Amy West

  • Title: Assistant Professor
  • College: College of Science and Technology
  • Email Address: anywest@bellevue.edu
  • Office Phone: 1.402.557.7271
  • Office Location: LCN560
  • Degrees Awarded:
    • Ph.D. in Biology - University of Tulsa
    • MS in Biology – University of South Dakota
    • BA in Environmental Science and English – Simpson College
  • Ornithology
  • Avian ecology and migration
  • Grassland conservation
  • Mark-recapture computational biology
  • West, A. C., & Swanson, D. L. (2025). Grasslands in the Northern Prairie region support a diverse assemblage of migrant birds and facilitate fattening during migratory stopover. Ornithological Applications, 127(1)..
  • West, A. C., Bridge, E. S., & Brown, C. R. (2024). Migratory track from the United States breeding population of Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) and effects of geolocators on annual survival. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 136(3), 387-392.
  • Coon, J. J., Nelson, S. B., West, A. C., Bradley, I. A., & Miller, J. R. (2018). An observation of parental infanticide in Dickcissels (Spiza americana): video evidence and potential mechanisms. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 130(1), 341-345.