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Author Archives: Jane Catford
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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How can exotic invasions drive native species extinct?
Read the full paper here: Catford, J. A., Bode, M. & Tilman, D. (2018) Introduced species that overcome life history tradeoffs can cause native extinctions. Nature Communications 9: 2131.
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Tagged biological invasions, cartoon, comic, comic strip, David Tilman, enemy release, extinctions, invasion ecology, invasion impacts, invasions, Invasive species, Jane Catford, Michael Bode, Nature Communications, plant invasions, species extinctions, species invasions
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Invasions in Malawi, Zimbabwe & South Africa
In November, I escaped the chilly dreariness of southern England and headed to southern Africa. It was a veritable feast of a trip for someone partial to warm weather, warm people and plant invasions. Kicking off the trip was a … Continue reading
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PhD on ecosystem restoration & plant-soil feedbacks
Applications are now open for a fully funded PhD position at the University of Southampton, UK starting in the 2018/2019 academic year under the supervision of Bjorn Robroek, Robert Griffiths and me. The project will examine the potential for plant-soil interactions … Continue reading
Sunshine and visitors
Long days, warm weather, dry roads and visitors. I love summer! Esti Palma from the University of Melbourne and Dr Luis Mata from RMIT University (and, the all-important, Alan Mata) came to visit for a couple of weeks recently. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Biodiversity, cities, Ecology, Esti Palma, insects, John Dwyer, Luis Mata, Melbourne, plant traits, University of Southampton, urban
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Three days of plant ecology in Germany
Originally posted on Journal of Ecology Blog:
Journal of Ecology Associate Editors Jane Catford and Rob Salguero-Gómez were both keynote speakers at this year’s PopBio conference. Here is their report… A few weeks ago, we had the privilege of attending PopBio2017…
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Wet wetlands restore better
Originally posted on The Applied Ecologist:
With Plant Conservation Day in mind, Samantha Dawson’s post discusses characteristics of wetland plants and her new paper, Plant traits of propagule banks and standing vegetation reveal flooding alleviates impacts of agriculture on wetland restoration.…
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Fun Times at the BES Annual Meeting 2016
Originally posted on Journal of Ecology Blog:
The BES meeting 2016 in Liverpool is now over and what a great meeting it was. Don’t worry: if you could not make it this year, you can hear all about it in the new…
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PhD position available on invasive animals and plants – applications open!
Applications are now open for a fully funded PhD position at the University of Southampton, UK starting in the 2017/2018 academic year under the supervision Marc Rius and me. The project will examine the similarities and differences among species that are … Continue reading
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15 Forms of Invasiveness
Originally posted on Michael McCarthy's Research:
You might think they should be easy to identify – invasive species are seemingly everywhere we look, even carried inadvertently by people to the polar regions. And as one of the biggest threats…
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