Jane Catford

Jane Catford

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Biographical details

Jane Catford joined King's Geography in 2018. Before moving to King’s, she was a Lecturer in Community Ecology at the University of Southampton. From 2012-2016, she held a research fellowship with the Australian Research Council, and worked at The University of Melbourne, University of Minnesota and Australian National University. She has worked as a consultant on projects involving: the prediction and management of exotic plant invasion; river health and environmental flow assessments; river restoration and rehabilitation; water sensitive urban design and the design of constructed wetlands. 

She completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne (Plant community composition and exotic invasion in River Murray wetlands: the effect of propagule pressure, abiotic conditions and river regulation). She did a BA/BSc(Hons) at Monash University majoring in ecology, geography and politics. 

She is a Senior Editor at Journal of Ecology and on the Editorial Board for the BES Ecological Reviews book series. She was formerly on the editorial boards of Conservation Letters, Neobiota and ESA Hot Topics, and a member of the British Ecological Society's Publications Committee. 

Research interests (short)

Dr Jane Catford is a plant community ecologist with an interest in community assembly, biological invasions and environmental change. She has worked in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems across the world, and uses theoretical, quantitative and empirical approaches in her work. She maintains long-term field experiments in the US, UK and Australia, and collaborates widely. 

Research interests include:

  • causes and consequences of biological invasions
  • use of plant functional traits to understand responses to, and impacts of, global environmental change
  • prediction and management of novel ecosystems
  • community assembly, species coexistence and biodiversity
  • ecosystem restoration and management
  • ecosystem services (especially in rivers, wetlands, riparian zones and grasslands)
  • ecological impacts of global environmental change, including climate change, river regulation  and nitrogen deposition

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

  • GB Physical geography
  • Ecohydrology
  • Wetlands
  • Riparian ecosystems
  • Rivers
  • Freshwater ecology
  • Global environmental change
  • Climate change
  • River regulation
  • QK Botany
  • Plant ecology
  • Community ecology
  • Invasion ecology
  • Restoration
  • Conservation
  • Functional traits
  • Invasive species

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  • Insights on global rangeland ecosystem services shaped by grazing and fertilization

    Yahdjian, L., Campana, S., Tognetti, P. M., Alberti, J., Graff, P., Molina, C., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Prober, S. M., MacDougall, A. S., Risch, A. C., Price, J. N., Power, S. A., Barrio, I. C., Hersch-Green, E., Fay, P. A., Bagchi, S., Bakker, J. D., Blumenthal, D. & Boughton, E. H. & 29 others, Brown, C. S., Bugalho, M. N., Cadotte, M., Caldeira, M. C., Catford, J. A., Carbutt, C., Chen, Q., Collins, S. L., Crowther, T. W., D’Antonio, C., Dickman, C. R., DuPre, M. E., Elgersma, K. J., Eskelinen, A., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Jentsch, A., Knops, J. M. H., Martina, J. P., McCulley, R. L., Stevens, C. J., Laanisto, L., O’Halloran, L. R., Peri, P. L., Macek, P., Smith, N. G., Sonnier, G., Veen, C. G. F. & Virtanen, R., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Dominant species predict plant richness and biomass in global grasslands

    Zhang, P., Seabloom, E. W., Foo, J., MacDougall, A. S., Harpole, W. S., Adler, P. B., Hautier, Y., Eisenhauer, N., Spohn, M., Bakker, J. D., Lekberg, Y., Young, A. L., Carbutt, C., Risch, A. C., Peri, P. L., Smith, N. G., Stevens, C. J., Prober, S. M., Knops, J. M. H. & Wardle, G. M. & 15 others, Dickman, C. R., Ebeling, A., Roscher, C., Martinson, H. M., Martina, J. P., Power, S. A., Niu, Y., Ren, Z., Du, G., Virtanen, R., Tognetti, P., Tedder, M. J., Jentsch, A., Catford, J. A. & Borer, E. T., 13 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 9, 6, p. 924-936 13 p., 2607.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    6 Citations (Scopus)

  • Evidence for environmental filtering and limiting similarity depends on spatial scale and dissimilarity metrics

    Perez-Navarro, M. A., Shepherd, H. E. R., Brian, J. I., Clark, A. T. & Catford, J. A., 10 Nov 2025, In: ECOLOGY. 106, 11, e70244.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Forb diversity globally is harmed by nutrient enrichment but can be rescued by large mammalian herbivory

