Professor John Healey
Professor of Forest Sciences / Director of College Research Institute

Dolenni cyswllt
Contact info
Thoday Building, room S7Email: j.healey@bangor.ac.uk
Tel: 01248 383703 (from U.K.)
+44 1248 383703 (International)
- 2025
- Wedi ei Dderbyn / Yn y wasg
Temperate forests can deliver future wood demand and climate-change mitigation dependent on afforestation and circularity
Forster, E., Styles, D. & Healey, J., 14 Maw 2025, (Wedi ei Dderbyn / Yn y wasg) Yn: Nature Communications.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
A continuous feast of bramble: Rubus fruticosus agg. is a key cross-seasonal dietary resource for a fallow deer population
Gresham, A., Pillay, K., Healey, J., Eichhorn, M., Ellison, A., Lowe, A., Creer, S., Cordes, L. & Shannon, G., 10 Chwef 2025, Yn: Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 6, 1Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- 2024
- Cyhoeddwyd
Vegetation growth responses to climate change: a cross-scale analysis of biological memory and time-lags using tree ring and satellite data
Tang, W., Liu, S., Jing, M., Healey, J., Smith, M., Farooq, T. H., Zhu, L., Zhao, S. & Wu, Y., Gorff 2024, Yn: Global Change Biology. 30, 7, e17441.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Ash dieback in woodland nature reserves
Peterken, G., Cracknell, D., Beamish, C. & Healey, J., Mai 2024, British Wildlife, 2024, May, t. 429 435 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigol › Erthygl
- Cyhoeddwyd
Exploring spatial and temporal resilience in socio-ecological systems: evidence from sacred forests in Epirus, Greece.
Marini Govigli, V., Healey, J., Wong, J., Stara, K., Tsiakiris, R. & Halley, J., 1 Ebr 2024, Yn: People and Nature. 6, 3, t. 1206-1219 14 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Wedi ei Dderbyn / Yn y wasg
Can spirituality save centuries-old trees and forests? A study from the mountains of NW Greece
Stara, K., Tsiakiris, R., Wong, J., Healey, J., Marini Govigli, V. & Halley, J., 29 Maw 2024, (Wedi ei Dderbyn / Yn y wasg) Yn: Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- 2023
- Cyhoeddwyd
Can temperate forests deliver future wood demand and climate mitigation?
Forster, E., Healey, J. & Styles, D., 14 Rhag 2023, Yn: Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3681726/v1Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl
- Cyhoeddwyd
Increasing Biodiversity in Livestock Production Systems: Plant Traits and Natural Regeneration Capacity of Woody Vegetation in Actively Managed Grasslands
Sheik, M. J. E., Finegan, B., Healey, J. & Casonoves, F., 1 Rhag 2023, Silvopastoral systems of Meso America and Northern South America: Chará, J. & Jose, S. (eds) . Chara, J. & Jose, S. (gol.). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, t. 279-305Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Amazonian secondary forests are greatly reducing fragmentation and edge exposure in old-growth forests
Smith, C., Barlow, J., Schwartz, N., Healey, J., Young, P. & Miranda, L., 9 Tach 2023, Yn: Environmental Research Letters. 18, 12, 124016.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Llythyr › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Horizontal viewsheds of large herbivores as a function of woodland structure
Gresham, A., Healey, J., Eichhorn, M., Barton, O., Smith, A. & Shannon, G., 9 Tach 2023, Yn: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 11Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
A horizon scan of issues affecting UK forest management within 50 years
Tew, E. R., Ambrose-Oji, B., Beatty, M., Buntgen, U., Butterworth, H., Clover, G., Cook, D., Dauksta, D., Day, W., Deakin, J., Field, A., Gardiner, B., Harrop, P., Healey, J., Heaton, R., Hemery, G., Hill, L., Hughes, O., Khaira-Creswell, P. K., Kirby, K., Leitch, A., MacKay, J., McIlhiney, R., Murphy, B., Newton, L., Norris, D., Nugee, R., Parker, J., Petrokofsky, G., Prosser, A., Quine, C., Randhawa, G., Reid, C., Richardson, M., Ridley-Ellis, D. J., Riley, R., Roberts, J. E., Schaible, R., Simpson, L. E., Spake, R., Tubby, I., Urquhart, J., Wallace-Stephens, F., Wilson, J. D. & Sutherland, W. J., 8 Tach 2023, Yn: Forestry. 97, 3, t. 349-362 14 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Predicting the spatial expansion of an animal population with presence-only data
