Dr. Chris Williams Assistant Professor Wildlife Ecology 253 Townsend Hall Department of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716-2160 Telephone: (302) 831-4592 Fax: (302) 831-8889 Email: ckwillia@udel.edu Please visit my personal website for more information: http://copland.udel.edu/~ckwillia

Education

• Ph.D. Wildlife Ecology, Minor Natural Resource Policy, University of Wisconsin, 2001
• M.S. Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, 1996
• B.S. Zoology, Miami University, 1994
• B.S. Botany, Miami University, 1994

Teaching Responsibilities

• ENWC 435/635, Wildlife Population Ecology, Spring 2005-2007, Fall 2008
• ENWC 467/667, Wildlife Policy and Administration, Spring 2008
• ENWC 201, Wildlife Conservation and Ecology, Fall 2008
• ENWC 416/616, Wildlife Habitat Management, Fall 2006-2007
• ENWC 867,Readings in Ecology, Spring 2006
• ENWC 325 Wildlife Management, Fall 2005

Research Interests 

• Wildlife Population Ecology
• Animal Behavior
• Wildlife Habitat Interaction

Current Graduate Students

• Bridget Collins, M.S. - Northern bobwhite breeding ecology in southern New Jersey
• Mike Lohr, M.S. - Northern Bobwhite wintering ecology in Southern New Jersey
• Dane Cramer, M.S. - Determining food resources and estimating habitat carrying capacity for wintering and spring staging American black ducks in coastal and bayside New Jersey.
• Gavin Ferris, M.S. - The effect of forested riparian corridor width on soil chemistry and invasive plant presence in both agricultural and suburban dominated ecosystems.
• Zach Ladin, M.S. - Food resource and habitat use of wintering brant in New Jersey

Recent Representative Publications

• Sandercock, B. K., B. E. Jensen, C. K. Williams, R. D. Applegate. 2008. Demographic sensitivity of population change in the northern bobwhite: a life-stage simulation analysis. Journal of Wildlife Management.
• Marrone, G. M., D. C. Backlund, C.K. Williams, K. Tilmon. 2008. Population estimate of the endangered American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus, (Coleoptera:Silphidae) in South Dakota. Coleopterists Bulletin.
• Williams, C. K., M. D. Samuel, V. Baranyuk, E. Cooch, and D. Kraege. 2008. Winter fidelity and apparent survival of lesser snow goose populations in the Pacific Flyway. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(1).
• Helmus, M. R., T. J. Bland, C. K. Williams, and A. R. Ives. 2007. Phylogenetic measures of biodiversity. American Naturalist 169:68-83.
• Williams, C. K., A. R. Ives, R. D. Applegate, and J. Ripa.  2004. The collapse of cycles in the dynamics of North American grouse populations. Ecology Letters 7:1135-1142.
• Williams, C. K., F. H. Guthery, R. D. Applegate, M. Peterson.  2004.  Rescaling northern bobwhite management for the 21st century.  Wildlife Society Bulletin: 32:861-869.
• Williams, C. K., R. S. Lutz, and R. D. Applegate.  2004.  Winter survival and additive harvest in Kansas northern bobwhite coveys.  Journal of Wildlife Management 68:94-100.
• Williams, C. K., A. R. Ives, and R. D. Applegate.  2003.  Population dynamics across geographical ranges: time-series analysis of three small game species. Ecology 84:2654-2667.
• Williams, C. K., R. S. Lutz, and R. D. Applegate.  2003.  Optimal group size in northern bobwhite coveys.  Animal Behaviour 66:377-387.