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Author Archives: Jane Catford
Community diversity outweighs effect of warming on plant colonization
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
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The incredible Okavango
Perched in the middle of the southern part of the African continent is the Okavango Delta – an inspiring mosaic of wet and dry, with an abundance of wildlife, breathtaking landscapes, and grasses that would blow your socks off (and … Continue reading
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Tagged Botswana, Delta, Geography, King's College London, Okavango, PLuS Alliance, river basin management
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Invasive Species Week: UK Invasions in a Changing Climate
Regan Early (University of Exeter) and I wrote this piece to mark Invasive Species Week for the British Ecological Society blog. In it, we discuss the possible synergies between climate change and species invasions, and some associated policy challenges. Whether … Continue reading
Species invasions and climate change: can grasslands cope?
Lizzie Jones and I contributed a chapter about grassland invasions to Grasslands and Climate Change, the latest volume of the British Ecological Society’s Ecological Reviews series. This is a blog post that Lizzie – a former MSc student of mine at Southampton – … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate change, Grasslands, invasion, invasive plants, Invasive species, plant traits
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PhDs and the mighty chequered flag
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
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Moving to King’s College London
In exciting news, I am taking up a new position in the Department of Geography at King’s College London in September. Founded in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington (and featuring a duel, no less!), King’s is the fourth oldest … Continue reading
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Tagged Geography, Jane Catford, KCL, King's, King's College London, London
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SciComm cartoons in multiple languages
Thanks to generous friends and colleagues (and a seemingly unbridled passion for editing in Illustrator?!), the cartoon of Introduced species that overcome life history tradeoffs can cause native extinctions is now in five languages: German, Indonesian, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, plus English. … Continue reading
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Tagged bahasa Indonesia, cartoon, Chinese, competition-colonisation, David Tilman, Deutsche, Español, especies exóticas, Exotische Arten, extinción de especies nativas, gebietsfremd, German, Indonesian, invasi spesies eksotik, invasion impacts, invasions biológicas, Invasoren, Jane Catford, life history tradeoffs, Mandarin, Michael Bode, native extinctions, Nature Communications, science cartoon, science communication, Spanish, spesies invasif, 普通话, 中文
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