Professor John Healey
Professor of Forest Sciences

Affiliations
Links
- http://seec.bangor.ac.uk/index.php.en
Smart Efficient Energy Centre: a £7M research centre working across three low carbon energy sectors: ocean energy, nuclear energy, and energy efficient structures. - http://www.envision-dtp.org/
Envision: Developing next generation leaders in environmental science: A NERC Doctoral Training Partnership between Lancaster, Bangor and Nottingham Universities, Rothamsted Research, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, and British Geological Survey. - http://www.nrn-lcee.ac.uk/multi-land/
Multi-Land: Enhancing Agricultural Productivity and Ecosystem Service Resilience in Multifunctional Landscapes. A research cluster of the National Research Network for Low Carbon, Energy and Environment - http://iwpt.bangor.ac.uk/
Invasive Woody Plants in the Tropics: The Invasive Woody Plants in the Tropics research group, based at the University of Wales, Bangor, UK, has undertaken two major field studies in Jamaica and Tanzania, together with a global review of invasions resulting in a comprehensive database, an analysis of common characteristics and recommendations for management and control. - http://cefnconwy.bangor.ac.uk/
Cefn Conwy: The CEFN Conwy project is designed to enhance the technical knowledge and environmental management skills of farmers in rural Conwy - http://darwin.bangor.ac.uk/biodiversity-ethiopia/
Biodiversity conservation of ancient church and monastery yards in Ethiopia - http://darwin.bangor.ac.uk/index.html
Building Nicaraguan and Costa Rican capacity in biodiversity conservation: The homepage of the Darwin Initiative project 'Building Nicaraguan and Costa Rican capacity in biodiversity conservation'. - http://ies.bangor.ac.uk/TWIRLS/index.php.en
TWIRLS: Treating Waste for Restoring Land Sustainability: A European Commission LIFE-Environment project targeting the restoration of degraded land using locally sourced waste materials.
Contact info
Thoday Building, room S7Email: j.healey@bangor.ac.uk
Tel: 01248 383703 (from U.K.)
+44 1248 383703 (International)
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Conservation of the Ethiopian church forests: threats, opportunities and implications for their management
Aerts, R., Van Overtveld, K., Wassie, A., Abiyu, A., Demissew, S., Daye, D. D., Giday, K., Haile, M., TewoldeBerhan, S., Teketay, D., Teklehaimanot, Z., Binggeli, P., Deckers, S., Friis, I., Gratzer, G., Hermy, M., Sterck, F. J., Muys, B., Bongers, F. & Healey, J. R., 13 Feb 2016, In: Science of the Total Environment. 551-552, p. 404-414Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Obtaining local values for biodiversity: protocols used by the ERP Mount Cameroon Project.
Ambrose-Oji, B., Lawrence, A., Wong, J., Lysinge, R., Fraser, P., Hall, J. B., O'Connor, J. & Healey, J. R., 7 Jan 2002, p. 18.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Quantifying the conservation value of sacred natural sites
Avtzis, D., Healey, J., Wong, J. & Halley, J., 1 Jun 2018, In: Biological Conservation. 222, p. 95-103Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How can ecologists help realise the potential of payments for carbon in tropical forest countries?
Baker, T. R., Jones, J. P. G., Rendón Thompson, O. R., Román Cuesta, R. M., Del Castillo, D., Aguilar, I. C., Torres, J. & Healey, J. R., 1 Dec 2010, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 47, 6, p. 1159-1165Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 6, 26 p., e0267385.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predicting the spatial expansion of an animal population with presence-only data
Barton, O., Healey, J., Cordes, L., Davies, A. & Shannon, G., Nov 2023, In: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 11, p. e10778 e10778.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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Hurricane disturbance accelerates invasion by the alien tree Pittosporum undulatum in Jamaican rain forests.
