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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The reliability of evidence review methodology in environmental science and conservation
O'Leary, B., Kvist, K., Bayliss, H. R., Derroire, G., Healey, J., Hughes, K., Kleinschroth, F., Sciberras, M., Woodcock, P. & Pullin, A., 1 Oct 2016, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 64, p. 75-82Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Participatory research in degraded Miombo Forest at Kitulangalo, Tanzania.
Obiri, J., Healey, J. R. & Hall, J. B., 1 Jan 2002, 2002 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Disturbance, grasses and pioneer trees in regenerating Tanzanian dry tropical forest.
Obiri, J., Healey, J. R., Hall, J. B., Chamshama, S. & Mugasha, A., 26 Jun 2003.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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The effect of fire and weeking.
Obiri, J., Healey, J. R. & Hall, J. B., 1 Jan 2004, 2004 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Composition, structure and regeneration of Miombo Forest at Kitulangalo, Tanzania.
Obiri, J., Healey, J. R. & Hall, J. B., 1 Jan 2002, 2002 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Species representation in the soil seed bank.
Obiri, J., Healey, J. R. & Hall, J. B., 1 Jan 2004, 2004 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Degradation, species invasion and management in Tanzanian dry forest: what do local people say?
Obiri, J., Healey, J. R. & Hall, J. B., 1 Jan 2004, 2004 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Composition, structure and regeneration of miombo forest at Kitulangalo, Tanzania
Obiri, J., Hall, J. & Healey, J., 4 Aug 2010, Degraded forests in Eastern Africa: Management and Restoration. Bongers, F. & Tennigkeit, T. (eds.). London: Earthscan, p. 109-122 (The Earthscan Forest Library).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Degradation, species invasion and management in Tanzanian dry forests: what do local people say?
Obiri, J., Hall, J. & Healey, J., 4 Aug 2010, Degraded forests in Eastern Africa: Management and Restoration. Bongers, F. & Tennigkeit, T. (eds.). London: Earthscan, p. 305-321 (The Earthscan Forest Library).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Improving reintroduction success in large carnivores through individual-based modelling: how to reintroduce Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) to Scotland
Ovenden, T., Palmer, S., Travis, J. & Healey, J., 1 Jun 2019, In: Biological Conservation. 234, p. 140-153Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The potential for lynx reintroduction to Scotland: Innovative modelling provides robust scientific evidence to inform decision making
Ovenden, T., Palmer, S., Travis, J. & Healey, J., May 2019, University of Stirling. 3 p. (University of Stirling Policy Brief)Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
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Agroforestry in Wales
Pagella, T. & Healey, J., 31 Mar 2020, Bangor: Bangor University, p. 65-105.Research output: Working paper
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North West Coastal Arc: Partnership for Clean and Sustainable Growth: A Science and Innovation Audit Report sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Paul, N., Williams, D., Jones (contributor), B. & Healey (contributor), J., 8 Mar 2019, 96 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Ash dieback in woodland nature reserves
Peterken, G., Cracknell, D., Beamish, C. & Healey, J., May 2024, British Wildlife, 2024, May, p. 429 435 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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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 Jun 2021, Llandudno Junction: Welsh Government. 132 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Comparative effectiveness of silvicultural interventions for increasing timber production and sustaining conservation values in natural tropical production Forests: A systematic review protocol
Petrokofsky, G., Sist, P., Blanc, L., Doucet, J.-L., Finegan, B., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Healey, J., Livoreil, B., Nasi, R., Peña-Claros, M., Putz, F. E. & Zhou, W., 15 Apr 2015, In: Environmental Evidence. 4, 8.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recycling of Wood Ash to Forests: Application to PAWS Sites
