

Israel Parker
Research Scientist
israel.parker@ag.tamu.edu Curriculum VitaeDr. Israel Parker joined the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute as a research scientist and mammalogist in 2012. He conducts research at locations around the United States and leads collaborations with multiple research academic institutions and government agencies. He also provides leadership on book, journal and report writing with foci on endangered species, habitat management, invasive species management and wildlife management techniques. Israel’s work also includes direct supervision of master's and doctorate students in Texas A&M University’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences to include research design of projects, manuscript and thesis/dissertation review and general counseling.
In addition to his duties at NRI, he is also currently adjunct faculty in the Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry where he serves on several graduate student committees. Prior to joining NRI, Israel worked in the Wildlife Department at Humboldt State University.
Israel completed a Bachelor of Science in fishery and wildlife sciences at New Mexico State University in 2002 and a master’s and doctorate in wildlife and fisheries sciences at Texas A&M University in 2006 and 2010, respectively.
He was born in Texas but followed his wife into the frozen farmlands of the northeastern United States where he enjoys the outdoors and tries to keep warm.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Long live the cat: Ocelot population viability in a planned reintroduced population in Texas, USA
Nov 2024
Martinez, L.A., J.V. Lombardi, I.D. Parker, F. East, T.A. Campbell, and R.R. Lopez. 2024. Long live the cat: Ocelot population viability in a planned reintroduced population in Texas, USA. Ecosphere 15:e70044.
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The effectiveness of an unmanned aerial vehicle in controlled fecal pellet surveys
Aug 2023
Parker, I.D., A.N. Facka, A.E. Montalvo, I.T. Gates, B.L. Pierce, and R.R. Lopez. 2023. The effectiveness of an unmanned aerial vehicle in controlled fecal pellet surveys. Western Wildlife 10:25-33.
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Mark-resight methodology for estimating key deer abundance assisted by citizen scientists
Jun 2022
Silvy, N.J., R.R. Lopez, C.N. Lopez, T. Breen, A. Lopez, A.E. Montalvo, I.D. Parker, and B. Powell. 2022. Mark-resight methodology for estimating key deer abundance assisted by citizen scientists. Wildlife Society Bulletin, e1298.
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Home Range and Habitat Selection of Cave-Dwelling North American Porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) in Central Texas
May 2021
Montalvo, A.E., R.R. Lopez, I.D. Parker, N.J. Silvy, S.M. Cooper, and R.A. Feagin. 2021. Home range and habitat selection of cave-dwelling North American porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) in Central Texas. The Texas Journal of Science, 73, Article 4.
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Temporal movement patterns predict Florida Key deer-vehicle collisions on Big Pine Key, Florida
Nov 2020
Braden, A.W., I.D. Parker, R.R. Lopez, and N.J. Silvy. 2020. Temporal Movement Patterns Predict Collisions between Female Florida Key Deer and Vehicles on Big Pine Key, Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 19: 709-716.
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Florida Key Deer Presence on Outer Islands Following New World Screwworm and Hurricane Irma
May 2020
Parker, I.D., J. Parker, A.E. Montalvo, R.R. Lopez, N.J. Silvy, A.A. Lund, E. Barham, D.S. Finn and M. Crawford. 2020. Florida Key Deer Presence on Outer Islands Following New World Screwworm and Hurricane Irma. Southeastern Naturalist 19.
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Florida Key Deer Abundance and Recovery Following New World Screwworm Infestation
Apr 2020
Parker, I.D., R.R. Lopez, N.J. Silvy, B.L. Pierce, K.G. Watts, E.P. Myers, S.E.J. Gibbs, D.S. Davis, J.T. Beaver, A.A. Lund. 2020. Florida Key Deer Abundance and Recovery Following New World Screwworm Infestation. Southeastern Naturalist. 19(2):179–191.
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Modeling meso-mammal cave use in Central Texas
Jan 2020
Montalvo, A. E., R. R. Lopez, I. D. Parker, N. J. Silvy, S. M. Cooper, R. A. Feagin. 2020. Modeling meso-mammal cave use in central Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 64:43–52.
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Immunochromatographic Antibody Screening for Diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi in South Texas Meso‐Mammals
Nov 2019
Kramm III, M., A.E. Montalvo, I.D. Parker, R.R. Lopez, R. Gorchakov, M.S. Nolan. 2019. Immunochromatographic Antibody Screening for Diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi in South Texas Meso‐Mammals. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 10.1002/wsb.1030.
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Trypanosoma cruzi in free-ranging mammalian populations in South Texas
Feb 2017
Research Reports
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Desmarest’s hutia population abundance and spatial ecology
Mar 2020
Parker, I.D., and A.E. Montalvo. Winter 2020. Desmarest’s hutia population abundance and spatial ecology. Natural Selections. Department of Defense Natural Resources Program.
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Chagas Disease in Mammals on Joint Base Lackland Training Annex and Camp Bullis Military Training Reservation, San Antonio, Texas
Mar 2017
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Chagas Disease in Free-Ranging Wildlife Populations in South Texas
Jul 2016
Kramm, M.M., R.R. Lopez, M.D. Gutierrez, T. Luepke, S.M. Cooper, D.S. Davis, and I.D. Parker. 2016. Chagas Disease in Free-Ranging Wildlife Populations in South Texas. College Station (Texas): Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources. Available at: http://irnr.tamu.edu/publications/research-reports/.