Professor Andy Smith
Professor of Forest Ecology
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Location: Room 205, Environment Centre Wales, School of Environmental & Natural Sciences, Bangor University
Email: a.r.smith@bangor.ac.uk
Phone:+44 (0)1248 382297
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I research and teach forest ecology, biogeochemistry and plant-soil interactions with emphasis on species diversity and ecosystem function in undisturbed and managed ecosystems. I'm particlarly interested in belowground processes and the study of root biology, mycorrhizal symbiosis, and biogeochemical cycling; subjects that I have researched in a variety of climate change manipulation experiments that include elevated CO2 and climatic extremes (via altered precipitation and temperature regimes) in forest and upland ecosystems. I previously held the positions of Climate Change Impact Scientist at NERCs Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2011-2013), and postdoctoral researcher at Bangor University (2010-2011). In my early career at the Medical Research Council, Cambridge and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge I focused on the development of novel molecular and bioinformatics techniques for the nematode (Caenorhabiditis elegans) and human genome sequencing projects.
I co-direct, with Prof Lui Shuguang, research activities at the Bangor University-Central South University of Forestry and Technology Joint Research Centre in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. I'm the PI of the forest diversity experiment (BangorDiverse) based at the Henfaes Research Centre, Abergwyngregyn that investigates the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function. BangorDiverse is part of the largest network (TreeDivNet) of biodviersity experiments worldwide, and was established in 2004 with 92 plots of alder (Alnus glutinosa L.), birch (Betula pendula Roth.), beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.), sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.), chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.), and oak (Quercus robur L.) planted in monoculture, and two and three species mixtures using a fully replicated (n=4) design. I also manage and conducted research on silvopastoral agroforestry at the Henfaes Research Centre that focuses on the role agroforestry has in sustainably delivering food security whilst maintaining ecological complexity and the provision of ecosystem services (public goods). I lead the nutrient manipulation work package of the large (£3.7M) NERC project (QUINTUS) an investigation of N & P stoichiometry in temperate forests exposed to ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2 at the BIFoR FACE facility. I am a Co-I on the UKRI Treescapes project Understanding Memory of UK Treescapes for Better Resilience and Adaptation (MEMBRA) that is investigating abiotic and biotic stress induced epigenetic changes in trees and whether these changes are passed on to future generations. And I am PI of the Tree Production Innovation Fund project Development of Regenerative Tree Nursery Practice (2023-2025) that is investigating the use of municipal green waste as sustainable source of organic matter for compost use in horticulture. I was the PI of the Sêr Cymru NRN-LCEE research cluster Multi-Land that researched the evidence-base around Enhancement of Agricultural Productivity and Ecosystem Service Resilience in Multifunctional Landscapes.
Research Areas:
- 2020
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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 Aug 2020, 46 p. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology .Research output: Other contribution
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Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP). ERAMMP Report-37: National Forest in Wales - Evidence Review Annex-5: Ecosystem Services. Report to Welsh Government (Contract C210/2016/2017)
Beauchamp, K., O'Brien, L., Hall, C., Swetnam, R. D., Jenkins, T., Doick, K. J., Nisbet, T., Old, G. H., Evans, C. D., Nicoll, B., Jones, L., Braban, C. F., Robinson, D. A., Burton, V., Dickie, I. A., Tye, A., Smith, A., Pagella, T. & Perks, M. P., 28 Aug 2020, 90 p. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology .Research output: Other contribution
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Traits of dominant species and soil properties co -regulate soil microbial communities across land restoration types in a subtropical plateau region of Southwest China
University, Y., China, K., Duan, C., Smith, A. R. & Jones, D. L., 15 Jun 2020, In: Ecological Engineering. 153Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Modified KNN Method for Mapping the Leaf Area Index in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas of China
Jiang, F., Smith, A., Kutia, M., Wang, G., Liu, H. & Sun, H., 10 Jun 2020, In: Remote Sensing. 12, 11, 24 p., 1884.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2019
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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 Dec 2019, In: Soil Use and Management. 35, 4, p. 576-584Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Inland Water Bodies in China: New Features Discovered in the Long-term Satellite Data
Feng, S., Liu, S., Huang, Z., Jing, L., Zhao, M., Peng, X., Yan, W., Wu, Y., Lv, Y., Smith, A., McDonald, M., Patil, S., Sarkissian, A., Shi, Z., Xia, J. & Ogbodo, U. S., 17 Dec 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 116, 51, p. 25491-25496Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tree leaves as supplementary feed for ruminant livestock
Kendall, N., Smith, J., Whistance, L., Stergiadis, S., Stoate, C., Chesshire, H. & Smith, A., 1 Nov 2019, 4 p. Woodland Trust Research BriefingResearch output: Other contribution
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Polyculture affects biomass production of component species but not total standing biomass and soil carbon stocks in a temperate forest plantation
Ahmed, I., Smith, A. & Godbold, D., Sept 2019, In: Annals of Forest Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A generic approach for live prediction of the risk of agricultural field runoff and delivery to watercourses: linking parsimonious soil-water-connectivity models with live weather data APIs in decision tools
Comber, A., Collins, A. L., Haro, D., Hess, T., Zhang, Y., Smith, A. & Turner, A., 4 Jun 2019, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Science to Policy: Impacts of trees on farm ecosystem services
Wiik, E., Toberman, H., Ford, H., Webb, B., Healey, J., Pagella, T., Marley, C. & Smith, A., 19 Mar 2019, Ser Cymru National Research Network for Low Carbon, Energy and Environment. 8 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
- 2018
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Role of substrate supply on microbial carbon use efficiency and its role in interpreting soil microbial community-level physiological profiles (CLPP)
Jones, D. L., Hill, P., Smith, A., Farrell, M., Ge, T. & Murphy, D. V., Aug 2018, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 123, p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How does grazing management influence the functional diversity of oak woodland ecosystems? A plant trait approach.
Ford, H., Healey, J., Markesteijn, L. & Smith, A., 15 Apr 2018, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 258, p. 154-161 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Isotopic methods for non-destructive assessment of carbon dynamics in shrublands under long-term climate change manipulation
Andresen, L., Dominguez, M., Reinsch, S., Smith, A., Schmidt, I. K., Ambus, P., Beier, C., Boeckx, P., Bol, R. & de Dato, G., Apr 2018, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 4, p. 866-880Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
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Inter-annual variability of soil respiration in wet shrublands: do plants modulate its sensitivity to climate?
Dominguez, M., Smith, A., Reinsch, S. & Emmett, B., Jun 2017, In: Ecosystems. 20, 4, p. 796-812Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Response of soil microbial community to afforestation with pure and mixed specie
Gunina, A., Smith, A., Godbold, D., Jones, D. & Kuzyakov, Y., 1 Mar 2017, In: Plant and Soil. 412, 1-2, p. 357-368Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbial uptake and utlization of low molecular weight organic substrates in soil depend on carbon oxidation state
Gunina, A., Smith, A., Jones, D. & Kuzyakov, Y., Mar 2017, In: Biogeochemistry. 133, 1, p. 89-100Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Shrubland primary production and soil respiration diverge along European climate gradient
Reinsch, S., Koller, E., Sowerby, A., de Dato, G., Estiarte, M., Guidolotti, G., Kovács-Láng, E., Kröel-Dulay, G., Lellei-Kovács, E., Larsen, K. S., Liberati, D., Peñuelas, J., Ransijn, J., Robinson, D., Schmidt, I. K., Smith, A., Tietema, A., Dukes, J. S., Beier, C. & Emmett, B., Mar 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 43952.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Contrasting response of summer soil respiration and enzyme activities to long-term warming and drought in a wet shrubland (NE Wales, UK)
Dominguez, M., Holthof, E., Smith, A., Koller, E. & Emmett, B., Feb 2017, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 110, p. 151-155Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2016
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Temperature dependence of soil respiration modulated by thresholds in soil water availability across European shrubland ecosystems
Lellei-Kovács, E., Botta-Dukat, Z., de Dato, G., Estiarte, M., Guidolotti, G., Kopittke, G. R., Kovács-Láng, E., Kröel-Dulay, G., Steeben Larsen, K., Penuelas, J., Smith, A., Sowerby, A., Tietema, A. & Scmidt, I. K., Dec 2016, In: Ecosystems. 19, 8, p. 1460-1477Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trees, water storage and flooding in upland agricultural landscapes: why do we need to know more?
Ford, H., Smith, A., Pagella, T. & Healey, J., 1 Apr 2016, Forestry & Timber News, April 2016, p. 27-28.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Experimental evidence for drought induced alternative stable states of soil moisture.
Robinson, D., Jones, S. B., Lebron, I., Reinsch, S., Dominguez, M., Smith, A., Jones, D., Marshall, M. & Emmett, B., 25 Jan 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 20018 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A dynamic leaf gas-exchange strategy is conserved in woody plants under changing ambient CO2: evidence from carbon isotope discrimination in paleo and CO2 enrichment studies
Voelker, S. L., Brooks, J. R., Meinzer, F. C., Anderson, R., Bader, M. K., Battipaglia, G., Becklin, K. M., Beerling, D., Bert, D., Betancourt, J. L., Dawson, T. E., Domec, J. C., Guyette, R. P., Korner, C., Leavitt, S. W., Linder, S., Marshall, J. D., Mildner, M., Ogee, J., Panyushkina, I., Plumpton, H. J., Pregitzer, K. S., Saurer, M., Smith, A. R., Siedwolf, R. T., Stambaugh, M. C., Talhelm, A. F., Tardif, J. C., Van de Water, P. K., Ward, J. K. & Wingate, L., 4 Jan 2016, In: Global Change Biology. 22, 2, p. 889-902Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2015
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Methods for estimating root biomass and production in forest and woodland ecosystem carbon studies: A review
Addo-Danso, S. D., Prescott, C. E. & Smith, A. R., 9 Sept 2015, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 359, p. 332-351Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations
Verheyen, K., Vanhellemont, M., Auge, H., Baeten, L., Baraloto, C., Barsoum, N., Bilodeau-Gauthier, S., Bruelheide, H., Castagneyrol, B., Godbold, D., Haase, J., Hector, A., Jactel, H., Koricheva, J., Loreau, M., Mereu, S., Messier, C., Muys, B., Nolet, P., Paquette, A., Parker, J., Perring, M., Ponette, Q., Potvin, C., Reich, P., Smith, A. R., Weih, M. & Scherer-Lorenzen, M., 12 Aug 2015, In: AMBIO. 45, 1, p. 29-41Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tree species identity influences the vertical distribution of labile and recalcitrant carbon in a temperate deciduous forest soil
Ahmed, I. U., Smith, A. R., Jones, D. L. & Godbold, D. L., 26 Jul 2015, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 359, p. 352-360Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review