Pitman, R., Walmsley, J. D., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. L., 1 Sept 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Recycling of Wood Ash to Forests: Application to PAWS Sites
Pitman, R., Walmsley, J. D., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. A., 1 Sept 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Diversity enhances carbon storage in tropical forests
Poorter, L., van der Sande, M. T., Thompson, J., Arets, E. J., Alarcón, A., Álvarez-Sánchez, J., Ascarrunz, N., Balvanera, P., Barajas-Guzmán, G., Boit, A., Bongers, F., Carvalho, F. A., Casanoves, F., Cornejo-Tenorio, G., Costa, F. R., de Castilho, C. V., Duivenvoorden, J. F., Dutrieux, L. P., Enquist, B. J., Fernández-Méndez, F., Finegan, B., Gormley, L., Healey, J. R., Hoosbeek, M. R., Ibarra-Manríquez, G., Junqueira, A. B., Levis, C., Licona, J. C., Lisboa, L. S., Magnusson, W. E., Martínez-Ramos, M., Martínez-Yrizar, A., Martorano, L. G., Maskell, L. C., Mazzei, L., Meave, J. A., Mora, F., Muñoz, R., Nytch, C., Pansonato, M. P., Parr, T. W., Paz, H., Pérez-García, E. A., Rentería, L. Y., Rodríguez-Velazquez, J., Rozendaal, D. M., Ruschel, A. R., Sakschewski, B., Salgado-Negret, B., Schietti, J., Simões, M., Sinclair, F. L., Souza, P. F., Souza, F. C., Stropp, J., ter Steege, H., Swenson, N. G., Thonicke, K., Toledo, M., Uriarte, M., van der Hout, P., Walker, P., Zamora, N. & and Peña-Claros, M., 8 Sept 2015, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 24, 11, p. 1314-1328Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The economic effect of reduced impact logging on carbon retention.
Price, C., Tay, J. & Healey, J. R., 1 Jan 2000.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Reduced impact logging and the economic cost of carbon retention.
Price, C., Tay, J. & Healey, J. R., 1 Jan 2001, In: Scandinavian Forest Economics. 37, p. 227-237Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Human well-being impacts of terrestrial protected areas
Pullin, A. S., Bangpan, M., Dalrymple, S., Dickson, K., Haddaway, N. R., Healey, J. R., Hauari, H., Hockley, N., Jones, J. P. G., Knight, T., Vigurs, C. & Oliver, S., 28 Oct 2013, In: Environmental Evidence. 2, p. article 19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Model-aided biosecurity
Quine, C., Hanley, N. & Healey, J., 1 Mar 2018, Chartered Forester, 2018, p. 22-24.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Finding alternatives to swidden agriculture: Does agroforestry improve livelihood options and reduce pressure on existing forest?
Rahman, S. A., Jacobsen, J. B., Healey, J. R., Roshetko, J. M. & Sunderland, T., Feb 2017, In: Agroforestry Systems. 91, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards Productive Landscapes: Trade-offs in Tree-cover and Income across a Matrix of Smallholder Agricultural Land-use Systems
Rahman, S., Sunderland, T., Kshatriya, M., Roshetko, J. M., Pagella, T. & Healey, J., 15 Dec 2016, In: Land Use Policy. 58, December, p. 152-164Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Facilitating smallholder tree farming in fragmented tropical landscapes: Challenges and potentials for sustainable land management
Rahman, S., Sunderland, T., Roshetko, J. M. & Healey, J., Aug 2017, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 198, Part 1, p. 110-121Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tree Culture of Smallholder Farmers Practicing Agroforestry in Gunung Salak Valley, West Java, Indonesia
Rahman, S. A., Sunderland, T., Roshetko, J. M., Basuki, I. & Healey, J., 1 Dec 2016, In: Small-Scale Forestry. 15, 4, p. 433-442Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Criterios e Indicadores Para Proyectos REDD, Proyecto ‘Fortalecimiento de Capacidadades para Pagos por Servicios Ambientales (Carbon y Biodiversidad) en la Amazonia Peruana
Rendón Thompson, O. R., Baker, T. R., Healey, J., Del Castillo, D., Jones, J. P. G. & Román Cuesta, R. M., 2008, University of Leeds. 40 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Roots and rhizospheric soil microbial community responses to tree species mixtures.
Ribbons, R., Del Toro, I., Smith, A., Healey, J., Vesterdal, L. & McDonald, M., Aug 2022, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 176, 104509.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of forest management options on forest resilience to pathogens
Roberts, M., Gilligan, C., Kleczkowski, A., Hanley, N., Whalley, E. & Healey, J., 10 Feb 2020, In: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 45 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accelerating oligotrophic habitat formation on slate waste.