Bellingham, P. J., Tanner, E. V. & Healey, J. R., 1 Dec 2005, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 16, 6, p. 675-684Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Damage and responsiveness of Jamaican montane tree species after disturbance by a hurricane
Bellingham, P. J., Tanner, E. V. J. & Healey, J., 1995, In: Ecology. 76, 8, p. 2562-2580Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sprouting of trees in Jamaican montane forests after a hurricane
Bellingham, P. J., Tanner, E. V. J. & Healey, J., 1994, In: Journal of Ecology. 82, 4, p. 747-758Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hurricanes need not cause high mortality: the effects of Hurricane Gilbert on forests in Jamaica
Bellingham, P. J., Kapos, V., Varty, N., Healey, J., Tanner, E. V. J., Kelly, D. L., Dalling, J. W., Burns, L. S., Lee, D. & Sidrak, G., 1992, In: Journal of Tropical Ecology. 8, 2, p. 217-223Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Endemic trees in a tropical biodiversity hotspot imperilled by an invasive tree
Bellingham, P. J., Tanner, E. V. J., Martin, P. H., Healey, J. & Burge, O. R., Jan 2018, In: Biological Conservation. 217, 1, p. 47-53Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Invasive woody plants in the tropics: a growing concern.
Binggeli, P., Hall, J. B. & Healey, J. R., 18 Dec 2002.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Invasive woody plants in tropical Africa.
Binggeli, P., Hall, J. B., Healey, J. R. & Hamilton, A. C., 1 Jan 2004, 2004 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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An overview of invasive woody plants in the tropics
Binggeli, P., Hall, J. & Healey, J., 1998, University of Wales Bangor. 83 p. (SAFS Publication; no. 13)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Invasive woody plants
Binggeli, P., Hall, J. & Healey, J., 2004, The Overstorey Book: Cultivating Connections with Trees . Elevitch, C. R. (ed.). Second ed. Holualoa, Hawai’i, USA: Permanent Agricultural Resources, p. 383-388Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The evidence base for community forest management as a mechanism for supplying global environmental benefits and improving local welfare.
Bowler, D., Buyung-Ali, L., Healey, J., Jones, J. P. G., Knight, T. & Pullin, A., 2010, In: Environmental Evidence. SR48.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does community forest management provide global environmental benefits and improve local welfare? Does community forest management provide global environmental benefits and improve local welfare?
Bowler, D., Buyung-Ali, L., Healey, J. R., Jones, J. P. G., Pullin, A. S. & Knight, T. M., 26 Sept 2011, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10, 1, p. 29-36Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The evidence base for community forest management as a mechanism for supplying gloval environmental benefits and improving local welfare
Bowler, D., Buyung-Ali, L. M., Healey, J. R., Jones, J. P. G., Knight, T. & Pullin, A. S., 16 Apr 2010, The Collaboration for Environmental Evidence.Research output: Other contribution
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How do draining and re-wetting affect carbon stores and greenhouse gas fluxes in peat soils? Systematic Review
Bussell, J., Jones, D., Healey, J. & Pullin, A., 2010, In: Environmental Evidence. SR49.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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How do draining and re-wetting affect carbon stores and greenhouse gas fluxes in peat soils?
Bussell, J., Jones, D. L., Healey, J. R. & Pullin, A. S., 25 Sept 2010, The Collaboration for Environmental Evidence.Research output: Other contribution
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How do draining and re-wetting affect carbon stores and greenhouse gas fluxes in peat soils?
Bussell, J. A., Jones, D. L., Healey, J. R. & Pullin, A. S., 1 Jan 2008.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Evaluation of Forest Recovery over Time and Space Using Permanent Plots Monitored over 30 Years in a Jamaican Montane Rain Forest
Chai, S. L., Healey, J. R. & Tanner, E. V., 14 Nov 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 11, p. e48859Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Sept 2023, In: Journal of Ecology. 111, 10, p. 2118-2133 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ecology and distribution of neotropical Podocarpaceae
Dalling, J. W., Barkan, P., Bellingham, P. J., Healey, J. R. & Tanner Edmund, V. J., 14 Oct 2011, In: Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 95, p. 43-56Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effects of variation in management objectives on responses to invading diseases under uncertainty: Forest Pathogens
Dangerfield, C., Whalley, E., Hanley, N., Healey, J. & Gilligan, C., 18 Apr 2018, 92nd Annual Conference, Agricultural Economics Society, Warwick University, Coventry, UK, 16-18 April, 2018. 40 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Impacts of land-use change on sacred forests at the landscape scale
Daye, D. D. & Healey, J. R., 12 Jan 2015, In: Global Ecology and Conservation. 3, p. 349–358Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum L. kuhn) promotes an open nitrogen cycle in heathland soils
DeLuca, T. H., Zewdie, S. A., Zackrisson, O., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. L., Jun 2013, In: Plant and Soil. 367, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effects of logging on forest stand structure and tree communities in the area of a new nacional wildlife refuge, Costa Rica.
