Specialty:

Upland Game Management

Education:

B.S. and M.S., Kansas State University; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University- Carbondale, 1975.

Other Professional Experience:

National Science Foundation Research Participant, Kansas State University, Research Assistant, Zoology Department, Kansas State University, Instructor, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, National Wildlife Federation Fellow/Research Fellow, Southern Illinois University, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University, Staff Assistant, Cooperative Wildlife Research Lab, Southern Illinois University, Assistant Professor/Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, Assistant Unit Leader, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Florida, Associate Professor/Professor, Texas A&M University.

Position Description:

To provide leadership in the field of wildlife management especially in the area of upland game research. Teaching responsibilities include the area of wildlife habitat management, conservation biology, population dynamics, animal ecology, wildlife research methods, and wildlife management techniques.

Selected Publications:

BIVINGS, A.E., AND N.J. SILVY. 1995. Success of single-parent mourning dove nests in September. Proc. Annu. Conf. Southeastern Fish Wildlife Agencies 47:(in press).

ELLSWORTH, D.L., R.L. HONEYCUTT, AND N.J. SILVY. 1995. Phylogentic relationships among North American grouse inferred from restriction endonuclease analysis of mitochondrial DNA. Condor 97:492-503.

ELLSWORTH, D.L., R.L. HONEYCUTT, N.J. SILVY, M.H. SMITH, J.W. BICKHAM, AND W.D. KLIMSTRA. 1994. White-tailed deer restoration to the southeastern United States: evaluating genetic variation. J. Wildl. Manage. 58:686-697.

PETERSON, M.J., AND N.J. SILVY. 1994. Spring precipitation and fluctuations in Attwater's prairie-chicken numbers: hypotheses revisited. J. Wildl. Manage. 58:222-229.

STAPPER, R.J., D.L. RAKESTRAW, D.B. FAGRE, AND N.J. SILVY. 1994. A comparison of two lures for furbearer scent-station surveys. Pro. Ann. Conf. Southeastern Fish Wildl. Agencies 46:75-78.

NIETFELD, M.R., M.W. BARRETT, AND N.J. SILVY. 1994. Wildlife marking techniques. Pages 140-168 in T.A. Bookhout, ed. Research and management techniques for wildlife and habitats. Wildl. Soc., Washington, D.C.

LUTZ, R.S., J.S. LAWRENCE, AND N.J. SILVY. 1994. Nesting ecology of Attwater's prairie- chicken. J. Wildl. Manage. 58:230-233.

SAYRE, M.W., AND N.J. SILVY. 1993. Nesting and production. Pages 81-104 in T.S. Baskett, M.W. Sayre, R.E. Tomlinson, and R.E. Mirarchi, eds. Ecology and management of the mourning dove. Stackpole Books, Inc., Harrisburg, Penn.

REID, R.R., C.E. GRUE, AND N.J. SILVY. 1993. Habitat requirements of breeding scaled quail in Texas. Pages 137-142 in K.E. Church and T.V. Dailey, eds. Quail III: National quail symposium. Kansas Dep. Wildl. and Parks. Pratt.

MORROW, M.E., N.J. SILVY, AND W.G. SWANK. 1993. Post-juvenal primary feather molt of wild mourning doves in Texas. Pro. Ann. Conf. Southeastern Fish Wildl. Agencies 46:194- 198.

NOBLE, R.L., AND N.J. SILVY. 1990. Professionalism--from matriculation to success. Trans. North Am. Wildl. Nat. Resour. Conf. 55:119-125.

SLACK, R.D., AND N.J. SILVY. 1990. Have The Wildlife Society's publications kept pace with the professions? Trans. North Am. Wildl. Nat. Resour. Conf. 55:164-173.

SILVY, N.J., M.E. MORROW, E. SHANLEY, JR., AND R.D. SLACK. 1990. An improved drop net for capturing wildlife. Pro. Ann. Conf. Southeastern Fish Wildl. Agencies 44:374-378.

RIDLEHUBER, K.T., B.W. CAIN, AND N.J. SILVY. 1990. Movements, habitat use, and survival of wood duck broods in east-central Texas. Proc. Ann. Conf. Southeastern Fish Wildl. Agencies 44:284-294.

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