Tenzing Ingty
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Jacksonville State University
INGTY LAB
Biodiversity • Global Change • Conservation
The Ingty Lab at Jacksonville State University investigates investigates how global environmental change shapes biodiversity, ecosystems, and human–environment relationships. Our research spans two biodiversity-rich regions: the southeastern United States and the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot. Despite their ecological and cultural differences, both regions face shared conservation challenges associated with climate change, land-use change, and natural resource management.
By integrating field ecology, ecological experiments, spatial modeling, and interdisciplinary approaches, we seek to understand how species and ecosystems respond to environmental change and how this knowledge can inform biodiversity conservation.
Our lab explores the connections between biodiversity, environmental change, and society. We work across two biodiversity-rich regions—the southeastern United States and the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot. Although these regions differ greatly in their ecology and human landscapes, they face many shared conservation challenges. Our research examines how climate change, land-use change, and natural resource management shape species, ecosystems, and the people who depend on them.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
Investigating how climate change influences species distributions, phenology, biodiversity, and ecological processes.
RESTORATION & CONSERVATION
Examining prairie restoration, disturbance ecology, biodiversity monitoring, and ecosystem responses to conservation and management practices.
HIMALAYAN SOCIO_ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Exploring biodiversity conservation, land-use change, pastoralism, and traditional ecological knowledge in Himalayan socioecological systems
My new publication demonstrates how the transhumant pastoral system enhances biodiversity and ecosystem function. I argue that a complete restriction of open grazing meets neither conservation nor socioeconomic goals. The article advocates for evidence-based policies to conserve the rich and vulnerable biodiversity of the Himalaya.
Paper titled "Correlated evolution of flower size and seed number in flowering plants (monocotyledons)" selected as "Editors Choice Article" recognized for its outstanding quality and interest, and published as open access
An illustrated book with scientific insight and splendid photographs featuring the mystical valley of Lachen in the Eastern recesses of the Himalaya. This book tries to capture a glimpse of the threatened biodiversity, the kaleidoscopic array of cultural traditions, beliefs, and knowledge systems of the indigenous communities, and the major threats to the region. We aim that the book be used as an important tool to support and strengthen environmental policies, towards the conservation of this much understudied treasure of nature and encourage environmentally sustainable and economically viable tourism in the region. The book was partly crowdsource funded through kickstarter.com and ATREE.
Framed Himalaya: Lachen Valley now available at Rachna bookstore and Tag along backpackers - Development Area, Gangtok, Sikkim, India.