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47
Citations
26767
World Ranking
4315
National Ranking
1498

Overview

Ingrid M. Parker is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a substantial number of publications in these areas.

Their main subfields of study include Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Ecological Modeling. These subfields highlight a broad focus on ecological and biological systems and their interactions at various scales.

Their research topics are diverse, focusing on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, and Fire Effects on Ecosystems. These topics indicate an emphasis on ecosystem dynamics, plant biology, species interactions, and the consequences of environmental factors on natural habitats.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Anti-racist interventions to transform ecology, evolution and conservation biology departments (2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Simulated solar panels create altered microhabitats in desert landforms (2020, Ecosphere)
  • Keys to enhancing the value of invasion ecology research for management (2020, Biological Invasions)
  • Microhabitats associated with solar energy development alter demography of two desert annuals (2021, Ecological Applications)
  • Coexistence is stabilized by conspecific negative density dependence via fungal pathogens more than oomycete pathogens (2022, Ecology)

Parker frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Karen E. Tanner, Nicky Lustenhouwer, Kara A. Moore-O'Leary, Bruce M. Pavlik, and Rebecca R. Hernandez, reflecting a network of partnerships across related research topics.

Their work is often published in specific venues known for ecological and environmental science research. These venues include Ecosphere, Ecological Applications, Biological Invasions, Diversity, and Invasive Plant Science and Management.

Best Publications

  • The Population Biology of Invasive Species

    Ann K. Sakai;Fred W. Allendorf;Jodie S. Holt;David M. Lodge

  • Regime Shifts, Resilience, and Biodiversity in Ecosystem Management

    Carl Folke;Steve Carpenter;Brian Walker;Marten Scheffer

  • Impact: Toward a Framework for Understanding the Ecological Effects of Invaders

    I. M. Parker;D. Simberloff;K. Goodell;M. Wonham

  • Founding events in species invasions: genetic variation, adaptive evolution, and the role of multiple introductions

    K. M. Dlugosch;I. M Parker

  • Evaluating approaches to the conservation of rare and endangered plants

    Douglas W. Schemske;Brian C. Husband;Mary H. Ruckelshaus;Carol Goodwillie

  • Biotic interactions and plant invasions

    Charles E. Mitchell;Anurag A. Agrawal;James D. Bever;Gregory S. Gilbert

  • Directing research to reduce the impacts of nonindigenous species

    James E. Byers;Sarah Reichard;John M. Randall;Ingrid M. Parker

  • Introduced species policy, management, and future research needs

    Daniel Simberloff;Ingrid M. Parker;Phyllis N. Windle

  • An Evolutionary Approach to Understanding the Biology of Invasions: Local Adaptation and General-Purpose Genotypes in the Weed Verbascum thapsus

    Ingrid M. Parker;Joseph Rodriguez;Michael E. Loik

  • A functional trait perspective on plant invasion

    Rebecca E. Drenovsky;Brenda J. Grewell;Carla M. D'Antonio;Jennifer L. Funk

  • The Evolutionary Ecology of Novel Plant-Pathogen Interactions

    Ingrid M. Parker;Gregory S. Gilbert

  • Invading populations of an ornamental shrub show rapid life history evolution despite genetic bottlenecks.

    Katrina M. Dlugosch;Ingrid M. Parker

  • Reducing the risks of nonindigenous species introductions.

    Jennifer L. Ruesink;Ingrid M. Parker;Martha J. Groom;Peter M. Kareiva

  • The compadre Plant Matrix Database: an open online repository for plant demography

    Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Owen R. Jones;C. Ruth Archer;Yvonne M. Buckley;Yvonne M. Buckley

  • Phylogenetic structure and host abundance drive disease pressure in communities

    Ingrid M. Parker;Megan Saunders;Megan Bontrager;Andrew P. Weitz

  • Invasion dynamics of Cytisus scoparius: a matrix model approach.

    Ingrid M. Parker

  • POLLINATOR LIMITATION OF CYTISUS SCOPARIUS (SCOTCH BROOM), AN INVASIVE EXOTIC SHRUB

    Ingrid M. Parker

  • DIRECT AND INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF ENEMIES AND MUTUALISTS ON PLANT PERFORMANCE: A META-ANALYSIS

    William F. Morris;Ruth A. Hufbauer;Anurag A. Agrawal;James D. Bever

  • Global effects of non-native tree species on multiple ecosystem services

    Pilar Castro-Díez;Ana Sofia Vaz;Joaquim S. Silva;Joaquim S. Silva;Marcela van Loo

  • Introduced Species, Disease Ecology, and Biodiversity-Disease Relationships.

    Hillary S. Young;Ingrid M. Parker;Gregory S. Gilbert;Ana Sofia Guerra

  • INVASIVENESS OF AMMOPHILA ARENARIA: RELEASE FROM SOIL‐BORNE PATHOGENS?

    Julie Beckstead;Ingrid M. Parker

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory S. Gilbert
Gregory S. Gilbert University of California, Santa Cruz
Peter Kareiva
Peter Kareiva University of California, Los Angeles
Jennifer L. Funk
Jennifer L. Funk University of California, Davis
Christina L. Richards
Christina L. Richards University of South Florida
Douglas W. Schemske
Douglas W. Schemske Michigan State University
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Roberto Salguero-Gómez University of Oxford
Pilar Castro-Díez
Pilar Castro-Díez University of Alcalá
James W. Vaupel
James W. Vaupel University of Southern Denmark
Carla M. D'Antonio
Carla M. D'Antonio University of California, Santa Barbara
Alison G. Power
Alison G. Power Cornell University

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