Faculty > Dr. Judy Parrish
LTSC226
Associate Professor, Plant Ecology
217-424-6235
JParrish@millikin.edu
Dr. Parrish teaches botany with an interest in pollination ecology, invasive species and plant responses to herbivory.
Courses Taught:
Publications:
Parrish, J.A.D. and F.A. Bazzaz. 1976. Underground niche separation in successional plants. Ecology 57: 1281-1288.
_____. 1978. Pollination niche separation in a winter annual community. Oecologia 35: 133-140.
_____. 1979. Differences in pollination niche relationships in early and late successional plant communities. Ecology 60: 597-610.
Parrish, J.A.D. and F.A. Bazzaz. 1982. Competitive interactions in plant communities of different successional ages. Ecology 63:314-320.
_____. 1982. Niche response of early and late successional tree seedlings on three resource gradients. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 109: 451-456.
_____. 1982. Response of plants from three successional communities to a nutrient gradient. Jour. Ecology 70: 233-248
Bazzaz, F.A. and J.A.D. Parrish. 1982. Organization of grassland communities. In Grasses and Grasslands, J.R. Estes. R.J. Tryl,and J.N. Brunken, eds. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.
Parrish, J.A.D., and F.A. Bazzaz. 1985. Ontogenetic shifts in response to environmental gradients in oldfield annuals. Ecology 66: 1296-1302.
_____. 1985. Nutrient content of Abutilon theophrasti seeds and the competitive ability of the resulting plants. Oecologia 65:247-251.
Parrish, J.A.D. 1986. Phenology and pollination in tallgrass prairie. Proc. First Central Illinois Prairie Conference, John H. Otten Co, Urbana, IL
van Deelen, T. R., J. D. Parrish, and E. J. Heske. 2002. A nine-banded armadillo
(Dasypus novemcinctus) from central Illinois. Southwestern Naturalist 47: 489-491.
Mallady, S.A., J.M. Coons, J.A.D. Parrish, and K.T. Montgomery. 2003. Gas exchange and yields of Bt resistant maize (Zea mays L.) with European corn borer (Ostrinia nubialalis, Hubner) infestation. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Sciences. 96: 151-162.
Parrish, J. July 2004. Pollination ecology: Field studies of insect visitation and pollen transfer rates. Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Vol. 2: Experiment #3 [online]. http://tiee.ecoed.net/vol/v2/experiments/pollinate/abstract.html
Hoffman, D., Boehmer, R., Parrish, J., Kovalcik, T., and Moore, M. 2007. Developing a higher quality field experience in high-need schools for candidates seeking secondary certification. Success in High-Need Schools. Retrieved on 15 Feb 2007 from http://www.successinhighneedschools.org/journal/issue/3/1/
Presentations:
Presentation on inexpensive lab activities at Association for Midwest College Biology Teachers, Dubuque, Iowa
Seven research papers presented at Ecological Society of America meetings, one at Second International Congress of Systematic anEvolutionary
Biology in Vancouver, B.C., invited presentations at Prairie Biologists gathering at Cayler Prairie in Iowa, at Midwestern Prairie Workshop in St.Charles, IL, and at the Second Midwest Conference on Population Biology at Purdue University, IN.
Invited lectures at Indiana University, Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois University, and Kansas State University.
Ten presentations on deforestation and global warming to community organizations.
Presentation on tropical ecology at Decatur Audubon Society, Forsyth Rotary Club, and Blue Mound Rotary Club