The Parker Lab
 
PUBLICATIONS:
 
Nims, B., H. Vargas, N Gottdenker, PG Parker. Low genetic diversity and lack of population structure in the endangered Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus). In press, Conservation Genetics.
Gottdenker, NL, T Walsh, G Jimenez-Uzcategui, F Betancourt, M Cruz, C Soos, RE Miller, PG Parker. Post-mortem findings in wild Galápagos birds submitted to the Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz, Ecuador from 2002-2004. Accepted pending revision, Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Santiago-Alarcon, D, NK Whiteman, RE Ricklefs, PG Parker, G Valkiunas. Patterns of parasite abundance and distribution in island populations of Galápagos endemic birds. In press, Journal of Parasitology.
Soos, C., L Padilla, A Iglesias, N Gottdenker, M Cruz Bedon, A Rios, PG Parker. 2008. Comparison of pathogens in broiler and backyard chickens on the Galápagos Islands: Implications for transmission to wildlife. In press, Auk.
Whiteman, NK, RT Kimball, PG Parker. 2007. Co-phylogeography and comparative population genetics of the Galápagos Hawk and three co-occurring ectoparasite species: Natural history shapes population histories within a parasite community. In press, Molecular Ecology.
Tori, WP, R Duraes, TB Ryder, M Anciaes, J Karubian, RH Macedo, AC Uy, PG Parker, TB Smith, AC Stein, MS Webster, JG Blake, BA Loiselle. Advances in sexual selection theory: Insights from tropical avifauna. Proceedings of the VIII Neotropical Ornithological Congress, in press.
Duffie, CV, TC Glenn, C Hagen, PG Parker. 2007. Microsatellite markers isolated from the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi). In press, Molecular Ecology Notes.
Baião, PC, EA Schreiber, PG Parker. 2007. The genetic basis of the plumage polymorphism in Red-Footed Boobies (Sula sula): A Melanocortin-1 Receptor (MC1R) analysis. Journal of Heredity 98:287-292.
Bollmer, JL, FH Vargas, PG Parker. 2007. Low MHC variation in the endangered Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus). Immunogenetics 59:593-602.
Merkel, J., H.I. Jones, N.K. Whiteman, N. Gottdenker, H. Vargas, E.K. Travis, R.E. Miller, P.G. Parker. 2007. Microfilariae in Galápagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus) and flightless cormorants (Phalacrocorax harrisi): genetics, morphology, and prevalence. Journal of Parasitology 93:495-503.
Santiago-Alarcon, D. & P.G. Parker. 2007. Sexual size dimorphism and morphological evidence supporting the recognition of two subspecies in the Galápagos dove. Condor 109:132-141.
Edly-Wright, CE, P Schwagmeyer, PG Parker, D Mock. 2007. Genetic similarity of mates, offspring health and extrapair fertilization in house sparrows. Animal Behaviour 73:367-378.
Loiselle, B, T Ryder, R Duraes, W Tori, J Blake, PG Parker. 2007. Kin selection does not explain male aggregation at leks of four Pipridae species. Behavioral Ecology 18:287-291.
Padilla, LF, and PG Parker. 2007. Monitoring Avian Health in the Galápagos Islands: Current Knowledge, pp. Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine 6: Current Therapy; Fowler M and Miller RE (Eds).
Jones, TC, SE Riechert, PG Parker. 2007. Fostering model explains variation in levels of sociality in a spider system. Animal Behaviour 73:195-204.
Whiteman, NK, P Sanchez, JF Merkel, H Klompen, PG Parker. 2006. Cryptic host specificity of an avian skin mite (Epidermoptidae) vectored by lousefiles (Hippoboscidae) associated with endemic Galápagos bird species. Journal of Parasitology 92:1218-1228.
Travis, EK, FH Vargas, J Merkel, N Gottdenker, RE Miller, PG Parker. 2006. Hematology, serum chemistry, and serology of the Galápagos Penguin in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42: 625-632.
