Publications

1. Lyons AL‡, Kartzinel RY, Brown BRP, Buchanan SW, Ferguson LM, Williamson BA, Kartzinel TR.Levels and partitioning of genetic variation of northeastern populations of diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). Journal of Heredity. doi:10.1093/jhered/esaf066

2. Brown BRP, Williams AE, Sabey KA, Onserio A, Ewoi J, Song SJ, Knight R, Ezenwa VO. 2024. Social behaviour mediates the microbiome response to antibiotic treatment in a wild mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.1756

3. 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. doi:10.1002/ecs2.4854

4. Rand D, Nunez J, Williams S, Rong S, Burley J, Neil K, Spierer A, McKerrow W, Johnson D, Fayton TS, Skvir N, Ferranti D, Greenhill M, Lyons A, Okami N, Morgan D, Raynes Y, Kinney K, Brown BRP, Giblin A, Cardon Z. Parasite manipulation of host phenotypes inferred from transcriptional analyses in a trematode–amphipod system. Molecular Ecology. doi:10.1111/mec.17093

5. 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. doi:10.1111/mec.16874

6. 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. 2022. Ecological consequences of large herbivore exclusion in an African savanna: 12 years of data from the UHURU experiment. Ecology. doi:10.1002/ecy.3649

7. Nunez JCB, Ferranti DA, Rong S, Damian-Serrano A, Neil K, Glenner H, Elyanow RG, Brown BRP, Rosenblad MA, Blomberg A, Johannesson K, Rand D. 2021. From tides to nucleotides: genomic signatures of adaptation to environmental gradients in barnacles. Molecular Ecology. doi:10.1111/mec.15949

8. Brown BRP, Nunez JCB, Rand D. 2020. Characterizing the cirri and gut microbiomes of the intertidal barnacle Semibalanus balanoides. Animal Microbiome. doi:10.1186/s42523-020-00058-0

9. 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. doi:10.1073/pnas.1905666116

10. Alter S, Brown BRP, Stiassny M. 2015. Molecular phylogenetics reveals convergent evolution in lower Congo River spiny eels. BMC Evolutionary Biology. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0507-x

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In Review / Revision (manuscripts available upon request)

1. Brown BRP, Li X, et al.** African green monkey CSF-EVs respond to synthetic Aβ oligomers with persistent Alzheimer’s-like activation. In review, Communications Biology Special Issue. doi:10.1101/2025.10.08.678256

2. Brown BRP, Khasoha LM, Pringle RM, Palmer TM, Newsome SD, Goheen JR, Kartzinel TR. Experimental defaunation modifies diet and gut microbiome of a wild gerbil (Gerbilliscus robustus). In review, Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

3. Brown BRP, Song SJ, Callaway TR, Joelles A, Knight R, Ezenwa EO. Gut microbiome shifts during coccidia–nematode coinfection are shaped by pathogen-specific effects on host nitrogen. In review, ISME.

4. Geng Y*, Brown BRP*, et al. Signatures of the wild: seasonal covariation of microbiome and diet in the mountain-roaming semi-domesticated Bos frontalis. In review, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes Special Issue.

5. McCulloch LA, Brown BRP, Kartzinel TR, Taylor BN, Porder S. The sum is greater than its parts: nodules containing fixing and non-fixing bacteria have higher nitrogen fixation rates in a tropical legume. In review, New Phytologist.

6. Khasoha LM, Rick JA, Reed CG, Brown BRP, et al. Consumer–resource interactions underlie the abundance–occupancy relationship in savanna small mammals: field tests of a macroecological pattern with populations and individuals. In review, Ecology.

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In Preparation (drafts available upon request)

1. Brown BRP, Snyder P, Weber M, Ezenwa EO. From individuals to community composition: comparing Sanger and MinION sequencing reveals challenges in characterizing nematode communities in wild ruminants. Complete draft for Molecular Ecology Resources.

2. Brown BRP, Callaway TR, Ezenwa EO. Quantifying the influence of heat treatment on volatile fatty acids in feces. Complete draft for Decision Support Tools, Translational Animal Science.

3. Dzigurski S§, Miranker AD, et al., Brown BRP. Characterizing the miRNome of the African green monkey as an inducible neurodegenerative model. Complete draft for BMC Genomics.