Author Archives: Jane Catford

October has been an exciting month as we welcome Josh Brian and María Ángeles Pérez-Navarro to our lab group – and Junru Shen to London after she’s been doing her PhD remotely for a year! María Ángeles has a PhD in Terrestrial … Continue reading →

Dr John Donohue recently joined our group as a Research Associate. John was previously a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Limerick where his research focused on the mathematical modelling of soil biomass. Before that, he completed a PhD in … Continue reading →

I’m really excited to be joining the Senior Editor team at Journal of Ecology this month! I absolutely love the journal (and the British Ecological Society more generally), so am delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to the journal, … Continue reading →

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Abiotic environmental change, local species extinctions and colonization of new species often co‐occur. Using a unique grassland experiment that isolates abiotic effects of warming from indirect biotic effects, we find that the biomass, richness and traits of plant colonists is … Continue reading →

It’s been an exciting time recently – a few PhDs starting, a few others finishing (with two in and two out in the space of a week!). Love it! Angela Bartlett, Stefanie Kaupa and Harry Shepherd recently crossed the starting … Continue reading →