Catherine Mercer

Theme: Landscape Form, Use and Change: a dynamic Earth

Department / group: Biological & Environmental Sciences

Institution URL: https://www.stir.ac.uk/

Personal URL: https://cathmerc.wixsite.com/catherinemercer

Google Scholar URL: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&user=HpYJHuQAAAAJ&gmla=AJsN-F6_OeGR3bNIq47s94DFgYesorhj9aPOWbVgxpjjmhVyxWGq8jwH7n97i5XZZENiJY00Hc8DLX_Ft_gRZOe59yQ8CWIHVlYj0uqhP1DMbLnwsQnMvu0d8Wy7r4TPS5ij4ikf5ZtG

Research interests:

Ecology, Forestry, Global change, Biogeography

Career history:

2020 – Present, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Environmental Science, University of Stirling (United Kingdom)
2018 – 2020, Erasmus Mundus MSc in Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management (MEDfOR), University of Padova (Italy)University of Lisbon (Portugal)
2013 – 2017, BSc (Hons) Ecology (First-class), University of Stirling

Active research projects:

Taking the escalator to extinction: Understanding the role of rapid forest expansion in driving hotspots of extinction risk for endemic species in Taiwan

Recent publications:

Watts, S. H., Mardon, D. K., Mercer, C., Watson, D., Cole, H., Shaw, R. F., & Jump, A. S. (2022). Riding the elevator to extinction: Disjunct arctic-alpine plants of open habitats decline as their more competitive neighbours expand. Biological Conservation, 272, 109620.

Mercer, C., Comeau, V. M., Daniels, L. D., & Carrer, M. (2022). Contrasting impacts of climate warming on coastal old-growth tree species reveal an early warning of forest decline. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, 222.