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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Sustainable post-industrial land restoration and recreation of high biodiversity natural habitats
Williamson, J. C., Rowe, E. C., Healey, J. R., Jones, D. L., Holliman, P. J. & Nason, M. A., 1 Jan 2002.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Sustainable nutrient management at field, farm and regional level: Soil testing, nutrient budgets and the trade-off between lime application and greenhouse gas emissions
Gibbons, J. M., Williamson, J. C., Williams, A. P., Withers, P. J., Hockley, N., Harris, I. A., Hughes, J. W., Taylor, R. L., Jones, D. L. & Healey, J. R., 15 Apr 2014, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 188, p. 48-56Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Struvite: a slow-release fertiliser for sustainable phosphorus management?
Withers, P. J., Talboys, P. J., Heppell, J., Roose, T., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. L., 1 Apr 2016, In: Plant and Soil. 401, 1, p. 109-123Research 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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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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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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Sparing forests in Central Africa: re-use old logging roads to avoid creating new ones
Kleinschroth, F., Healey, J. R. & Gourlet-Fleury, S., 2 Feb 2016, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 14, 1, p. 9-10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Soil functioning in natural and restored systems on slate waste.
Williamson, J. C., Jones, D. L., Bardgett, R. D., Hobbs, P. J., Rowe, E. C., Nason, M. A. & Healey, J. R., 18 Dec 2001.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Soil functioning in natural and planted woodlands on slate waste
Williamson, J. C., Jones, D. L., Rowe, E. C., Healey, J. R., Bardgett, R., Hobbs, P., Moore, H. M. (Editor), Fox, H. R. (Editor) & Elliott, S. (Editor), 1 Jan 2003, Land Reclamation: Extending the Boundaries. 2003 ed. Taylor & Francis, p. 315-318Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Soil functioning in natural and planted woodlands on slate waste
Williamson, J. C., Jones, D. L., Rowe, E. C., Healey, J. R., Bardgett, R., Hobbs, P., Moore, H. M. (Editor), Fox, H. R. (Editor) & Elliott, S. (Editor), 1 Jan 2003, Land reclamation. 2003 ed. Swets & Zeitlinger, p. 315-318Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Soil fertility under Calliandra calothyrsus hedgerows and other land-use treatments following forest clearance in Jamaica.
McDonald, M. A., Stevens, P. A. & Healey, J. R., 1 Feb 2003, In: Agroforestry Systems. 57, 2, p. 127-135Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sink or source—The potential of coffee agroforestry systems to sequester atmospheric CO2 into soil organic carbon
Noponen, M. A., Healey, J. R., Soto, G. & Haggar, J. P., 12 Jun 2013, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 175, p. 60-68Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seedling Identification: a Guide to the Tree Species of Mount Cameroon
Fraser, P. J., Healey, J. & Ndam, N., 1999, Bangor: University of Wales Bangor. 531 p. (SAFS Publication; no. 11)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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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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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
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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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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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Revenue from forestry enterprises: Economic aspects of woodland creation for timber production 3
Hardaker, A. & Healey, J., 1 Mar 2021, 8 p. Woodknowledge Wales in association with Bangor University.Research output: Other contribution
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Restoring habitats of high conservation value after quarrying: best practice manual
Williamson, J. C., Rowe, E. C., Rendell, T., Healey, J. R., Jones, D. L., Holliman, P. J. & Nason, M. A., 1 Jan 2003, University of Wales, Bangor, Institute of Environmental Science.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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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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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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Research needs for the ecology of natural regeneration of seasonally dry tropical forests in Southeast Asia.
Hardwick, K. A., Healey, J. R., Blakesley, D., Elliott, S. (Editor), Kerby, J. (Editor), Woods, K. (Editor) & Anusarnsunthorn, V. (Editor), 1 Jan 2000, Forest Restoration for Wildlife Conservation. 2000 ed. International Tropical Timber Organisation, p. 165-180Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Research needs for restoring seasonal tropical forests in Thailand: accelerated natural regeneration.