Roy Nielsen, C.L., P.G. Parker, R.J. Gates. 2006. Intraspecific nest parasitism of cavity-nesting wood ducks: Costs and benefits to hosts and parasites. Animal Behaviour 72:917-926.
Roy Nielsen, C.L., R.J. Gates, P.G. Parker. 2006. Intraspecific nest parasitism of wood ducks in natural cavities: Comparisons with nest boxes. J.Wildlife Management 70:835-843.
Parker, PG, NK Whiteman, and RE Miller. 2006. Perspectives in Ornithology: Conservation Medicine in the Galápagos Islands: Partnerships among Behavioral, Population and Veterinary Scientists. Auk 123: 625-638.
Santiago-Alarcon, D, SM Tanksley, PG Parker. 2006. Morphological variation and genetic structure of Galápagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) populations: issues in conservation for the Galápagos bird fauna. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118:194-207.
Padilla, L, NK Whiteman, JF Merkel, KP Huyvaert, PG Parker. 2006. Health assessment of seabirds on Genovesa, Galápagos Islands. Ornithological Monographs 60:86-97.
Huyvaert, KP, DJ Anderson, and PG Parker. 2006. The mate opportunity hypothesis and extra-pair paternity in waved albatrosses (Phoebastria irrorata). Auk 123:524-533.
Travis, EK, FH Vargas, J Merkel, N Gottdenker, RE Miller, PG Parker. 2006. Hematology, plasma chemistry, and disease serology of the Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Journal of Wildlife Disease 42:133-141.
Reed, W.L., M.E. Clark, P.G. Parker, S.A. Raouff, N. Arguedas, D. Monk, E. Snadjr, V. Nolan Jr., E.D. Ketterson. 2006. Physiological effects on demography: A long-term experimental study of testosterone’s effects on fitness. American Naturalist 167:667-683.
Huyvaert, KP and PG Parker. 2006. Absence of population genetic structure among breeding colonies of the waved albatross. Condor 108:441-446.
Roy Nielsen, CL, B Semel, PW Sherman, DF Westneat, PG Parker. 2006. Host-parasite relatedness in wood ducks: Patterns of kinship and parasite success. Behavioral Ecology 17:491-496.
Bollmer, JL, RT Kimball, NK Whiteman, J Sarasola, PG Parker. 2006. Phylogeography of the Galápagos Hawk: a recent arrival to the Galápagos Islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39:237-247.
Whiteman, NK, KD Matson, JL Bollmer, PG Parker. 2006. Disease ecology in the Galápagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis): Host genetic diversity, parasites, and natural antibodies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 273:797-804.
Parker, P.G. and Z. Tang-Martinez. 2005. Bateman gradients in field and laboratory studies: A cautionary tale. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45:895-902.
Bollmer, J.L., N.K. Whiteman, M.D. Cannon, J.C. Bednarz, Tj. DeVries, P.G. Parker. 2005. Population genetics of the Galápagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis): Genetic monomorphism within isolated populations. Auk 122:1210-1224.
Worden, B.D., P.G. Parker. 2005. Females prefer non-infected males as mates in the grain beetle Tenebrio molitor: evidence in pre- and postcopulatory behaviours. Animal Behaviour 70:1055-1062.
Whiteman, NK, SJ Goodman, BJ Sinclair, T Walsh, AA Cunningham, LD Kramer, PG Parker. 2005. Establishment of the avian disease vector Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 (Diptera: Culicidae) on the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Ibis 147:844-847.
Randall, J., K. Rogovin, PG Parker, JA Eimes. 2005. Flexible social structure of a desert rodent, Rhombomys opimus: philopatry, kinship, and ecological constraints. Behavioral Ecology 16:961-973.
Gottdenker, N., T. Walsh, H. Vargas, M. Duncan, J. Merkel, G. Jimenez, R.E. Miller, M. Dailey, P.G. Parker. 2005. Assessing the risks of introduced chickens and their pathogens to native birds in the Galápagos Archipelago. Biological Conservation 126:429-439.