Rowe, E., Williamson, J. C., Jones, D., Nason, M. A. & Healey, J. R., 1 Jan 2000.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Initial tree establishment on blocky quarry waste ameliorated with hydrogel or slate processing fines
Rowe, E. C., Williamson, J. C., Jones, D. L., Holliman, P. J. & Healey, J. R., 1 May 2005, In: Journal of Environmental Quality. 34, 3, p. 994-1003Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Water and nutrient limitations to tree establishment on slate waste.
Rowe, E. C., Williamson, J. C., Jones, D. L. & Healey, J. R., 18 Dec 2001.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Fertilizer application during primary succession changes the structure of plant and herbivore communities.
Rowe, E. C., Healey, J. R., Edwards-Jones, G., Hills, J., Howells, M. & Jones, D. L., 1 Sept 2006, In: Biological Conservation. 131, 4, p. 510-522Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Dec 2023, Silvopastoral systems of Meso America and Northern South America: Chará, J. & Jose, S. (eds) . Chara, J. & Jose, S. (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 279-305Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Public preferences and willingness to pay for forest disease control in the UK
Sheremet, O., Healey, J., Quine, C. & Hanley, N., Sept 2017, In: Journal of Agricultural Economics. 68, 3, p. 781-800Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Nov 2023, In: Environmental Research Letters. 18, 12, 124016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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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 Aug 2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 8, 085009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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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., Dec 2020, In: Global Change Biology. 26, 12, p. 7006-7020 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cattle feed or bioenergy? Consequential life cycle assessment of biogas feedstock options on dairy farms
Styles, D., Gibbons, J., Williams, A. P., Stichnothe, H., Chadwick, D. R. & Healey, J. R., 10 Aug 2015, In: Global Change Biology Bioenergy. 7, 5, p. 1034–1049Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Feed the Crop Not the Soil: Rethinking Phosphorus Management in the Food Chain
Talboys, P., Withers, P. J., Sylvester-Bradley, R., Jones, D. L., Healey, J. R. & Talboys, P. J., 19 May 2014, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 48, 12, p. 6523-6530Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Auxin secretion by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 both stimulates root exudation and limits phosphorus uptake in Triticum aestivium
Talboys, P., Talboys, P. J., Owen, D. W., Healey, J. R., Withers, P. J. & Jones, D. L., 21 Feb 2014, In: BMC Plant Biology. 14, p. 51Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Phosphate depletion modulates auxin transport in Triticum aestivum leading to altered root branching
Talboys, P., Talboys, P. J., Healey, J. R., Withers, P. J. & Jones, D. L., 17 Sept 2014, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 65, 17, p. 5023-5032Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Dec 2020, In: Frontiers in Agronomy. 2, 10.3389/fagro.2020.605655 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Deinking paper fibre application to agricultural land: soil quality enhancer or copper polluter?
Tandy, S., Williamson, J. C., Nason, M. A., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jun 2008, In: Soil Use and Management. 24, 2, p. 217-220Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Heavy metal fractionation during the co-composting of biosolids, deinking paper fibre and green waste.
Tandy, S., Healey, J. R., Nason, M. A., Williamson, J. & Jones, D. L., 1 Sept 2009, In: Bioresource Technology. 100, 18, p. 4220-4226Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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FT-IR as an alternative method for measuring chemical properties during composting
Tandy, S., Healey, J. R., Nason, M. A., Williamson, J. C., Jones, D. L. & Thain, S. C., 1 Jul 2010, In: Bioresource Technology. 101, 14, p. 5431-5436Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Can a mesotropic grassland community be restored on a post-industrial sandy site with compost made from waste materials?
Tandy, S., Wallace, H. L., Jones, D. L., Nason, M. A., Williamson, J. C. & Healey, J. R., Jan 2011, In: Biological Conservation. 144, 1, p. 500-510Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Remediation of metal polluted mine soil with compost: Co-composting versus incorporation.
Tandy, S., Healey, J. R., Nason, M., Williamson, J. & Jones, D., 1 Feb 2009, In: Environmental Pollution. 157, 2, p. 690-697Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review