Dr Sarah Greenwood

Lecturer in Global Change Biology

Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Sarah Greenwood

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About me

•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.

Research

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.

Outputs (19)

Outputs

Book Chapter

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

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


Article

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


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.


Teaching

I gained a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2022 and have a particular interest in accessibility and inclusivity in learning and teaching.

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