Biography
Dr Jane Catford is a plant community ecologist with an interest in community assembly, biological invasions, environmental change and biodiversity. She has worked in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems across the world, and uses theoretical, quantitative and empirical approaches in her work. She has established and maintains long-term field experiments in the US, UK and Australia, and collaborates widely.
She joined the Department of Geography in September 2018. Before moving to King’s, she was a Lecturer in Community Ecology at the University of Southampton. From 2012-2016, she held a research fellowship with the Australian Research Council and worked at The University of Melbourne, University of Minnesota and Australian National University.
She has worked as a consultant on projects involving: the prediction and management of exotic plant invasion; river health and environmental flow assessments; river restoration and rehabilitation; water sensitive urban design and the design of constructed wetlands.
She is an Editor for the journals Conservation Letters, Journal of Ecology and Neobiota, and is a member of the British Ecological Society's Publications Committee.
Qualifications
BA/BSc (Honours), Monash University, Australia
PGCAP, University of Southampton, UK
PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia.
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Research
- Causes and consequences of biological invasions
- Using plant functional traits to understand responses to, and impacts of, global environmental change
- Prediction and management of novel ecosystems
- Community assembly, species coexistence and biodiversity
- Ecosystem restoration and management
- Ecosystem services (especially in rivers, wetlands, riparian zones and grasslands)
- Ecological impacts of global environmental change, including climate change, river regulation and nitrogen deposition
Teaching
PhD supervision
Jane welcomes interested students to contact her about potential projects.
Principal supervisor
Second supervisor
Further details
See Jane's research profile
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Maynard, D. S., Bialic-Murphy, L., Zohner, C. M., Averill, C., van den Hoogen, J., Ma, H., Mo, L., Smith, G. R., Acosta, A. T. R., Aubin, I., Berenguer, E., Boonman, C. C. F., Catford, J. A., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Dias, A. S., González-Melo, A., Hietz, P., Lusk, C. H., Mori, A. S., Niinemets, Ü. & 12 others, Pillar, V. D., Pinho, B. X., Rosell, J. A., Schurr, F. M., Sheremetev, S. N., da Silva, A. C., Sosinski, Ê., van Bodegom, P. M., Weiher, E., Bönisch, G., Kattge, J. & Crowther, T. W., Dec 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 3185. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30888-2
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Palma, E., Vesk, P. A. & Catford, J. A., 24 Jun 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Oecologia. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Guo, W. Y., Serra-Diaz, J. M., Schrodt, F., Eiserhardt, W. L., Maitner, B. S., Merow, C., Violle, C., Anand, M., Belluau, M., Bruun, H. H., Byun, C., Catford, J. A., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Chacón-Madrigal, E., Ciccarelli, D., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Dang-Le, A. T., de Frutos, A., Dias, A. S., Giroldo, A. B. & 37 others, Guo, K., Gutiérrez, A. G., Hattingh, W., He, T., Hietz, P., Hough-Snee, N., Jansen, S., Kattge, J., Klein, T., Komac, B., Kraft, N. J. B., Kramer, K., Lavorel, S., Lusk, C. H., Martin, A. R., Mencuccini, M., Michaletz, S. T., Minden, V., Mori, A. S., Niinemets, Ü., Onoda, Y., Peñuelas, J., Pillar, V. D., Pisek, J., Robroek, B. J. M., Schamp, B., Slot, M., Sosinski, Ê. E., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Thiffault, N., van Bodegom, P., van der Plas, F., Wright, I. J., Xu, W. B., Zheng, J., Enquist, B. J. & Svenning, J. C., 21 Jun 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 25, p. e2026733119 e2026733119. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2026733119
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Fischer, S., Greet, J., Walsh, C. J., Catford, J. A. & Arndt, S. K., 1 Mar 2022, In: FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 507, 119988. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119988
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Greet, J., Fischer, S., Walsh, C. J., Sammonds, M. & Catford, J., 15 Feb 2022, In: FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 506, 119952. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119952
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Catford, J. A., Wilson, J. R. U., Pyšek, P., Hulme, P. E. & Duncan, R. P., Feb 2022, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 37, 2, p. 158-170 13 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.09.007
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Latombe, G., Catford, J. A., Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Richardson, D. M., Wilson, J. R. U. & McGeoch, M. A., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02836-0
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Radujković, D., Verbruggen, E., Seabloom, E. W., Bahn, M., Biederman, L. A., Borer, E. T., Boughton, E. H., Catford, J. A., Campioli, M., Donohue, I., Ebeling, A., Eskelinen, A., Fay, P. A., Hansart, A., Knops, J. M. H., MacDougall, A. S., Ohlert, T., Olde Venterink, H., Raynaud, X., Risch, A. C. & 9 others, Roscher, C., Schütz, M., Silveira, M. L., Stevens, C. J., Van Sundert, K., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G. M., Wragg, P. D. & Vicca, S., Dec 2021, In: ECOLOGY LETTERS. 24, 12, p. 2713-2725 13 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13894
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Falster, D., Gallagher, R., Wenk, E. H., Wright, I. J., Indiarto, D., Andrew, S. C., Baxter, C., Lawson, J., Allen, S., Fuchs, A., Monro, A., Kar, F., Adams, M. A., Ahrens, C. W., Alfonzetti, M., Angevin, T., Apgaua, D. M. G., Arndt, S., Atkin, O. K., Atkinson, J. & 198 others, Auld, T., Baker, A., von Balthazar, M., Bean, A., Blackman, C. J., Bloomfield, K., Bowman, D. M. J. S., Bragg, J., Brodribb, T. J., Buckton, G., Burrows, G., Caldwell, E., Camac, J., Carpenter, R., Catford, J. A., Cawthray, G. R., Cernusak, L. A., Chandler, G., Chapman, A. R., Cheal, D., Cheesman, A. W., Chen, S. C., Choat, B., Clinton, B., Clode, P. L., Coleman, H., Cornwell, W. K., Cosgrove, M., Crisp, M., Cross, E., Crous, K. Y., Cunningham, S., Curran, T., Curtis, E., Daws, M. I., DeGabriel, J. L., Denton, M. D., Dong, N., Du, P., Duan, H., Duncan, D. H., Duncan, R. P., Duretto, M., Dwyer, J. M., Edwards, C., Esperon-Rodriguez, M., Evans, J. R., Everingham, S. E., Farrell, C., Firn, J., Fonseca, C. R., French, B. J., Frood, D., Funk, J. L., Geange, S. R., Ghannoum, O., Gleason, S. M., Gosper, C. R., Gray, E., Groom, P. K., Grootemaat, S., Gross, C., Guerin, G., Guja, L., Hahs, A. K., Harrison, M. T., Hayes, P. E., Henery, M., Hochuli, D., Howell, J., Huang, G., Hughes, L., Huisman, J., Ilic, J., Jagdish, A., Jin, D., Jordan, G., Jurado, E., Kanowski, J., Kasel, S., Kellermann, J., Kenny, B., Kohout, M., Kooyman, R. M., Kotowska, M. M., Lai, H. R., Laliberté, E., Lambers, H., Lamont, B. B., Lanfear, R., van Langevelde, F., Laughlin, D. C., Laugier-Kitchener, B. A., Laurance, S., Lehmann, C. E. R., Leigh, A., Leishman, M. R., Lenz, T., Lepschi, B., Lewis, J. D., Lim, F., Liu, U., Lord, J., Lusk, C. H., Macinnis-Ng, C., McPherson, H., Magallón, S., Manea, A., López-Martinez, A., Mayfield, M., McCarthy, J. K., Meers, T., van der Merwe, M., Metcalfe, D. J., Milberg, P., Mokany, K., Moles, A. T., Moore, B. D., Moore, N., Morgan, J. W., Morris, W., Muir, A., Munroe, S., Nicholson, Á., Nicolle, D., Nicotra, A. B., Niinemets, Ü., North, T., O’Reilly-Nugent, A., O’Sullivan, O. S., Oberle, B., Onoda, Y., Ooi, M. K. J., Osborne, C. P., Paczkowska, G., Pekin, B., Guilherme Pereira, C., Pickering, C., Pickup, M., Pollock, L. J., Poot, P., Powell, J. R., Power, S. A., Prentice, I. C., Prior, L., Prober, S. M., Read, J., Reynolds, V., Richards, A. E., Richardson, B., Roderick, M. L., Rosell, J. A., Rossetto, M., Rye, B., Rymer, P. D., Sams, M. A., Sanson, G., Sauquet, H., Schmidt, S., Schönenberger, J., Schulze, E. D., Sendall, K., Sinclair, S., Smith, B., Smith, R., Soper, F., Sparrow, B., Standish, R. J., Staples, T. L., Stephens, R., Szota, C., Taseski, G., Tasker, E., Thomas, F., Tissue, D. T., Tjoelker, M. G., Tng, D. Y. P., de Tombeur, F., Tomlinson, K., Turner, N. C., Veneklaas, E. J., Venn, S., Vesk, P., Vlasveld, C., Vorontsova, M. S., Warren, C. A., Warwick, N., Weerasinghe, L. K., Wells, J., Westoby, M., White, M., Williams, N. S. G., Wills, J., Wilson, P. G., Yates, C., Zanne, A. E., Zemunik, G. & Ziemińska, K., 1 Sep 2021, In: Scientific Data. 8, 1, 1 p., 254. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-01006-6
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Spake, R., Soga, M., Catford, J. A. & Eigenbrod, F., Sep 2021, In: JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY. 58, 9, p. 1993-2003 11 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13945