Barton, O., Healey, J., Cordes, L., Davies, A. & Shannon, G., Tach 2023, Yn: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 11, t. e10778 e10778.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Circular wood use can accelerate global decarbonisation but requires cross-sectoral coordination
Forster, E., Healey, J., Newman, G. & Styles, D., 25 Hyd 2023, Yn: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 6766.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Neighbours matter and the weak succumb: Ash dieback infection is more severe in ash trees with fewer conspecific neighbours and lower prior growth rate
Cracknell, D., Peterken, G., Pommerening, A., Lawrence, P. & Healey, J., 15 Medi 2023, Yn: Journal of Ecology. 111, 10, t. 2118-2133 16 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
How to recognise a temperate rainforest in Britain and Ireland when you see one
Healey, J., 10 Gorff 2023, The Conversation.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigol › Erthygl
- Cyhoeddwyd
Recurring bleaching events disrupt the spatial properties of coral reef benthic communities across scales
Ford, H., Gove, J. M., Healey, J., Davies, A., Graham, N. & Williams, G. J., 10 Gorff 2023, Yn: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 10, 1, t. 39-55 17 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- 2022
- Cyhoeddwyd
Governing like a forest: achieving diachronic integrity or emergency carbon sequestration through post-Brexit forest policy?
Wynne-Jones, S., Dandy, N., Bodner, T. & Healey, J., 3 Tach 2022, Rural Governance in the UK: Towards a Sustainable and Equitable Society. Attrop, A., McAreavey, R. & Heron, S. (gol.). Routledge, (Routledge Studies in Sustainability).Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Variation in root morphology amongst tree species influences soil hydraulic conductivity and macroporosity
Webb, B., Robinson, D., Marshall, M., Ford, H., Pagella, T., Healey, J. & Smith, A., 1 Tach 2022, Yn: Geoderma. 425, 116057.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Do prey shape, time of day, and plant trichomes affect the predation rate on plasticine prey in tropical rainforests?
Weissflog, A., Markesteijn, L., Aiello, A., Healey, J. & Geipel, I., 22 Medi 2022, Yn: Biotropica. 54, 5, t. 1259-1269Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Hurricane disturbance accelerated the thermophilization of a Jamaican montane forest
Tanner, E. V. J., Bellingham, P. J., Healey, J. & Feeley, K. J., 1 Medi 2022, Ecography, 2022, 9.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigol › Erthygl
- Cyhoeddwyd
Roots and rhizospheric soil microbial community responses to tree species mixtures.
Ribbons, R., Del Toro, I., Smith, A., Healey, J., Vesterdal, L. & McDonald, M., Awst 2022, Yn: Applied Soil Ecology. 176, 104509.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
The effects of population management on wild ungulates: A systematic map of evidence for UK species
Barton, O., Gresham, A., Healey, J., Cordes, L. & Shannon, G., 10 Meh 2022, Yn: PLoS ONE. 17, 6, 26 t., e0267385.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
In Jamaica, native trees are being driven further up mountains towards extinction
Healey, J. & Tanner, E., 31 Mai 2022, The Conversation.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigol › Erthygl
- Cyhoeddwyd
Bangor University's response to the forestry skills shortage
Healey, J. & Walmsley, J., 25 Maw 2022, Trees, 2022, Spring, t. 28-29 2 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigol › Erthygl
- 2021
- Cyhoeddwyd
Old-growth forest loss and secondary forest recovery across Amazonian countries
Smith, C., Healey, J., Berenguer, E., Young, P., Ben, T., Elias, F., Espirito-Santo, F. & Barlow, J., 4 Awst 2021, Yn: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 8, 085009.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Llythyr › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Top Five Alternative Conifer Tree Species in Great Britain: Main Report and Executive Summary
Peters, T., Hardaker, A., Dauksta, D., Newman, G., Lellig, C. & Healey, J., 23 Meh 2021, Llandudno Junction: Welsh Government. 132 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn
- Cyhoeddwyd
Commercial afforestation can deliver effective climate change mitigation under multiple decarbonisation pathways.