Thiel, T., N.K. Whiteman, A. Tirape, M.I. Maquero, V. Cedeno, T. Walsh, G. Jimenez, P.G. Parker. 2005. Characterization of Canarypox-like Viruses Infecting Endemic Birds in the Galápagos Islands. Journal of Wildlife Disease 41:342-353.
McGlothlin, J.W., P.G. Parker, V. Nolan, Jr., E.D. Ketterson. 2005. Correlational selection leads to genetic integration of body size and an attractive plumage trait in dark-eyed juncos. Evolution 59:658-671.
Eimes, JA, PG Parker, JL Brown, E Brown. 2005. Extra-pair fertilization and genetic similarity of mates in the Mexican Jay. Behavioral Ecology 16:456-460.
Whiteman, N.K. & P.G. Parker. 2005. Using parasites to infer host population history: A new rationale for parasite conservation. Animal Conservation 8:175-181.
DeMatteo, KE, KL Karagiannis, CS Asa, MS Macek, TL Snyder, AM Tieber, and PG Parker. 2004. Semen collection and artificial insemination in the common piping guan (Pipile cumanensis cumanensis): potential applications for Cracidae (Aves: Galliformes). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 35:447-458.
Whiteman, N.K. and P.G. Parker. 2004. Body condition and parasite load predict territory ownership in the Galápagos Hawk. Condor 106:915-921.
Whiteman, N.K. and P.G. Parker. 2004. Effects of host sociality on ectoparasite population biology. Journal of Parasitology 90:939-947.
Whiteman, N.K., D. Santiago-Alarcon, K.P. Johnson, and P.G. Parker. 2004. Differences in straggling rates between two genera of dove lice reinforce population genetic and cophylogenetic patterns (Insecta:  Phthiraptera). International Journal of Parasitology 34(10): 1113-1119.
Parker, P.G. 2004. Recent insights into sexual selection in bird mating systems: What Bateman couldn’t have known. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43:914-914.
Soha, J.A., D.A. Nelson, P.G. Parker. 2004. Genetic analysis of song dialect populations in Puget Sound white-crowned sparrows. Behavioral Ecology 15: 636-646.
Padilla, LR, D Santiago-Alarcon, JF Merkel, RE Miller, PG Parker. 2004. Survey for Trichomonas gallinae, Chlamydophila psitacci, Salmonella spp. and Haemoproteus organisms in Columbiformes from the Galápagos Islands. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 35: 60-64.
Padilla, LR, KP Huyvaert, JF Merkel, RE Miller, PG Parker. 2003. Hematology, Plasma Chemistry, Serology, and Chlamydophila status of free ranging adult waved albatrosses (Phoebastria irrorata) on Espanola, Galápagos Islands. Journal of Zoo & Wildlife Medicine 34:278-283.
Kimball, R.T., P.G. Parker, J.C. Bednarz. 2003. Occurrence and evolution of cooperative breeding among diurnal raptors (Accipitridae and Falconidae). Auk 120:717-729.
Bollmer, J.L., T. Sanchez, M.M. Donaghy Cannon, D. Sanchez, B. Cannon, J.C. Bednarz, Tj. DeVries, M.S. Struve, P.G. Parker. 2003. Variation in morphology and mating system among island populations of Galápagos Hawks. The Condor 105:428-438.
Jones, TC and PG Parker. 2002. Delayed dispersal benefits both mothers and offspring in the cooperative spider Anelosimus studiosus (Araneae: Theridiidae). Behavioral Ecology 13: 142-148.
Pravosudova, EV, PG Parker, AS Gaunt. 2002. Genetic evidence for extrapair paternity in the tufted titmouse. Wilson Bulletin 114:279-281.
Pravosudova, EV, TC Grubb, Jr, PG Parker. 2001. The influence of kinship on nutritional condition and aggression levels in winter social groups of tufted titmice. Condor 103:821-828.
