Jeffrey Parmelee, Ph.D.

Selected publications

LeClair, G., Chatfield, M. W. H., Wood, Z., Parmelee, J., & Frederick, C. A. 2021. Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on amphibian road mortality. Conservation Science and Practice, e535. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.535

Bates, A. E., R. B. Primack... J. Parmelee... 2021. Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment, Biological Conservation, Volume 263:109175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109175

Frese, P.W., J.L. Christiansen, and J.R. Parmelee. Chapter 14 - Iowa. in A.R. Breisch, W.H. Martin, J.B. Sealy, C.E. Petersen, and E. Possardt (eds.). 2021. The Timber Rattlesnake: Life History, Distribution, Status, and Conservation Action Plan. Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Technical Publication CAP-1. Published by Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy, Inc. Nashville, TN.

Wang, Y-M, J. Parmelee, Y-W Guo, and I-H Tsai. 2010. Absence of phospholipase A2 in most Crotalus horridus venom due to translation blockage: comparison with Crotalus horridus atricaudatus venom. Toxicon  56(1):93-100.

C. R. Bursey, S. R. Goldberg, and J. R. Parmelee. 2005. Helminth parasites of lizards from Reserva Cuzco Amazónico, Peru. Comparative Parisitology 72(1):50-68.

Knutson, M. G., W. B. Richardson, D. M. Reineke, B. R. Gray, J. R. Parmelee, and S. E. Weick. 2004. Agricultural ponds support amphibian populations. Ecological Applications. 14(3):669-684.

Christiansen, J. L. and J. R. Parmelee. 2003. A Key to the Eggs and Nests of Iowa Turtles.  Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science. 110(3-4):44-50.

Parmelee, J. R., M. G. Knutson, and J. E. Lyon. 2002. A field guide to amphibian larvae and eggs of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa . U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR-2002-004, Washington, D. C. iv + 38pp

Parmelee, J. R. 1999. Trophic ecology of a tropical anuran assemblage. Scientific Papers of the Natural History Museum, University of Kansas 11:1–59.

Meinhardt, D. J. and J. R. Parmelee. 1996. A new species of Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Venezuela. Herpetologica 52(1):70–77.

Busby, W. and J. R. Parmelee. 1996. Historical changes in a herpetofaunal assemblage in the Flint Hills of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 135:81–91.

Busby, W., J. T. Collins, and J. R. Parmelee. 1996. The Reptiles and Amphibians of Fort Riley and Vicinity. Kansas Biological Survey. 72 pp., 64 color photographs.

Parmelee, J. R. and C. Guyer. 1995. Sexual differences in foraging behavior of an anoline lizard, Norops humilis. J. Herpetol. 29(4):619–621.