Education
She graduated from the University of Missouri at Saint Louis in 2000.
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Catherine Graham
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She studies biogeography, conservation biology, and ecology. Graham is most noted for her analysis of statistical models to describe species" distributions. This work with Jane Elith is useful in determining changes in biodiversity resulting from human activities.
They focused on how species" retention of ancestral traits may limit geographic range expansion.
Achievements
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Graham was named in the 2014 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers in the Environment/Ecology category, awarded to researchers for having an exceptional impact by ranking in the top 1% most cited researchers in their field of study. Her 2006 paper with Jane Elith and others on novel methods to improve prediction of species" distributions from occurrence data, by mid-2014, had been cited about 3,000 times (Google Scholar citations July 31, 2014).
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Her paper on niche conservatism with John Wiens is also highly cited. (2005) Niche conservatism: integrating evolution, ecology, and conservation biology.