    Nelson, R. A., Sullivan, L. L., Hersch-Green, E. I., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Tognetti, P. M., Adler, P. B., Biederman, L., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M. C., Cancela, J. P., Carvalheiro, L. G., Catford, J. A., Dickman, C. R., Dolezal, A. J., Donohue, I., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Elgersma, K. J. & Eskelinen, A. & 30 others, Estrada, C., Garbowski, M., Graff, P., Gruner, D. S., Hagenah, N., Haider, S., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., Jentsch, A., Johanson, N., Koerner, S. E., Lannes, L. S., MacDougall, A. S., Martinson, H., Morgan, J. W., Olde Venterink, H., Orr, D., Osborne, B. B., Peri, P. L., Power, S. A., Raynaud, X., Risch, A. C., Shrestha, M., Smith, N. G., Stevens, C. J., Veen, G. F. C., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G. M., Wolf, A. A. & Young, A. L., Dec 2025, In: Communications Biology. 8, 1, 444.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    5 Citations (Scopus)

  • Frequent failure of nutrients to increase plant biomass supports the need for precision fertilization in agriculture

    Carroll, O. H., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Harpole, W. S., Wilfahrt, P., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Blumenthal, D. M., Boughton, E., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M., Campbell, M. M., Catford, J., Chen, Q., Dickman, C. R., Donohue, I., DuPre, M. E., Eskelinen, A., Estrada, C. & Fay, P. A. & 23 others, Fraser, E. D. G., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Hersh-Green, E., Jónsdóttir, I. S., Kadoya, T., Komatsu, K., Lannes, L., Liang, M., Venterink, H. O., Peri, P., Power, S. A., Price, J. N., Ren, Z., Risch, A. C., Sonnier, G., Veen, G. F., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G. M., Waring, E. F., Wheeler, G., Yahdjian, L. & MacDougall, A. S., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 14564.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    8 Citations (Scopus)
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  • 3 Editorial activity

  • Data supporting University of Southampton doctoral thesis by A. Mabey "Investigating the role of traits in species invasiveness in marine and terrestrial ecosystems", Chapter_3_Data_Mabey

    Mabey, A. L., Rius, M., Smale, D. & Catford, J., University of Southampton, 15 Nov 2022

    DOI: 10.5258/soton/d2408

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  • Catford et al. 2019 Ecol Lett_E93 modelled data.xlsx

    Catford, J. A., Smith, A. L., Wragg, P. D., Clark, A. T., Kosmala, M., Cavender-Bares, J., Reich, P. & Tilman, D., figshare, 12 Feb 2019

    DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7709990

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  • Niche partitioning overrides interspecific competition to determine plant species distributions along a nutrient gradient

    Wandrag, E., Catford, J. & Duncan, R., Dryad, 18 Oct 2022

    DOI: 10.5061/dryad.fttdz08ws

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  • AusTraits: a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora

