Lecturer in Global Change Biology
Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
• Sep 2016-Feb 2023 - Teaching Fellow, University of Edinburgh. MSc in Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health.
• Sep 2014-May 2017- Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Stirling.
• Sep 2010-Aug 2014: PhD Candidate, University of Stirling.
• Summer 2010: Botanist/Field Surveyor, University of Aberdeen.
As a global change ecologist, I have expertise in how global change drivers including climate change, pests and disease drive changes in ecosystems, especially forests.
My research interests are broad and interdisciplinary and current interests include:
• Applying functional trait approaches to better understand species and community responses to environmental change. • Using ecosystem resilience theory to understand response to extreme events. • The application of new modelling approaches and data integration/synthesis to study ecosystem responses and functions across varying spatial and temporal scales. • Understanding the potential and limitations of forests as nature-based solutions. • Research syntheses and meta-analyses.
Article
Potential groundwater contamination from oil drilling in the Okavango
Sheldon R, Esterhuyse S, Lukas A & Greenwood S (2023) Potential groundwater contamination from oil drilling in the Okavango. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 131, Art. No.: 103430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2023.103430
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Vasiliev D & Greenwood S (2022) Making green pledges support biodiversity: Nature-based solution design can be informed by landscape ecology principles. Land Use Policy, 117, Art. No.: 106129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106129
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O’Sullivan KSW, Vilà-Cabrera A, Chen J, Greenwood S, Chang C & Jump AS (2022) High intraspecific trait variation results in a resource allocation spectrum of a subtropical pine across an elevational gradient. Journal of Biogeography, 49 (4), pp. 668-681. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14336
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The role of climate change in pollinator decline across the Northern Hemisphere is underestimated
Vasiliev D & Greenwood S (2021) The role of climate change in pollinator decline across the Northern Hemisphere is underestimated. Science of The Total Environment, 775, Art. No.: 145788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145788
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Vasiliev D & Greenwood S (2020) Pollinator biodiversity and crop pollination in temperate ecosystems, implications for national pollinator conservation strategies: Mini review. Science of The Total Environment, 744, Art. No.: 140880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140880
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Johnson R & Greenwood S (2020) Assessing the ecological feasibility of reintroducing the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) to southern Scotland, England and Wales. Biodiversity and Conservation, 29 (3), pp. 771-797. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01909-2
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In the land of giants: habitat use and selection of the Aldabra giant tortoise on Aldabra Atoll
Walton R, Baxter R, Bunbury N, Hansen D, Fleischer-Dogley F, Greenwood S & Schaepman-Strub G (2019) In the land of giants: habitat use and selection of the Aldabra giant tortoise on Aldabra Atoll. Biodiversity and Conservation, 28 (12), pp. 3183-3198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01813-9
Book Chapter
Effectiveness of Natura 2000 in forests in EU-28
Greenwood S, Jump A, Sotirov M, Marchetti M, Mikusinski G, Bastrup-Birk A, Brotons L, Hermoso V & Parviainen J (2017) Effectiveness of Natura 2000 in forests in EU-28. In: Sotirov M (ed.) Natura 2000 and Forests: Assessing the State of Implementation and Effectiveness. What Science Can Tell Us, 7. Joensuu, Finland: European Forest Institute, pp. 81-100. http://www.efi.int/files/attachments/publications/wsctu7_2017.pdf
Book Chapter
Policy Conclusions and Recommendations
Sotirov M, Weiss G, Marchetti M, Garcia S, Ecochard L, Hily E, Greenwood S & Jump A (2017) Policy Conclusions and Recommendations. In: Sotirov M (ed.) Natura 2000 and Forests: Assessing the State of Implementation and Effectiveness. What Science Can Tell Us, 7. Joensuu, Finland: European Forest Institute, pp. 135-143. http://www.efi.int/files/attachments/publications/wsctu7_2017.pdf
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Ruiz-Benito P, Ratcliffe S, Zavala MA, Martínez‐Vilalta J, Vilà-Cabrera A, Lloret F, Madrigal‐González J, Wirth C, Greenwood S, Kändler G, Lehtonen A, Kattge J, Dahlgren J & Jump AS (2017) Climate- and successional-related changes in functional composition of European forests are strongly driven by tree mortality. Global Change Biology, 23 (10), pp. 4162-4176. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13728
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Jump AS, Ruiz-Benito P, Greenwood S, Allen CD, Kitzberger T, Fensham R, Martínez‐Vilalta J & Lloret F (2017) Structural overshoot of tree growth with climate variability and the global spectrum of drought-induced forest dieback. Global Change Biology, 23 (9), pp. 3742-3757. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13636
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Greenwood S, Ruiz-Benito P, Martínez-Vilalta J, Lloret F, Kitzberger T, Allen CD, Fensham R, Laughlin DC, Kattge J, Bönisch G, Kraft NJB & Jump AS (2017) Tree mortality across biomes is promoted by drought intensity, lower wood density and higher specific leaf area. Ecology Letters, 20 (4), pp. 539-553. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12748
Article
Community change and species richness reductions in rapidly advancing tree lines
Greenwood S, Chen J, Chen C & Jump A (2016) Community change and species richness reductions in rapidly advancing tree lines. Journal of Biogeography, 43 (11), pp. 2274-2284. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12776
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Greenwood S, Chen J, Chen C & Jump A (2015) Temperature and sheltering determine patterns of seedling establishment in an advancing subtropical treeline. Journal of Vegetation Science, 26 (4), pp. 711-721. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12269
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Greenwood S, Chen J, Chen C & Jump A (2014) Strong topographic sheltering effects lead to spatially complex treeline advance and increased forest density in a subtropical mountain region. Global Change Biology, 20 (12), pp. 3756-3766. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12710
Article
Consequences of treeline shifts for the diversity and function of high altitude ecosystems
Greenwood S & Jump A (2014) Consequences of treeline shifts for the diversity and function of high altitude ecosystems. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 46 (4), pp. 829-840. https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-46.4.829
Article
Long-term trends in restored moorland vegetation assemblages
Littlewood NA, Greenwood S, Quin SLO, Pakeman RJ & Woodin SJ (2014) Long-term trends in restored moorland vegetation assemblages. Community Ecology, 15 (1), pp. 104-112. https://doi.org/10.1556/comec.15.2014.1.11
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Jump A, Cavin L, Greenwood S, Chen J & Chen T (2012) Effects of rapid climate change and habitat fragmentation on tree growth and associated biodiversity (Keynote). Fourth Tropical Forestry Conference - Environmental Education in Forest Conservation, Pingtung, Taiwan, 2012.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Greenwood S, Chen T, Chen J & Jump A (2012) Causes and consequences of rapid shifts in species distributions above the closed forest zone in the Central Mountain Range, Taiwan. Vulnerable Isalnds in the Sky: Science and Management of Tropical Island Alpine and Sub-Alpine Ecosystems - Tropical Mountain Conference 2012, Hilo, HI, USA, 04.08.2012-08.08.2012.
I gained a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2022 and have a particular interest in accessibility and inclusivity in learning and teaching.
