Graham W. Smith

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
12100 Beech Forest Road
Laurel, MD 20708-4039

Telephone: 301-497-5620

Fax: 301-497-5505

Email: gwsmith@usgs.gov  

Research Manager

Primary Responsibilities: 
Oversees management of the Quantitative and Migratory Bird Research Groups and the Bird Banding Laboratory at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.  Facilitates research interactions of PWRC and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

Education/Training: 

Ph.D. Utah State University, 1986, Fisheries and Wildlife, graduate minor in Applied Statistics
M.S.  Washington State University, 1975.  Wildlife Biology (Zoology)
B.S.  University of Oregon, 1973.  Biology

Areas of Expertise/Interest:

Population ecology, quantitative methods, waterfowl biology, harvest management, avian and mammalian life history strategies

Publications/Products: 

Viljugrein, H.  N. C. Stenseth, G. W. Smith, G. H. Steinbakk.  2005 Density dependence in North American ducks.  Ecology 86: 245-254.

Smith, GW  2003  Etude de la sauvagine: Surveillance a des fins de gestion.  Terra Borealis 3: 15-19.

Smith, G. W., L. C. Stoddart, and F. F. Knowlton.  2002.  Long-distance movements of black-tailed jackrabbits.  J. Wild. Manage. 66:463-469. 

Tautin, J., L. Metras, and G. Smith 1999.  Large-scale studies of marked birds in North America.  Bird Study 46:S271-278.  

Smith, G.W., and J.A. Dubovsky.  1998. The point system and duck harvest management.  Wildl. Soc. Bull. 26:333-341.  

Smith, G.W. 1995.  A critical review of the aerial and ground surveys of breeding waterfowl in North America.  USDI-NBS Biological Science Report 5. 252pp.  

Smith, G.W., and R.E. Reynolds.  1992.  Hunting and mallard survival, 1979-88.  . J. Wildl. Manage. 56:306-316.