Dearborn, DC, AD Anders, and PG Parker. 2001. Sexual dimorphism, extra-pair fertilizations, and operational sex ratio in great frigatebirds (Fregata minor). Behavioral Ecology 12:746-752.
Worden, BD and PG Parker. 2001. Polyandry in grain beetles leads to greater reproductive success: material and genetic benefits? Behavioral Ecology 12:761-767.
Huyvaert, KP, DJ Anderson, TC Jones, W Duan, PG Parker. 2000. Extra-pair paternity in waved albatrosses. Molecular Ecology 9:1415-1419.
Jones, T.C. and P.G. Parker. 2000. Costs and benefits of foraging associated with delayed dispersal in the spider Anelosimus studiosus (Araneae, Theridiidae). J. Arachnology 28: (1) 61-69.
Arguedas, N & PG Parker. 2000. Seasonal migration and genetic population structure in house wrens. The Condor 102:517-528. (Recipient of the 2001 Painton Award for the most significant and original research published in The Condor over the preceding 4 years)
Fiumera, AC, PG Parker, PA Fuerst. 2000. Effective population size and maintenance of genetic diversity in captive-bred populations of a Lake Victoria cichlid. Conservation Biology 14:886-892.
Worden, BD, PG Parker, PW Pappas. 2000. Parasites reduce attractiveness and reproductive success in male grain beetles. Animal Behaviour 59:543-550.
Parker, PG, TC Jones, J Haydock, J Dickinson, BD Worden. 1999. Multilocus minisatellite DNA fingerprinting and cooperative breeding. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 47:108-111.
Fiumera, AC, L Wu, PG Parker, PA Fuerst. 1999. Effective population size in the captive breeding program of the Lake Victoria Cichlid Paralabidochromis chilotes. Zoo Biol. 18:215-222.
Pravosudova, E.V., T.C. Grubb, Jr., P.G. Parker, & P.F. Doherty, Jr. 1999. Patch size and composition of social groups in wintering Tufted Titmice. Auk 116:1153-1156.
Wright, J, PG Parker, KJ Lundy. 1999. Relatedness and chick-feeding effort in the cooperatively breeding Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps). Animal Behaviour 58:779-785.
Mauck, R.A., E.A. Marschall and P.G. Parker. 1999. Adult survival and imperfect assessment of parentage: effects on male parenting decisions. American Naturalist 154:99-109.
Bollmer, J., M.E. Irwin, J.P. Rieder and P.G. Parker. 1999. Multiple paternity in loggerhead turtles. Copeia 1999:475-478.
Lundy, KJ, PG Parker, A Zahavi. 1998. Reproduction by subordinates in cooperatively breeding Arabian babblers is uncommon but predictable. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 43:173-180.
Raouf, SA, PG Parker, ED Ketterson, V Nolan, C. Ziegenfus. 1998. Testosterone affects reproductive success by influencing extra-pair fertilizations in male dark-eyed juncos (Aves: Junco hyemalis)(vol 264, pg 1599, 1997, correction). Proc, Royal Society of London B: 265:2453-2453.
Parker, PG, AA Snow, G Booton, M Schug and P Fuerst. 1998. What molecules can tell us about populations: Choosing and using a molecular marker. Ecology 79:361-382.
Snow, AA & PG Parker. 1998. Molecular markers for population biology. Ecology 79:359-360.
Rabenold, KN, PT Fauth, BW Goodner, JA Sadowski, PG Parker. 1998. Response of avian communities to disturbance by an exotic insect in spruce-fir forests of the Southern Appalachians. Conservation Biology 12:177-189.