Hardwick, K., Healey, J. R., Elliott, S. & Blakesley, D., 1 May 2004, In: New Forests. 27, 3, p. 285-302Research 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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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
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Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+): Transaction Costs of Six Peruvian Projects
Thompson, O. R., Paavola, J., Healey, J. R., Jones, J. P. G., Baker, T. R. & Torres, J., 1 Mar 2013, In: Ecology and Society. 18, 1, p. article 17Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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Recycling of wood ash to forests in North Wales, UK.
Walmsley, J. D., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. L., 30 May 2006, p. 347-351.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Recycling of wood ash to forests in North Wales, UK.
Walmsley, J. D., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jan 2006, Proceedings of Second World Bioenergy Conference, 30 May-1 June 2006, Jönköping, Sweden. 2006 ed. Swedish Bioenergy Association, p. 347-351Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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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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Recycling of Wood Ash to Forests in the UK
Walmsley, J. D., Jones, D. L. & Healey, J. R., 1 Sept 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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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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 Oct 2019, In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 276-277, 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Re-creating a woodland and heathland on slate waste in Wales
Williamson, J. C., Rowe, E. C., Rendell, T., Healey, J. R., Jones, D. L., Holliman, P. J. & Nason, M. A., 9 Jun 2002, p. 449-458.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Ranks, counts and scores as a means of quantifying local biodiversity values.
Wong, J., Ambrose-Oji, B., Lawrence, A., Lysinge, R. & Healey, J. R., 1 Jan 2002Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
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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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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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Pricing carbon retention by means of reduced impact logging: a case study from East Malaysia.
Tay, J., Healey, J. R. & Price, C., 1 Jan 2000.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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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Predicting species response to disturbance from size class distributions of adults and saplings in a Jamaican tropical dry forest.
McLaren, K. P., McDonald, M. A., Hall, J. B. & Healey, J. R., 1 Nov 2005, In: Plant Ecology. 181, 1, p. 69-84Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plant succession on the 1922 lava flow of Mount Cameroon
Fraser, P., Banks, H., Brodie, S., Cheek, M., Dawson, S., Healey, J., Marsden, J., Ndam, N., Nning, J. & McRobb, A., 1999, African Plants: Biodiversity, Taxonomy and Uses: Proceedings of the 1997 AGTFAT Congress, Harare, Zimbabwe. Timberlake, J. & Kativu, S. (eds.). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, p. 253-262Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Plant recovery on the 1922 and 1959 lava flows on Mount Cameroon, Cameroon.
Ndam, N., Healey, J. R., Cheek, M. & Fraser, P., 1 Jan 2002, In: Systematics and Geography of Plants. 71, 2, p. 1023-1032Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Physical and chemical characteristics of composted wastes can be altered to make them suitable for large scale habitat creation
Nason, M. A., Tandy, S., Williamson, J. C., Farrell, M., Healey, J. R., Jones, D. L., Vegh, B. (Editor) & Royle, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, Proceedings of Waste 2006: sustainable waste and resource management, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. 2006 ed. The Waste Conference Limited, p. 739-744Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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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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Payment for multiple forest benefits alters the effect of tree disease on optimal forest rotation length
Macpherson, M., Kleczkowski, A., Healey, J. & Hanley, N., Apr 2017, In: Ecological Economics. 134, p. 82-94Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pathogen survival patterns in waste-derived composts destined for land restoration
Williamson, J. C., Holmberg, J., Nason, M. A., Tandy, S., Jones, R., Healey, J. R. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jan 2006, p. 733-738.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Pathogen survival patterns in waste-derived composts destined for land restoration
Williamson, J. C., Holmberg, J., Nason, M. A., Tandy, S., Jones, R., Healey, J. R., Jones, D. L., Vegh, B. (Editor) & Royle, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, Proceedings of Waste 2006: sustainable waste and resource management, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. 2006 ed. The Waste Conference Limited, p. 733-738Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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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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Participatory biodiversity evaluation in tropical forests.
Wong, J. L., Ambrose-Oji, B., Lawrence, A., Lysinge, R., Ebong, H., Fraser, P. J., Healey, J. R., Hall, J. B., Ndam, N. & Binggeli, P. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, p. 19-25.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper