Gregory A. Smith, Ph.D.

Department of Biology, University of Akron

I am a terrestrial ecologist studying birds and mammals to investigate how and why populations and communities are structured across space and time.  I am also interested in patterns of biodiversity and how that diversity might be explained and preserved.  Research projects, past and present, include an investigation of the impact of "biotic homogenization" on the structure of vertebrate communities in the Cuyahoga Valley, Ohio; long-term small mammal population dynamics in northeastern Ohio and eastern Kansas; the role of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) within the Great Plains ecosystem; base-line inventories of terrestrial vertebrates at a National Park Service site in western Oklahoma; and an analysis of winter habitat use by American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) in eastern Mississippi. 

Currently, I am on the Graduate Faculty in the Department of Biology at The University of Akron and serve as Manager of the Martin Center for Field Studies and Environmental Education.  Over the years I have taught a number of courses (see "Teaching" below) and have advised students with research and career interests in Conservation Biology and Wildlife Ecology.  I am also on the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Biological Survey, a consortium of over 115 research and environmental education organizations dedicated to the collection and dissemination of scientific information on Ohio's flora and fauna. 
 

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Contact Information:                                                                                                  

Gregory A. Smith

Martin Center for Field Studies and

     Environmental Education

Department of Biology                                                                                   

University of Akron

Akron, OH 44325-3908

Phone:  (330) 972-7501 (campus)

Phone:  (330) 668-2919 (field station)

FAX:  (330) 972-8445

Email:  gasmith@uakron.edu

(Photo credit:  American Kestrel (male) - Jerry Jackson, Jr.)

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