Burley, N.T. and P.G. Parker. 1998. Emerging themes and questions in the study of avian reproductive tactics. Pp. 1-20 in: Avian Reproductive Tactics: Female and Male Perspectives (P.G. Parker and N.T. Burley, eds.). Ornithological Monographs #49. The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
Ketterson, E.D., P.G. Parker, V. Nolan, Jr., S. Raouf and C. Ziegenfus. 1998. The relative importance of extra-pair fertilizations to male and female reproductive success in dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis). Pp. 81-102 in: Avian Reproductive Tactics: Female and Male Perspectives (P.G. Parker and N.T. Burley, eds.). Ornithological Monographs #49. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
Parker, PG & NT Burley (eds.). 1998. Avian Reproductive Tactics: Female and Male Perspectives. Ornithological Monograph #49. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C., 195 pp.
Raouf, S.A., P.G. Parker, E.D. Ketterson, V. Nolan, Jr. and C. Ziegenfus. 1997. Testosterone affects reproductive success by influencing extra-pair fertilizations in male dark-eyed juncos, (Aves: Junco hyemalis.) Proc. Royal Society B 264:1599-1603.
Marfori, MA, PG Parker, TG Gregg, JG Vandenbergh, NG Solomon. 1997. Using DNA fingerprinting to estimate relatedness within social groups of pine voles. J. Mammology 78:715-724.
Waite, TA, PG Parker. 1997. Extra-pair paternity and the effective size of socially monogamous populations. Evolution 51: 620-621.
Parker, P.G. and T.A. Waite. 1997. Mating systems, effective population size, and conservation of natural populations. Pages 244-262 In Behavioral Approaches to Conservation in the Wild (J Clemmons & R Buchholz, eds.) Cambridge University Press.
Parker, P.G., T.A. Waite and T. Peare. 1996. Paternity studies in animal populations. Pages 413-423 In Molecular Genetic Approaches in Conservation (T.B. Smith and R.K. Wayne, eds.) Oxford University Press, New York.
Peare, T, PG Parker. 1996. Local genetic structure within two rookeries of Chelonia mydas (the green turtle). Heredity 77:619-628.
Waite, T.A. and P.G. Parker. 1996. Dimensionless life histories and effective population size. Conservation Biology 10:1456-1462.
DeLay, L.S., J. Faaborg, J. Naranjo, S.M. Paz, Tj de Vries, P.G. Parker. 1996. Paternal care in the cooperatively polyandrous Galápagos Hawk. Condor 98:300-311.
Burley, NT, PG Parker, KJ Lundy. 1996. Sexual selection and extra-pair fertilization in a socially monogamous passerine, the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis). Behavioral Ecology 7:218-226.
Haydock, J, PG Parker, KN Rabenold. 1996. Extra-pair paternity uncommon in cooperatively breeding bicolored wren, Campylorhynchus griseus. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 38:1-16.
Ketterson, E.D., V. Nolan, Jr., M.J. Cawthorn, P.G. Parker and C. Ziegenfus. 1996. Phenotypic engineering: using hormones to explore the mechanistic and functional bases of phenotypic variation in nature. Ibis 138:70-86.
Mauck, R., T.A. Waite and P.G. Parker. 1995. Monogamy in Leach's Storm-petrel: DNA fingerprinting evidence. The Auk 112:473-482.
Piper, W.H., P.G. Parker and K.N. Rabenold. 1995. Facultative dispersal by juvenile males in the cooperative stripe-backed wren. Behavioral Ecology 6: 337-342.
Faaborg, J., P.G. Parker, L. DeLay, T. de Vries, J.C. Bednarz, S.M. Paz, J. Naranjo, T.A. Waite. 1995. Confirmation of cooperative polyandry in the Galápagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) using DNA fingerprinting. Behav. Ecology and Sociobiology 36:83-90.
Parker, PG, TA Waite, MD Decker. 1995. Behavioral association and kinship in communally roosting black vultures. Animal Behaviour 49:395-401.
Parker, P.G. The Vultures of Africa. 1995. (Book review of Mundy, P. D. Butchart, J. Ledger and S. Piper, The Vultures of Africa)(Wilson Bulletin 107:392-393).
