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Amy Boyd - Biology and Environmental Studies

Phone: 828-771-2018
E-Mail: aboyd@warren-wilson.edu
Address : CPO# 6074
Warren Wilson College Box 9000
Asheville, NC 28815-9000

Education

B.A. Biology, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1989.

M.S. in Environmental Studies, Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene, New Hampshire, 1995.

Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 2001

Courses Taught

Environmental Studies:
Introduction to Environmental Studies

Biology:
General Biology
Field Natural History
Plant Taxonomy
Plant Morphology
Evolutionary Biology
Human Biology
Costa Rica: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Education:
Science Education

Research Interests

Plant-pollinator interactions, plant systematics, conservation of rare plants, science education

Selected Publications

Smith, B., Forman, P.D., & Boyd, A.E. 1989. Spatial patterns of seed dispersal and predation of two myrmechochorous forest herbs. Ecology 70(6):1649-1656. Full Text (available on-campus only) Abstract

Slentz, S., Boyd, A.E., & McDade, L.A. 1999. Morphological differentiation among Madrean sky island populations of Castilleja austromontana (Scrophulariaceae). Madrono 46(2): 100-111.

Boyd, A. E. 2002. Morphological analysis of Sky Island populations of Macromeria viridiflora (Boraginaceae). Systematic Botany 27: 116-126. Full Text (available on-campus only) Abstract

Boyd, A.E. and J. Cooper, 2004. The needs of trees. Science Activities 41: 17-21. Full Text (available on-campus only) Abstract

Boyd, A.E., 2004. Breeding system of Macromeria viridiflora (Boraginaceae) and geographic variation in pollinator assemblages. American Journal of Botany 91: 1809-1813. Full Text (available on-campus only) Abstract