Dr. Greg Shriver Assistant Professor Wildlife Ecology 257 Townsend Hall Department of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716-2160 Telephone: (302) 831-1300 Fax: (302) 831-8889 Email:gshriver@udel.edu Please visit my personal website for more information: http://copland.udel.edu/~gshriver

Education

• Ph.D. Environmental Forest Biology, State University of New York, 2002
• M.S. Wildlife Conservation, University of Massachusetts, 1996
• B.S. Wildlife Management, University of Maine, 1991

Current Teaching Responsibilities

• ENWC 418/618 Ornithology, Spring
• ENWC 467/667 Conservation Biology, Fall

Research Interests 

• Conservation Biology
• Landscape Ecology
• Avian Ecology

Current Graduate Students

• Sarah E. Warner -  Breeding Ecology of Coastal Plain Swamp and Seaside sparrows
• Margaret A. Pepper - Effects of Marsh Management on Salt Marsh Breeding Birds
• Sarah E. Goodwin - Monitoring Breeding Bird Communities to Assess Forest Condition in Mid-Atlantic National Parks

Recent Representative Publications

• Shriver, W. G., P. D. Vickery, J. P. Gibbs, T. P. Hodgman. 2007. Flood tides affect the breeding ecology of two sympatric sharp-tailed sparrows. Auk.
• Shriver, W. G., D. Evers, T. P. Hodgman, B. J. MacCulloch. 2006. Mercury in sharp-tailed sparrows breeding in coastal wetlands. Environmental Bioindicators 1:129-135.
• Shriver, W. G., J. P. Gibbs, P. D. Vickery, H. L. Gibbs, T. P. Hodgman, P. T. Jones, and C. Jacques. (2005) Concordance between morphological and molecular markers in assessing hybridization between sharp-tailed sparrows in New England. Auk 121:94-107.
• Shriver, W. G., T. P. Hodgman, J. P. Gibbs, and P. D. Vickery. 2004. Landscape context influences salt marsh bird diversity and area requirements in New England. Biological Conservation 119:545-553.
• Shriver, W. G. and J. P. Gibbs. 2004. Projected effects of sea-level rise on the population viability of Seaside Sparrows (Ammodramus maritimus) In H. R. Akcakaya et al. (eds.) Species Conservation and Management: Case Studies. Oxford University Press, 608 pp.
• Shriver, W. G., A.J. Jones, P. D. Vickey, A. Weik, and J. Wells. 2003. The distribution and abundance of obligate breeding grassland birds in New England and New York. Proceedings of the 3 rd International Partners in Flight conference. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191.
• Gibbs, J. P., W. G. Shriver, and H. Vargas. 2003. An assessment of a Galapagos rail population over thirteen years (1986 to 2000). Journal of Field Ornithology 74:136-140.
• Gibbs, J. P. and W. G. Shriver. 2002. Estimating the effects of road mortality on turtle populations. Conservation Biology 16: 1647-1652.
• Hodgman, T. P., W. G. Shriver, and P. D. Vickery. 2002. Redefining range overlap between the sharp-tailed sparrows of coastal New England. Wilson Bulletin 114:38-43.
• Shriver, W. G. and P. D. Vickery. 2001. Response of breeding Florida Grasshopper and Bachman’s sparrows to prescribed winter burning. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:397-402.