy for targeted sequencing in biodiversity science. Molecular Ecology Resources 24: e13920. [PDF]

2023

  • Gill BA†, Wittemeyer G, Cerling TE, Musili PM, Kartzinel TR. 2023. Foraging history of individual elephants using DNA metabarcoding. Royal Society Open Science 10: 230337. [Open Access]
    • Also covered by BBC World News Television, Times Radio, and other media.
  • ​Ang’ila RO‡, Kimuyu D, Wambugu GM, Kenfack D, Musili PM, Kartzinel TR. 2023. Fine-scale variation in soil and topography influences herbaceous vegetation and the distribution of large mammalian herbivores. African Journal of Ecology 61: 706-716. [Link to publisher]
  • Patti TJ§, Donihue CM†, Dressler CT§, Luo A§, Kartzinel TR. 2023. Bite and seek: bite force and exploratory behavior of the lizard Podarcis siculus across its non-native range in the northeastern United States. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 139: 231-242. [PDF]
  • Brown BRP‡, Goheen JR, Newsome SD, Pringle RM, Palmer TM, Khasoha LM, Kartzinel TR. 2023. Host phylogeny and functional traits differentiate gut microbiomes in a diverse natural community of small mammals. Molecular Ecology 32: 2320-2334. [PDF ahead of print]
  • Daskin JH, Becker JL, Kartzinel TR, Potter AB, Walker RH, Eriksson FA, Buoncore C, Getraer A, Long RA, Pringle RM. 2023. Allometry of behavior and niche differentiation among congeneric African antelopes. Ecological Monographs 93: e1549. [Open Access]
  • Wells HBM, Crego RD, Alston JM, Ndung’u KS, Khasoha LM, Reed CG‡, Hassan AA, Kurukura S, Ekadeli J, Namoni M, Stewart, P, Kimuyu DM, Wolf AA, Young TP, Kartzinel TR, Palmer TM, Goheen JR, Pringle RM. 2023. Wild herbivores enhance resistance to invasion by exotic cacti in African savanna. Journal of Ecology 111: 33-44.

2022

  • Littleford-Colquhoun BL†, Sackett VI§, Tulloss CV§, Kartzinel TR. 2022. Evidence-based strategies to navigate the complexity of dietary DNA: a reply. Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/mec.16712. [PDF]
  • Donihue CM†, Allender C, Dressler CT§, Patti TJ§, Luo A§, Kartzinel TR. 2022. Podarcis siculus (Italian Wall Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 53: 500 [Open Access].
  • Thurman TJ, Palmer TM, Kolbe JJ, Askary A, Gotanda KM, LaPiedra O, Kartzinel TR, Man in’t Veld NA, Revell LJ, Wegener J, Schoener TW, Spiller DA, Losos JB, Pringle RM, Barrett RDH. 2022. The difficulty of predicting evolutionary change in response to novel ecological interactions: a field experiment with Anolis lizards. American Naturalist in press.
  • Pansu J, Hutchinson MC, Anderson TM, te Beest M, Begg CM, Begg KS, Bonin A, Chama L, Chamaille-Jammes S, Coissac E, Cromsigt JPGM, Demmel MY, Donaldson JE, Guyton JA, Hansen C, Imakando CI, Iqbal A, Kalima DF, Kerley GIH, Kurukura S, Landman M, Long RA, Munuo IN, Nutter CM, Parr CL, Potter AB, Siachoono S, Taberlet P, Waiti E, Kartzinel TR, Pringle RM. 2022. Cryptic dietary niche differentiation structures diverse large-herbivore assemblages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 119: e2204400119.
  • Titcomb GC, Pansu J, Hutchinson MC, Tombak KJ, Hansen C, Baker CCM, Kartzinel TR, Young HS, Pringle RM. 2022. Large-herbivore nemabiomes: patterns of parasite diversity and sharing. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 289: 20212702. [Open Access]
  • Freeman PT‡, Ang’ila RO‡, Kimuyu D, Musili PM, Kenfack D, Lokeny P, Magid M§, Gill BA†, Kartzinel TR. 2022. Gradients in the diversity of plants and large herbivores revealed with DNA barcoding in a semi-arid African savanna. Diversity 14: 219. [Open Access] [PDF].
  • Alston JM, Reed C‡, Khasoha L, Brown BRP‡, Busenei G, Carlson N, Coverdale TC, Dudenhoeffer M, Dyck M, Ekeno J, Hassan AA, Hohbein R, Jakopak RP, Kimiti B, Kurukura S, Lokeny P, Louthan AM, Musila S, Musili PM, Tindall T, Weiner S, Kartzinel TR, Palmer TM, Pringle RM, Goheen JR. 2021. Ecological consequences of large herbivore exclusion in an African savanna: 12 years of data from the UHURU experiment. Ecology 103: e3649. [PDF] [Link to publisher]
    • ​​Cover article.​
    • Photo Gallery feature. Large  herbivore  loss  in  a  Kenyan  savanna:  Data  from  the  UHURU  experiment.  Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 103: e01980.
  • Littleford-Colquhoun BL†, Freeman PT‡, Sackett VI§, Tulloss CV§, McGarvey LM, Geremia C, Kartzinel TR. 2021. The precautionary principle and dietary DNA metabarcoding: commonly used abundance thresholds change ecological interpretation. Molecular Ecology 31: 1615-1626. [Open Access] [PDF]