Forster, E., Healey, J., Dymond, C. & Styles, D., 22 Meh 2021, Yn: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 3831.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Revenue from forestry enterprises: Economic aspects of woodland creation for timber production 3
Hardaker, A. & Healey, J., 1 Maw 2021, 8 t. Woodknowledge Wales in association with Bangor University.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall
- Cyhoeddwyd
Spatial scaling properties of coral reef benthic communities
Ford, H., Gove, J. M., Davies, A., Graham, N. A. J., Healey, J., Conklin, E. & Williams, G. J., 1 Chwef 2021, Yn: Ecography. 44, 2, t. 188-198 11 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Hedgerow effects on CO2 emissions are regulated by soil type and season: implications for carbon flux dynamics in livestock-grazed pasture
Ford, H., Healey, J., Webb, B., Pagella, T. & Smith, A., 15 Ion 2021, Yn: Geoderma. 382, 114697.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Accounting for time: Economic aspects of woodland creation for timber production 4
Hardaker, A. & Healey, J., 2021, 8 t. Woodknowledge Wales in association with Bangor University.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall
- Cyhoeddwyd
Alternative tools for financial evaluation of forestry: Economic aspects of woodland creation for timber production 5
Hardaker, A. & Healey, J., 2021, 9 t. Woodknowledge Wales in association with Bangor University.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall
- Cyhoeddwyd
Evaluating the financial costs of forestry: Economic aspects of woodland creation for timber production 2
Hardaker, A. & Healey, J., 2021, 9 t. Woodknowledge Wales in association with Bangor University.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall
- Cyhoeddwyd
Financial evaluation of afforestation projects - basic steps: Economic aspects of woodland creation for timber production 1
Hardaker, A. & Healey, J., 2021, 11 t. Woodknowledge Wales in association with Bangor University.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall
- Cyhoeddwyd
Incorporating uncertainty and risk into forestry financial evaluations: Economic aspects of woodland creation for timber production 6
Hardaker, A. & Healey, J., 2021, 11 t. Woodknowledge Wales in association with Bangor University.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall
- 2020
- Cyhoeddwyd
Combining Seed Dressing and Foliar Applications of Phosphorus Fertilizer Can Give Similar Crop Growth and Yield Benefits to Soil Applications Together With Greater Recovery Rates
Talboys, P., Healey, J., Withers, P., Roose, T., Edwards, A., Pavinato, P. S. & Jones, D. L., 4 Rhag 2020, Yn: Frontiers in Agronomy. 2, 10.3389/fagro.2020.605655 .Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Secondary forests offset less than 10% of deforestation-mediated carbon emissions in the Brazilian Amazon
Smith, C., Espirito-Santo, F., Healey, J., Young, P., Lennox, G., Ferreira, J. & Barlow, J., Rhag 2020, Yn: Global Change Biology. 26, 12, t. 7006-7020 15 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP): ERAMMP Report-32: National Forest in Wales - Evidence Review. Report to Welsh Government (Contract C210/2016/2017)
Beauchamp, K., Jenkins, T., Alison, J., Bathgate, S., Bell, C., Braban, C. F., Broome, A., Bursnell, M., Burton, V., Dickie, I. A., Doick, K. J., Evans, C. D., Fitch, A., Griffiths, R., Hall, C., Healey, J., Jones, L., Keith, A. M., Kerr, G., Kuyer, J., Maskell, L. C., Matthews, R. W., Morison, J., Nicoll, B., Nisbet, T., O'Brien, L., Old, G. H., Pagella, T., Perks, M. P., Robinson, D. A., Saraev, V., Smart, S. M., Smith, A., Siriwardena, G. M., Swetnam, R. D., Thomas, A. R. C., Tye, A., Valatin, G., Warren-Thomas, E., Wong, J. & Emmett, B. A., 28 Awst 2020, 46 t. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology .Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall
- Cyhoeddwyd
Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP): ERAMMP Report 32: National Forest in Wales - Evidence Review: Annex 7, Integrated Assessment. Report to Welsh Government (Contract C210/2016/2017).
