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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

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

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):

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

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  • Anthropogenic disturbance expands the climatic limits of annual plant dominance

    DeMalach, N., Salguero-Gomez, R., Hollander, O., Lucas, J., Strauss, A. T., Chaudhary, T., Chung, Y. A., McCarthy, J. K., Moreira, B., Petri, L., Thornley, R., Slette, I. J., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Atkinson, J., Beard, K. H., Brudvig, L. A., Catano, C. P., Catford, J. A. & Classen, A. & 37 others, Clark, A. T., Dwyer, C., Fenster, C., Godoy, O., Gross, O., Gusmán-Montalaván, E., Harpole, W. S., Hersch-Green, E., Holub, P., Jentsch, A., Kandlikar, G., Kirkman, K., Koerner, S. E., Kulmatiski, A., Li, D., MacDougall, A. S., Mariotte, P., Martina, J. P., Meglioli, P. A., Millett, J., O'Halloran, L., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Ogaya, R., Osborne, B., Patabendige, K. K., Peñuelas, J., Peri, P., Pennings, S. C., Risch, A. C., Roscher, C., Sanders, N. J., Stevens, C., Sullivan, L., Tognetti, P. M., Vélez-Mora, D., Wagg, C. & Werner, C., 9 Jul 2026.

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  • Expanding invasive species impact assessments to the ecosystem level with EEICAT

    Carneiro, L., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Leroy, B., Bertolino, S., Camacho-Cervantes, M., Cuthbert, R. N., Bang, A., Catford, J. A., South, J., Cooke, S. J., Angulo, E. & Courchamp, F., 2026, In: PLoS biology. 24, 3, p. 1-16 16 p., e3003665.

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

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    4 Citations (Scopus)
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  • Global functional shifts in trees driven by alien naturalization and native extinction

    Guo, W. Y., Serra-Diaz, J. M., Guo, K., Boonman, C. C. F., Schrodt, F., Maitner, B. S., Merow, C., Violle, C., Anand, M., Bruun, H. H. K., Byun, C., Catford, J. A., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Chacón-Madrigal, E., Ciccarelli, D., Dang-Le, A. T., Dias, A. S., Giroldo, A. B., Gutiérrez, A. G. & Jansen, S. & 20 others, Kattge, J., Kindt, R., Klein, T., Kramer, K., Lusk, C. H., Martin, A. R., Michaletz, S. T., Minden, V., Mori, A. S., Niinemets, Ü., Onoda, Y., Peñuelas, J., Pisek, J., Robroek, B. J. M., Schamp, B., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Thiffault, N., van der Plas, F., Enquist, B. J. & Svenning, J. C., Feb 2026, In: Nature Plants. 12, 2, p. 308-318 11 p.

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

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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., Apr 2026, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 24, 3, e70022.

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

    2 Citations (Scopus)

  • Intense solar radiation constrains plant species richness in global grasslands

    Spohn, M., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Borer, E. T., Bråthen, K. A., Cadotte, M. W., Carbutt, C., Catford, J. A., DuPre, M. E., Dwyer, C., Eisenhauer, N., Estrada, C., Hagenah, N., Haider, S., Harms, K. E., Hautier, Y., Hersch-Green, E. I., Knops, J. M. H., Laanisto, L. & Laungani, R. & 15 others, Macek, P., Martinson, H., Millett, J., Pärtel, M., Pennings, S. C., Peri, P. L., Power, S. A., Risch, A. C., Roscher, C., Seabloom, E. W., Smith, N. G., Stevens, C., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G. M. & Zhang, P., 10 Feb 2026, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 123, 6, e2527128123.

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