Amy Pocewicz

Landscape Ecologist,
The Nature Conservancy
Office: Wyoming Field Office, Lander WY
Phone: (307) 335-2131
Web: http://www.nature.org/wyoscience

Education & Experiences, Areas of Interest,
Courses Assisted,  
Professional Organizations, Publications

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Education & Experience:

• Landscape Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy, 2007-present
• Ph.D. Natural Resources, University of Idaho, 2006
• Ph.D. Fellow, NSF IGERT Program, University of Idaho, Moscow, August 2002 - 2006
• M.S. Forest Resources, University of Idaho, May 2002
• Graduate Research Assistant, Remote Sensing and GIS, University of Idaho, 2000-2002
• Peace Corps Volunteer, Sama Biological Reserve, Proteccion del Medio Ambiente Tarija (Prometa), Tarija, Bolivia, 1998-2000
• B.S. Forestry, University of Illinois, 1993-1997  

Areas of Interest:

• Ecological effects of land use and landscape configuration
• Landscape modeling and planning
• Remote sensing of vegetation
• Effectiveness of conservation strategies

Courses Assisted:

• FOR 472 - Remote Sensing of the Environment, University of Idaho, fall 2002
• FOR 375 -Airphoto Interpretation & Mapping, University of Idaho, fall 2000

Professional organizations:

• Ecological Society of America
• International Association for Landscape Ecology
• Society of Conservation Biology

Publications:

Pocewicz, A., P. Morgan, and K. Kavanagh. 2007. The effects of adjacent land use on nitrogen dynamics at forest edges in northern Idaho. Ecosystems 10: 226-238.

Pocewicz, A., L.A. Vierling, L.B. Lentile, and R. Smith. 2007. View angle effects on relationships between MISR vegetation indices and leaf area index in a recently burned ponderosa pine forest. Remote Sensing of Environment 107:322-333.

Sherich, K., A. Pocewicz, and P. Morgan. Canopy characteristics and growth rates of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir at long-established forest edges. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, In press.

Pocewicz, A., M. Nielsen-Pincus, C. Goldberg, M. Johnson, P. Morgan, J.E. Force, L. Waits, and L. Vierling. Predicting land use change: comparison of models based on landowner surveys and historical land cover trends. Landscape Ecology, In Review.

 

Pocewicz, A., P.E. Gessler, and A.P. Robinson. 2004. The relationship between effective leaf area index and Landsat spectral response across elevation, solar insolation, and spatial scales in a northern Idaho forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34: 465-480.

Robinson, A.P., A. Pocewicz, and P.E. Gessler.  2004.  A cautionary note on scaling variables that appear only in products in ordinary least squares.  Forest Biometry, Mondeling and Information Sciences. 1:83-90. [Online http://www.fbmis.info].