    Falster, D., Gallagher, R., Wenk, E., Sauquet, H., Wright, I. J., Indiarto, D., Andrew, S., Baxter, C., Lawson, J., Allen, S., Fuchs, A., Monro, A., Kar, F., Adams, M. A., Ahrens, C. W., Alfonzetti, M., Amini, S., Angevin, T., Apgaua, D. M. G., Arndt, S., Ash, J., Atkin, O. K., Atkinson, J., Auld, T., Baker, A., Balthazar, M. V., Bean, A., Blackman, C. J., Bloomfield, K., Boreham, T., Bowman, D. M. J. S., Bradstock, R., Bragg, J., Brand, W. A., Briggs, A., Brock, J., Brodribb, T. J., Buckton, G., Burrows, G., Butler, D., Caldwell, E., Camac, J., Carpenter, R., Catford, J. A., Cawthray, G. R., Cernusak, L. A., Chandler, G., Chapman, A. R., Cheal, D., Cheesman, A. W., Chen, S.-C., Chinnock, R., Choat, B., Clarke, P., Clayton, D., Clemants, S., Clifford, H. T., Clinton, B., Clode, P. L., Cochrane, M., Coleman, H., Collins, B., Conti, A., Cooper, W., Cooper, W., Cornwell, W. K., Cosgrove, M., Cowie, I., Craven, L., Crisp, M., Cross, E., Crous, K. Y., Cunningham, S., Curran, T., Curtis, E., Davidson, I., Daws, M. I., de Salas, M., de Tombeur, F., DeGabriel, J. L., Denton, M. D., Dong, N., Du, P., Duan, H., Duncan, D. H., Duncan, R. P., Duretto, M., Dwyer, J. M., Eamus, D., Edwards, C., Egan, J., Esperon-Rodriguez, M., Evans, J. R., Everingham, S. E., Fahey, C., Falster, D., Farrell, C., Firn, J., Fonseca, C. R., Forster, P. I., Foster, J., French, B. J., French, T., Frith, A., Frood, D., Funk, J. L., Gallagher, R., Gardiner, R., Geange, S. R., Ghannoum, O., Gill, M., Gleason, S. M., Goble-Garratt, E., Gosper, C. R., Gray, E., Groom, P. K., Grootemaat, S., Gross, C., Grubb, P., Guerin, G., Guilherme Pereira, C., Guinane, C., Guja, L., Hahs, A. K., Hall, T., Hallet, M., Harrison, M. T., Haslehurst, T., Hassiotou, F., Hayes, P. E., Henery, M., Herbohn, J., Hochuli, D., Hocking, P., Howell, J., Hu, J., Huang, G., Hughes, K., Hughes, L., Huisman, J., Ilic, J., Islam, M., Jagdish, A., Jin, D., Jordan, G., Jurado, E., Kanowski, J., Kasel, S., Kealley, I., Keighery, G., Kellermann, J., Kenny, B., Kirkpatrick, J., Knox, K., Kohout, M., Kooyman, R. M., Kotowska, M. M., Kovac, L., Kreger, K., Kuo, J., Lai, H. R., Laliberté, E., Lambers, H., Lambert, M., Lamont, B. B., Lanceman, D., Lanfear, R., Laughlin, D. C., Laugier-Kitchener, B.-A., Laurance, S., Lawes, M., Laws, C., Lawson, J., Laxton, E., Lehmann, C. E. R., Leigh, A., Leishman, M. R., Lenz, T., Lepschi, B., Lewis, J. D., Lim, F., Lindsay, L., Liu, U., Londono, D. M., López Martinez, A., Lord, J., Ludwig, C., Lunt, I., Lusk, C. H., Maconochie, M., Macinnis-Ng, C., McPherson, H., Magallón, S., Manea, A., Marais, K., Maslin, B., Mason, R., Mayfield, M., Mazanec, R., McC Overton, J., McCarthy, J. K., McFarlane, E., Meers, T., Metcalfe, D., Milberg, P., Mokany, K., Moles, A. T., Moore, B. D., Moore, N., Morgan, H., Morgan, J. W., Morris, W., Muir, A., Munroe, S., Myerscough, P., Nelson, D., Neyland, D., Nicholson, Á., Nicolle, D., Nicotra, A. B., Niinemets, Ü., North, T., O'Reilly-Nugent, A., O'Sullivan, O. S., Oberle, B., Olsen, M., Onoda, Y., Ooi, M. K. J., Orscheg, C., Osborne, C. P., Paczkowska, G., Peeters, P., Pekin, B., Perry, G., Phillips, A., Pickering, C., Pickup, M., Pollitt, L., Pollock, L. J., Polmear, R., Poot, P., Possingham, H., Powell, J. R., Power, S. A., Prentice, I. C., Price, A., Prior, L., Prober, S. M., Pyne, T., Read, J., Reynolds, V., Rice, B., Richards, A. E., Richardson, B., Rigg, J. L., Roberts, B., Roderick, M. L., Rosell, J. A., Rossetto, M., Rye, B., Rymer, P. D., Salomaa, A., Sams, M. A., Sanson, G., Sauquet, H., Schmidt, S., Schöenenberger, J., Schulze, E.-D., Schulze, I., Schulze, W., Scott, A. J., Sendall, K., Shapcott, A., Shaw, V., Shoo, L., Sinclair, S., Sjostrom, A., Smith, B., Smith, R., Soliveres, S., Soper, F., Sparrow, B., Spooner, A., Standish, R. J., Staples, T. L., Stephens, R., Stewart, G., Suda, J., Szota, C., Tait, C., Taseski, G., Tasker, E., Taylor, D., Thomas, F., Thompson, I., Tissue, D. T., Tjoelker, M. G., Tng, D. Y. P., Toelken, H. R., Tomlinson, K., Trudgen, M., Turner, N. C., van der Merwe, M., van Langevelde, F., Veneklaas, E. J., Venn, S., Vesk, P., Vlasveld, C., Vorontsova, M. S., Warren, C. A., Warwick, N., Weerasinghe, L. K., Wells, J., Westman, W. E., Westoby, M., White, M., Williams, E., Williams, N. S. G., Williams, R. J., Willis, K., Wills, J., Wilson, J. B., Wilson, P. G., Wright, I. J., Yates, C., Yen, J., Zanne, A. E., Zemunik, G., Ziemińska, K., Nolan, R., Boer, M. M., Robinson, A., Welsh, N., Messina, A., Stajsic, V., Ohlsen, D., Klazenga, N., Coleman, D., Coleman, D., Dun, L., Yang, S., Barrett, R., Lu-Irving, P., Sommerville, K., Wenk, E. & Falster, D., Zenodo, 20 Jun 2025

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3568417

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  • Relationships between plant-soil feedbacks and functional traits

    Xi, N., Adler, P., Chen, D., Wu, H., Catford, J., van Bodegom, P., Bahn, M., Crawford, K. & Chu, C., Dryad, 1 Jul 2021

    DOI: 10.5061/dryad.c59zw3r7f

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