Emmett, B. A., Healey, J., Warren-Thomas, E. & Wong, J., 28 Awst 2020, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology . 14 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
When nature meets the divine: effect of prohibition regimes on the structure and tree-species composition of sacred forests in Northern Greece
Marini Govigli, V., Healey, J., Wong, J., Stara, K., Tsiakiris, R. & Halley, J., 7 Awst 2020, Yn: Web Ecology. 20, 2, t. 53-86 48 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Agroforestry in Wales
Pagella, T. & Healey, J., 31 Maw 2020, Bangor: Bangor University, t. 65-105.Allbwn ymchwil: Papur gweithio › Papur Gwaith
- Cyhoeddwyd
Analysis of the viability of “land sparing” and “land sharing” strategies for commercial woodland expansion within Wales
Wiik, E., Pagella, T., Healey, J., Stephen, B., McKay, H. & Jenkins, T., 31 Maw 2020, Bangor: Bangor University.Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn
- Cyhoeddwyd
The effect of forest management options on forest resilience to pathogens
Roberts, M., Gilligan, C., Kleczkowski, A., Hanley, N., Whalley, E. & Healey, J., 10 Chwef 2020, Yn: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 45 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- 2019
- Cyhoeddwyd
How do hedgerows influence soil organic carbon stock in livestock-grazed pasture?
Ford, H., Healey, J. R., Webb, B., Pagella, T. F. & Smith, A. R., 31 Rhag 2019, Yn: Soil Use and Management. 35, 4, t. 576-584Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Linking construction timber carbon storage with land use and forestry management practices
Forster, E., Healey, J., Dymond, C., Nwman, G., Davies, G. & Styles, D., 28 Hyd 2019, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. IOP Publishing, Cyfrol 323. 11 t. 012142. (IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science; Cyfrol 323, Rhif 1).Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Cyfraniad i Gynhadledd › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Reconstructing the effects of hurricanes over 155 years on the structure and diversity of trees in two tropical montane rainforests in Jamaica
McLaren, K., Luke, D., Tanner, E., Bellingham, P. J. & Healey, J., 15 Hyd 2019, Yn: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 276-277, 21 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Report 10b: Considerations for the new scheme. Report to Welsh Government (Contract C210/2016/2017).
Emmett, B. A., Alison, J., Braban, C., Dickie, I., Gunn, I. D. M., Healey, J., Jenkins, T., Jones, L., Keenleyside, C. B., Martineau, A. H., Newell-Price, P., Old, G. H., Pagella, T., Siriwardena, G. M., Williams, A. G., Williams, P. & Williams, J. R., 10 Gorff 2019, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology . 23 t. (Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP): Sustainable Farming Scheme Evidence Review. )Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn
- Cyhoeddwyd
Technical Annex 4: Building ecosystem resilience. Report to Welsh Government (Contract C210/2016/2017).
Keenleyside, C. B., Beaufoy, G., Alison, J., Gunn, I. D. M., Healey, J., Jenkins, T., Pagella, T. & Siriwardena, G. M., 10 Gorff 2019, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology . 59 t. (Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP) - Sustainable Farming Scheme Evidence Review (WP11), Technical Annexes)Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn
- Cyhoeddwyd
Integrated Analysis. Report 10a:Integrated Analysis. Report to Welsh Government (Contract C210/2016/2017).
Emmett, B. A., Alison, J., Braban, C., Dickie, I., Gunn, I. D. M., Healey, J., Jenkins, T., Jones, L., Keenleyside, C. B., Lewis-Reddy, E., Martineau, A. H., Newell-Price, J. P., Old, G. H., Pagella, T., Siriwardena, G. M., Williams, A. P. & Williams, J. R., 8 Gorff 2019, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology . 27 t. ( Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP): Sustainable Farming Scheme Evidence Review)Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn
- Cyhoeddwyd
Development of forestry at Bangor University: An international dimension
Healey, J. & Walmsley, J., Gorff 2019, Yn: Chartered Forester. 2019, Summer, t. 10-12 3 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl