Catford, Jane - University of Southampton - Discipline of Biological Sciences

个人简介

Career history 2016-present: Lecturer, University of Southampton. 2016-present: Honorary Research Fellow, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia. 2012-ongoing: Visiting Fellow, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University, Australia. 2012-2016: ARC Research Fellow (Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award; ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions), The University of Melbourne, Australia. 2012-2015: International Scholar, Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior, University of Minnesota, USA. 2009-2012: Research Fellow, School of Botany, The University of Melbourne (funding from: Australian Weeds Research Centre; Applied Environmental Decision Analysis; National Climate Change Research Adaptation Facility). 2009-2011: Vegetation Specialist on “River Health & Environmental Flows in China”, Australia-China Environment Development Program.

研究领域

I am a plant ecologist with an interest in community assembly and invasion ecology. I am particularly interested in how environmental and geographic factors affect the functional composition of plant communities at the landscape scale, and I focus on invasion ecology to tackle such questions. Humans can alter “natural” community assembly rules by altering environmental filters and dispersal patterns. Increased understanding of the role of these factors could be used to alleviate some of the ecological degradation caused by humans. While rooted in community and invasion ecology, my work and interests extend to succession, species coexistence, disturbance, ecosystem restoration, vegetation management, novel ecosystems, assisted colonization, river health, environmental flows and climate change. To tackle these topics, I typically combine ecological theory with empirical and quantitative approaches and I collaborate widely. Working with a broad range of people is easily one of the highlights of my job. More details about my research interests and projects can be found on my personal website Jane Catford.

近期论文

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Isolation predicts compositional change after discrete disturbances in a global meta-study - Shackelford, Nancy, Starzomski, Brian M., Banning, Natasha C., Battaglia, Loretta L., Becker, Alistair, Bellingham, Peter J., Bestelmeyer, Brandon, Catford, Jane A., Dwyer, John M., Dynesius, Mats, Gilmour, James, Hallett, Lauren M., Hobbs, Richard J., Price, Jodi, Sasaki, Takehiro, Tanner, Edmund V.J. and Standish, Rachel J. Published:2017Publication:EcographyPage Range:1-11doi:10.1111/ecog.02383 Frequent inundation helps counteract land use impacts on wetland propagule banks - Dawson, S.K., Kingsford, R., Berney, P., Keith, D., Hemmings, F., Warton, D., Waters, C. and Catford, J.A. Published:2016Publication:Applied Vegetation SciencePage Range:1-22doi:10.1111/avsc.12295 Frequent inundation helps counteract land use impacts on wetland propagule banks - Dawson, S.K., Kingsford, R., Berney, P., Keith, D., Hemmings, F., Warton, D., Waters, C. and Catford, J.A. Published:2016Publication:Applied Vegetation SciencePage Range:1-24 Contrasting influences of inundation and land use on the rate of floodplain restoration - Dawson, S.K., Kingsford, R., Berney, P., Catford, J.A., Keith, D., Stoklosa, J., Hemmings, F. and , Published:2016Publication:Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Functional trait changes in the floras of 11 cities across the globe in response to urbanization - Palma, Estibaliz, Catford, Jane, Corlett, Richard T., Duncan, Richard P., Hahs, Amy K., McCarthy, Michael A., McDonnell, Mark J., Thompson, Ken, Williams, Nicholas S.G. and Vesk, Peter A. Published:2016Publication:EcographyPage Range:1-12doi:10.1111/ecog.02516