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Greg Shriver


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

Regular Courses Taught

  • ENWC 418/618 Ornithology, Spring
  • ENWC 456/656 Conservation Biology, Fall
  • EFB 496 Wildlife Research Techniques, Summers, Cranberry Lake Biological Station, SUNY - ESF
Research
  • Avian ecology and conservation
  • Ecological monitoring
  • Restoration ecology
  • Wildlife disease ecology

Professional Affiliations

  • Elected member, American Ornithologists Union, 2010.
  • Council member, Association of Field Ornithologists, 2008-2010.
  • Treasurer, Association of Field Ornithologists, 2008-present.

Graduate Students

  • Whitney A. Wiest. Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology.
  • Zach Ladin. Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology.
  • Rebecca A. Kern. Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology.
  • Christine Rega. Multi-trophic effects of soil calcium availability in urban forest fragments. M.S. in Wildlife Ecology.
  • Judith I. Keller. Prevalence of Campylobacter in Wild Birds of Delmarva. M.S. in Wildlife Ecology.
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  • Rebecca A. Kern. 2010. Secretive marsh bird response to prescribed fire frequencies in Mid-Atlantic tidal marshes. M.S. in Wildlife Ecology.
  • Whitney A. Wiest. 2010. Development of avian rapid assessment metrics to monitor salt marsh integrity. M.S. in Wildlife Ecology.
  • Sarah E. Goodwin. 2009. Patch, landscape, and soundscape effects on the forest bird community in the National Parks of the National Capital Region. M.S. in Wildlife Ecology.
  • Sarah E. Warner. 2009. Effects of direct and indirect habitat alterations on tidal marsh sparrows in Delaware Bay. M.S. in Wildlife Ecology.
  • Pepper, Margaret A. 2008. Salt marsh bird community responses to open marsh water management. M.S. in Wildlife Ecology. Currently employed as a biologist with USDA-APHIS.

Publications

2011

Shriver, W. G. and R. Greenberg. In Press. Avian community responses to tidal restoration. In Restoring Tidal Flows to Salt Marshes: A Synthesis of Science and Management. Island Press.

Etterson, M. A. B. J. Olsen, R. Greenberg, and W. G. Shriver. 2011. Source, sinks, and model accuracy. In Sources, Sinks, and Sustainability Across Landscapes. Cambridge University Press.

Shriver, W. G., T. P. Hodgman, and A. Hansen. 2011. Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

2010

Pepper, M. A. and W. G. Shriver. 2010. Effects of open marsh water management on the reproductive success and nesting ecology of seaside sparrows in tidal marshes. Waterbirds 33:381-388.

Gingrich, J. B., L. O'Connor, W. H. Meredith, J. D. Pesek, and W. G. Shriver. 2010. Epidemiology of West Nile Virus: A Silent Epiornitic in Northern Delaware in 2007 without Associated Human Cases. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 26:274-286.

Shriver, W. G., T. P. Hodgman, J. P. Gibbs, and P. D. Vickery. 2010. Home Range Sizes and Habitat Use of Nelson's and Saltmarsh Sparrows. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 122:340-345.

Shriver, W. G., J. P. Gibbs, H. W. Woltz, N. P. Schwarz, and M. A. Pepper. 2010. Galapagos rail (Lateralis spilonotus) population change associated with habitat invasion by the red-barked quinine tree (Cinchona pubescens). Bird Conservation International xx:xxx-xxx. DOI: 10.1017/S0959270910000481 Published online: 03 Nov 2010.

Goodwin, S. E. and W. G. Shriver. 2010. Traffic noise and occupancy patterns of forest birds. Conservation Biology xx:xxx-xxx. DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01602.x Published online: 5 NOV 2010.

Warner, S. E., W. G. Shriver, M. A. Pepper, and Robert J. Taylor. 2010. Mercury concentrations in tidal marsh sparrows and their use a bioindicators in Delaware Bay, USA. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 171:671-679.

2009

Johnson, D. H., J. P. Gibbs, M. Herzog, S. Lor, N. D. Niemuth, C. A. Ribic, M. Seamans, T. L. Shaffer, W. G. Shriver, S. Stehman, and W. L. Thompson. 2009. A sampling design framework for monitoring secretive marshbirds. Waterbirds 32:203-215.

Burghardt, K. T., D. W. Tallamy, and W. G. Shriver. 2009. The impact of native plants on biodiversity in suburban landscapes. Conservation Biology 23:219-224.

Wang, Y., B.R. Mitchell, J. Nugranad-Marzilli, G. Bonynge, Y. Zhou, and G. Shriver. 2009. Remote Sensing of Land-Cover Change and Landscape Context of the National Parks: A Case Study of the Northeast Temperate Network. Remote Sensing of Environment 112:1453-1461.

Tierney, G. L., D. Faber-Langendoen, B. R. Mitchell, W. G. Shriver, and J. P. Gibbs. 2009. Monitoring and evaluating the ecological integrity of forest ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7:308-316.

Schaeffer, K. M., W. P. Brown, and W. G. Shriver. 2009. Misdirected parental care by a male eastern towhee at a wood thrush nest. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:427-429.

Perkins, D. W., W. G. Shriver, and P. D. Vickery. 2009. The effects of fire on the breeding ecology of Florida Grasshopper Sparrows (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) and Bachman’s Sparrows (Aimpohila aestivalis). Florida Field Naturalist 37:121 – 145.
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2008

Perkins, D., P. Vickery, and W. G. Shriver. 2008. Population viability analysis of the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow: Testing recovery goals and management options. Auk 125:167-178.

2007

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 124:552-560.

2006

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.

Hanson, A. R. and W. G. Shriver. 2006. Habitat use by salt marsh birds in Northeastern North America: effects of fragmentation and implications for conservation. Pages 141-154 in R. Greenberg, S. Droege, J. Maldonado, and M. V. McDonald, editors. Vertebrates of Tidal Marshes: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation. Studies in Avian Biology 32, Lawrence, Kansas.

R. Greenberg, C. Elphick, J. Cully Nordby, C. Gjerdrum, H. Spautz, G. Shriver, B. Schmeling, B. Olsen, P. Marra, N. Nur, and M. Winter. 2006. Flooding and predation: trade-offs in nesting ecology of tidal-marsh sparrows. Pages 96-109 in R. Greenberg, S. Droege, J. Maldonado, and M. V. McDonald, editors. Vertebrates of Tidal Marshes: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation. Studies in Avian Biology 32, Lawrence, Kansas.

2005

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.

Gibbs, J. P. and W. G. Shriver. 2005. Can road mortality limit populations of pool breeding amphibians? Wetlands Ecology and Management 13:281-289.

Vickery, P. D., B. Zuckerberg, A. L. Jones, W. G. Shriver, and A. P. Weik. 2005. Influence of fire and other anthropogenic practices on grassland and shrubland birds in New England. Studies in Avian Biology 30:139-146.

Engstrom, R. T., P. D. Vickery, D. P. Perkins, and W. G. Shriver. 2005. Effects of fire regime on birds in southeastern savannas and dry prairies. Studies in Avian Biology 30:147-160.