2021

  • Coverdale TC, O’Connell RD, Hutchinson MC, Savagian A, Kartzinel TR, Palmer TM, Goheen JR, Augustine DJ, Sankaran M, Tarnita CE, Pringle RM. 2021. Large herbivores suppress liana infestation in an African savanna. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 118: e2101676118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2101676118.
    • ​​Cover article.​
  • Wells HBM, Crego RD, Opedal ØH, Khasoha LM, Alston JM, Reed CG‡, Weiner S, Kurukura S, Hassan AA, Namoni M, Ekadeli J, Kimuyu DM, Young TP, Kartzinel TR, Palmer TM, Pringle RM, Goheen JR. 2021. Experimental evidence that effects of megaherbivores on mesoherbivore space use are influenced by species’ traits. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 2510-2522. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13565.
    • ​​Cover article.​
  • Becker JL, Hutchinson MC, Potter AB, Park S, Guyton JA, Abernathy K, Americo V, Conceição A, Kartzinel TR, Kuziel L, Leonard NE, Lorenzi E, Martins NC, Pansu J, Scott WL, Stahl MK, Torrens KR, Stalmans ME, Long RA, Pringle RM. 2021. Ecological and behavioral mechanisms of density-dependent habitat expansion in a recovering African ungulate population. Ecological Monographs 91: e01476. doi:10.1002/ecm.1476.
  • Wang KJ, Huang Y, Majaneva M, Belt ST, Liao S, Novak J, Kartzinel TR, Herbert TD, Richter N, Cabedo-Sanz P. 2021. Group 2i Isochrysidales produce characteristic alkenones reflecting sea ice distribution. Nature Communications 12: 15. [Link]​

2020

  • Kartzinel TR and Pringle RM. 2020. Multiple dimensions of dietary diversity in large mammalian herbivores. Journal of Animal Ecology ​89: 1482-1496. [Link to publisher]
    • Cover article.
  • Guyton JA, Pansu J, Hutchinson MC, Kartzinel TR, Potter AB, Coverdale TC, Daskin JH, Gledis da Conceição A, Peel MJS, Stalmans ME, Pringle RM. 2020. Trophic rewilding revives biotic resistance to shrub invasion. Nature Ecology and Evolution: 4: 712-724. [Link to publisher]​
    • Cover article.

2019

  • ​Kartzinel TR, Hsing J, Musili PM, Brown BRP‡, Pringle RM. 2019. Covariation of diet and gut microbiome in African megafauna. ​Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 116: 23588-23593.​ [PDF] [Open Access]
    • Cover article.
  • ​​Reese AT*, Kartzinel TR*, Petrone BL, Turnbaugh PJ, Pringle RM, David LA. 2019. Using DNA metabarcoding to evaluate the plant component of human diets: a proof of concept. mSystems 4: e00458-19. [Link to publisher]
  • Pringle RM*, Kartzinel TR*, Palmer TM, Thurman TJ, Fox-Dobbs K, Xu CC, Hutchinson MC, Coverdale TC, Daskin JH, Evangelista D, Gotanda K, Man in ‘t Veld N, Wegener H, Kolbe JJ, Schoener TW, Spiller DA, Losos JB, Barrett RDH. 2019. Predator-induced collapse of niche structure and coexistence on islands. Nature 570: 58-64. [PDF] [Link to Publisher]​
  • ​Trapnell DW, Hamrick JL, Smallwood PA, Kartzinel TR, Ishibashi CD, Quigley CTC. 2019. Phylogeography of the Neotropical epiphytic orchid, Brassavola nodosa: evidence for a secondary contact zone in northwestern Costa Rica. Heredity 123: 662-674.
  • Shefferson RP, Bunch W, Cowden CC, Lee Y-I, Kartzinel TR, Yukawa T, Downing J, Jiang H. 2019. Does evolutionary history determine specificity in broad ecological interactions? Journal of Ecology 107: 1582-1593. [PDF of online-early version]
    • Invited contribution to the special feature: Macroevolution of biotic interactions in plants.
  • Gill BA†, Musili PM, Kurukura S, Hassan AA, Goheen JR, Kress WJ, Kuzmina M, Pringle RM, Kartzinel TR. 2019. Plant DNA barcode library and community phylogeny for a semi-arid savanna in Kenya. Molecular Ecology Resources 19: 838-846. ​[PDF of online-early version]
  • Pansu J, Guyton JA, Potter A, Atkins J, Daskin J, Wursten B, Kartzinel TR, Pringle RM. 2019. Trophic ecology of large herbivores in a reassembling African ecosystem. Journal of Ecology 107: 1355-1376.​ [PDF of online-early version]
  • Deagle BE, Thomas AC, McInnes JC, Clarke LJ, Vesterinen EJ, Clare EL, Kartzinel TR, Eveson JP. 2019. Counting with DNA in metabarcoding studies: how should we convert sequence reads to dietary data? Molecular Ecology 28: 391-406. [PDF]

