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)
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
- Accepted/In press
Temperate forests can deliver future wood demand and climate-change mitigation dependent on afforestation and circularity
Forster, E., Styles, D. & Healey, J., 14 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Nature Communications.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review