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Tag Archives: Jane Catford
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
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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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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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
Moving to the University of Southampton
In July, I will be shifting my office some 17,107 km to the University of Southampton. I’ll be starting a lectureship (equivalent of Assistant Professor) in Community Ecology in the Centre for Biological Sciences where I’ll be part of the Environmental Biosciences research group. … Continue reading
Weed or feed? New pasture plants intensify invasive species risk
To meet increasing demands for livestock production, agribusinesses around the world are breeding new varieties of pasture plants. Unfortunately, many of the plant characteristics promoted for use in pasture – higher growth rates, greater resistance to disease, higher tolerance of environmental … Continue reading
A fabulous surprise! Australian Society for Limnology award
While perusing my emails recently, I had a delightful surprise: an email notifying me that I have been awarded the 2015 Australian Society for Limnology Early Career Excellence Award. The award is given to limnologists based on the contributions they … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Society for Limnology, Christy Fellows lecture, Jane Catford, Wetland
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Bringing resilience back to its ecological roots
Resilience, along with its sister term, resistance, is among the first ecological concepts taught to ecology undergraduates and remains central to conceiving how ecosystems cope – or do not – with environmental change. Despite its potential importance to conservation decisions … Continue reading