2018

  • ​Reese AT, Pereira FC, Schintlmeister A, Berry D, Wagner M, Hale LP, Wu A, Jiang S, Durand HK, Zhou X, Premont R, Mae Diehl A, O’Connell TM, Alberts SC, Kartzinel TR, Pringle RM, Dunn RR, Wright JP, David LA. 2018. Microbial nitrogen limitation in the mammalian large intestine. Nature Microbiology 3: 1441-1450. [Free access; Link to publisher for institutional access]
  • Goheen JR, Augustine DJ, Veblen KE, Kimuyu DM, Palmer TM, Porensky LM, Pringle RM, Ratnam J, Riginos C, Sankaran M, Ford AT, Hassan AA, Jakopak R, Kartzinel TR, Kurukura S, Louthan AM, Odadi WO, Otieno TO, Wambua AM, Young HS, Young TP. 2018. Conservation lessons from large-mammal manipulations in East African savannas: the KLEE, UHURU, and GLADE experiments. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1429: 31-49. [Free Text From Publisher]
  • Budischak SA, Hansen CB, Caudron Q, Garnier R, Kartzinel TR, Pelcer I, Cressler C, van Leeuwen A, Graham A. 2018. Feeding immunity: physiological and behavioral responses to infection and resource limitation. Frontiers in Immunology 8: 1914. [Free Text From Publisher]

2017

  • Pellegrini AFA, Anderegg WRL, Paine CET, Hoffmann WA, Kartzinel T, Rabin SS, Sheil D, Franco AC, Pacala SW. 2017. Convergence of bark investment according to fire and climate structures ecosystem vulnerability to future change. Ecology Letters 20: 307-316. [PDF]

2016

  • Coverdale TC, Kartzinel TR, Grabowski K, Shriver R, Hassan A, Goheen JR, Palmer TM, Pringle RM. 2016. Elephants in the understory: opposing direct and indirect effects of consumption and ecosystem engineering. Ecology 97: 3219-3230. [PDF]
    • Feature article in Ecology. 
  • Kartzinel TR, Campbell DA, Trapnell DW. 2016. Spatial patterns of haplotype variation in the epiphytic bromeliad Catopsis nutans. Biotropica 48: 206-217. [PDF]

2015

  • Kartzinel TR, Hamrick JL, Wang C, Bowsher AW, Quigley BGP. 2015. Heterogeneity of clonal patterns among patches of kudzu, Pueraria montana var. lobata, an invasive plant. Annals of Botany 116: 739-750. [PDF]
  • ​Kartzinel TR, Chen PA, Coverdale TC, Erickson DL, Kress WJ, Kuzmina ML, Rubenstein DI, Wang W, Pringle RM. 2015. DNA metabarcoding illuminates dietary niche partitioning by African large herbivores. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 112: 8019-8024. [PDF with cover & commentary] [Open Access]
  • ​​Kartzinel TR and Pringle RM. 2015. Molecular detection of invertebrate prey in vertebrate diets: Trophic ecology of Caribbean island lizards. Molecular Ecology Resources 15: 903-914. [PDF]

2014

  • Kartzinel TR, Goheen JR, Charles GK, DeFranco E, Maclean JE, Otieno T, Palmer TM, Pringle RM. 2014. Plant and small-mammal responses to large-herbivore exclusion in an African savanna: five years of the UHURU experiment. Ecology 95: 787. [Open Access]

2013

  • Kartzinel TR, Shefferson RP, Trapnell DW. 2013. Relative importance of pollen and seed dispersal across a Neotropical mountain landscape for an epiphtytic orchid. Molecular Ecology 22: 6048-6059. [PDF]
  • Kartzinel TR, Trapnell DW, Shefferson RP. 2013. Highly diverse and spatially heterogeneous mycorrhizal symbiosis in a rare epiphyte is unrelated to broad biogeographic or environmental features. Molecular Ecology 22: 5949-5961. [PDF]
  • Kartzinel TR, Trapnell DW, Shefferson RP. 2013. Critical importance of large native trees for conservation of a rare Neotropical epiphyte. Journal of Ecology 101: 1429-1438. [PDF]
  • Trapnell DW, Hamrick JL, Ishibashi CD, Kartzinel TR. 2013. Genetic inference of epiphytic orchid colonization; it may only take one. Molecular Ecology 22: 3680-3692. [PDF]

2012

  • Kartzinel TR, Trapnell DW, Glenn TC. 2012. Microsatellite primers for the Neotropical epiphyte Epidendrum firmum (Orchidaceae). American Journal of Botany 99: e450-452. [Open Access]​
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