Delgado, D., Finegan, B., Gormley, L., Healey, J. R., Solano, D. & Zamora, N., 1 Jan 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Isolated trees as nuclei of regeneration in tropical pastures: testing the importance of niche-based and landscape factors
Derroire, G., Coe, R. & Healey, J. R., 27 Jul 2016, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 27, 4, p. 679-691Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Resilience of tropical dry forests – a meta-analysis of changes in species diversity and composition during secondary succession
Derroire, G., Balvanera, P., Castellanos-Castro, C., Decocq, G., Kennard, D. K., Lebrija-Trejos, E., Leiva, J. A., Oden, P., Powers, J. S., Rico-Gray, V., Tigabu, M. & Healey, J. R., Oct 2016, In: Oikos. 125, 10, p. 1386-1397Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Effects of Established Trees on Woody Regeneration during Secondary Succession in Tropical Dry Forests
Derroire, G., Tigabu, M., Oden, P. C. & Healey, J. R., 1 May 2016, In: Biotropica. 48, 3, p. 290-300Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Contrasting patterns of leaf trait variation among and within species during tropical dry forest succession in Costa Rica
Derroire, G., Powers, J., Hulshof, C., Cardenas Varela, L. & Healey, J., 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 285.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of fragmented sacred forests in biodiversity conservation in the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia
Desissa, D. & Healey, J., 1 Dec 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Sacred groves in the Gamo Highlands of southern Ethiopia: biocultural values and threats
Desissa, D. & Healey, J. R., 1 Jun 2012, In: Langscape. 2, 11, p. 44-47Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Form and function in montane trees: leaf and wood traits correlate with tolerance of shade and low soil fertility.
Easdale, T. A., Gurvich, D. E. & Healey, J. R., 1 Jan 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Tree life histories in a montane subtropical forest: species differ independently by shade-tolerance, turnover rate and substrate preference.
Easdale, T. A., Healey, J. R., Grau, H. R. & Malizia, A., 1 Nov 2007, In: Journal of Ecology. 95, 6, p. 1234-1249Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tree morphology in seasonally dry montane forest in Argentina: relationships with shade tolerance and nutrient shortage.
Easdale, T. A., Gurvich, D. E., Sersic, A. N. & Healey, J. R., 1 Jun 2007, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 18, 3, p. 313-326Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Resource-use related traits correlate with population turnover rates, but not stem diameter growth rates, in 29 subtropical montane tree species.
Easdale, T. A. & Healey, J. R., 1 Jan 2009, In: Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 11, 3, p. 203-218Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jul 2019, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology . 23 p. (Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP): Sustainable Farming Scheme Evidence Review. )Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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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 Jul 2019, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology . 27 p. ( Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP): Sustainable Farming Scheme Evidence Review)Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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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 Aug 2020, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology . 14 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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Modification of fertility of soil materials for restoration of acid grassland habitat.
Farrell, M., Healey, J. R., Godbold, D. L., Nason, M. A., Tandy, S. & Jones, D. L., 12 Mar 2010, In: Restoration Ecology. 19, 4, p. 509-519Research 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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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 Jul 2023, In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 10, 1, p. 39-55 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Feb 2021, In: Ecography. 44, 2, p. 188-198 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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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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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 Jan 2021, In: Geoderma. 382, 114697.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Can temperate forests deliver future wood demand and climate mitigation?
Forster, E., Healey, J. & Styles, D., 14 Dec 2023, In: Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3681726/v1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article