Education
PhD
University of Utah, School of Biological Sciences, August 2019 Dissertation: “Understanding and communicating the effects of isolation on community ecology and population genetics of tropical canopy plants” MS University of Hawaii at Manoa, Botany Department, May 2013 Thesis: “Impacts of logging on primary forests of Siboma Village in the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea” BS University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, May 2011 Undergraduate Honors Thesis: “Effects of an urbanization gradient on arthropod prey availability and woodpecker provisioning rates” Double major: Wildlife Biology and Natural Resources; Minor: Plant Biology |
Publications
Amici, A. A., Nakarni, Lackey, N. Q., & Bricker, K. S. 2021. Conservation, education, and ecotourism: A case study of adventure parks as potential venues for communication in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Journal of Ecotourism. https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2021.1933503
Amici, A. A., Nakarni, N. M., DiBlasi, E. & Seger, J. 2019. Contrasting effects of host tree isolation on population connectedness in two tropical epiphytic bromeliads. American Journal of Botany 106:1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1391
Amici, A. A., Nakarni, N. M., Williams, C. & Gotsch, S. G. 2019. Differences in epiphyte biomass and
community composition along landscape and within-crown spatial scales. Biotropica 00:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12725
Gotsch, S. G., Nadkarni, N., & Amici, A. 2016. The functional roles of epiphytes and arboreal
soils in tropical montane cloud forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 32:455-468. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S026646741600033X
Amici, A. A., Nakarni, N. M., DiBlasi, E. & Seger, J. 2019. Contrasting effects of host tree isolation on population connectedness in two tropical epiphytic bromeliads. American Journal of Botany 106:1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1391
Amici, A. A., Nakarni, N. M., Williams, C. & Gotsch, S. G. 2019. Differences in epiphyte biomass and
community composition along landscape and within-crown spatial scales. Biotropica 00:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12725
Gotsch, S. G., Nadkarni, N., & Amici, A. 2016. The functional roles of epiphytes and arboreal
soils in tropical montane cloud forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 32:455-468. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S026646741600033X