Parker, P.G., T.A. Waite, B. Heinrich and J.M. Marzluff. 1994. Do common ravens share food bonanzas with kin? DNA fingerprinting evidence. Animal Behav. 48:1085-1093.
Parker, PG, HH Whiteman. 1993. Genetic diversity in fragmented populations of Clemmys guttata and Chrysemys picta marginata as shown by DNA fingerprinting. Copeia 1993:841-846.
Decker, MD, PG Parker, DJ Minchella and KN Rabenold. 1993. Monogamy in black vultures (Coragyps atratus): genetic evidence from DNA fingerprinting. Behav. Ecol. 4:29-35.
Piper, W.H. and Parker Rabenold, P. 1992. Use of fragment-sharing estimates from DNA fingerprinting to determine relatedness in a tropical wren. Molecular Ecology 1:69-78.
Parker, P.G. and M. Schug. 1992. Molecular techniques in population ecology. (book review of AR Hoelzel and GA Dover, Molecular Genetic Ecology). Trends in Ecol. Evol. 7:283.
Rabenold, P.P., K.N. Rabenold, W.H. Piper, and D.J. Minchella. 1991. Densitydependent dispersal in social wrens: Genetic analysis using novel matriline markers. Animal Behaviour 42:144147.
Rabenold, P.P., W.H. Piper, M.D. Decker, and D.J. Minchella. 1991. Polymorphic minisatellite amplified on avian W chromosome. Genome 34:489493.
Rabenold, P.P., K.N. Rabenold, W.H. Piper, M.D. Decker, and J. Haydock. 1991. Using DNA fingerprinting to assess kinship and genetic structure in avian populations. pp. 611620 In: The Unity of Evolutionary Biology: Proc. IV Int. Cong. Syst. Evol. Biol. (E.C. Dudley, ed.), Dioscorides Press, Portland, Oregon.
Rabenold, P.P. 1991. DNA Fingerprinting: An introduction. by Lorne T. Kirby (book review). Trends in Ecol. Evol. 6:306.
Rabenold, P.P. Black Vultures. 1990. In: Endangered, threatened, and rare fauna of North Carolina. III. A reevaluation of birds. (D.S. Lee and J.F. Parnell, eds.) Occ. Papers of N.C. Biological Survey. Raleigh, N.C.
Rabenold, P.P. 1983. The communal roost in Black and Turkey Vultures an information center? pp. 303321 In Wilbur, S.R. and J.A. Jackson, eds., Vulture Biology and Management, University of California Press, Berkeley.
Rabenold, PP, KN Rabenold, WH Piper, J Haydock, SW Zack. 1990. Shared paternity revealed by genetic analysis in cooperatively breeding tropical wrens. Nature 348: 538540.
Rabenold, P.P. and M.D. Decker. 1989. Black and Turkey Vultures expand their ranges northward. Natl. Wildl. Fed. EYAS 12: 1115.
Rabenold, PP 1987. Recruitment to food in black vultures: evidence for following from communal roosts. Animal Behaviour 35: 17751785.
Rabenold, PP 1987. Roost attendance and aggression in black vultures. Auk 104: 647653.
Rabenold, PP 1986. Family associations in communally roosting Black Vultures. Auk 103: 3241.
Rabenold, KN, PP Rabenold. 1985. Variation in altitudinal migration, winter segregation, and site tenacity in two subspecies of Darkeyed Juncos in the southern Appalachians. Auk 102: 805819.
Mueller, H.C., N.S. Mueller, and P.G. Parker. 1981. Notes on observations of a brood of sharpshinned hawks with comments on the functions of reversed sexual size dimorphism. Wilson Bulletin 93: 8591.
Wallace, M.P., P.G. Parker, and S.A. Temple. 1980. An evaluation of patagial markers for cathartid vultures. J. Field Ornithol. 51: 309314.
Mueller, H. C. and P. G. Parker. 1980. Naive ducklings show different cardiac response to hawk than to goose models. Behaviour 78: 101113.