Our Research
We are at the forefront of international forestry research. Our team is multidisciplinary and spans the entire breadth of forestry discipline.
We have active research programmes, investigating boreal and tropical forests and everything in between.
Our research work spans the following topics:
- forests and climate change adaption
- mitigation
- deforestation
- biodiversity
- disaster recovery
- food security
- flood protection
- nutrient cyclingÌý
- human wellbeing
- conservation
- the role of forests in recreationÌý
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Excellent facilities for forestry research
Located a short distance from the main University buildings in Bangor are and Henfaes Research Centre - both inspiring facilities used for our teaching and research activities.
Latest news and views
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17 November 2023Naturally regrowing forests are helping to protect the remaining old forests in the Amazon
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8 November 2023Experts predict ‘catastrophic ecosystem collapse’ of UK forests within the next 50 years if action not taken
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31 October 2022
Rural policy makers encouraged to ‘govern like a forest’ in post-Brexit Britain
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30 May 2022Global warming and an intense hurricane combine to drive tree species up tropical mountains towards extinction
Featured researchers
Find out more about some of our researchers. A full list of staff and students can be found below.
Forestry researchers and staff
Professors
- Prof John Healey, Professor of Forest Sciences.
- Prof Morag McDonald, Professor of Ecology & Catchment Management.
- Prof Andy Smith, Professor of Forest Ecology.
Senior Lecturers & Senior Research Fellows
- Dr Norman Dandy, Senior Research Fellow in Sustainable Land Use.
- Dr Farnon Ellwood, Senior Lecturer in Ecology & Conservation.
- Dr Lars Markesteijn, Senior Lecturer in Forest Sciences.
- Dr Tim Pagella, Senior Lecturer in Forestry.
- Dr Mark Rayment, Senior Lecturer in Forestry.
- Dr Fergus Sinclair, Senior Lecturer in Agroforestry.
- Dr James Walmsley, Senior Lecturer in Forestry.
Lecturers & Research Fellows
- Dr Alec Dauncey, Lecturer in Forestry.
- Dr Heli Gittins, Lecturer.
- Dr Ashley Hardaker, Lecturer in Land Management Planning and Economics.
- Dr Eefke Mollee, Lecturer in Agroforestry.
- Dr Tim Peter, Lecturer in Woodland Management.
- Dr Marielle Smith, Lecturer in Forest Sciences.
- Dr Eleanor Warren-Thomas, Lecturer in Conservation & Forestry.
- Dr Bid Webb, Lecturer.
Post-doctoral Researchers
Research Technicians
- Dr Adam Pinder
- Mr Keegan Blazey
- Miss Anna Ray
- Gloria Adeyiga
- Project: Unknown.
- Supervisor: Unknown.
- Jack Aitkin-WilloughbyÌý
- Project: Restoring for a resilient future: Woodland community assembly trajectories in the face of multiple stressors.
- Supervisors: Prof Andy Smith, Prof John Healey, Dr Mike Perring (UKCEH) & Prof Laurence Jones (UKCEH).
- Matt CooperÌý
- Project:ÌýInvestigating the potential of forested lands for natural flood management in Wales.
- Supervisors: Dr Sopan Patil, Prof Andy Smith & Prof Morag McDonald.
- Matilda Edwards
- Project:ÌýEstablishing the relative importance of a rainforest microcosm in oil palm plantations.
- Supervisors: Dr Farnon Ellwood, Prof Andy Smith, Dr Kara Marsden & Dr Sabine Reich (UKCEH).
- Dan Fishburn
- Project: Modulating role of lithology in the response of Mediterranean forest to climate change.
- Supervisors: Dr Lars Markesteijn, Dr Ana ReyÌý & Prof Andy Smith.
- Eilidh Forster
- Project: Unknown.
- Supervisor: Prof John Healey.
- Sam HollickÌý
- Project:ÌýOptimising landscape shelterbelts to sustainably increase farm livestock productivity and build resilience to extreme events.
- Supervisors: Prof Andy Smith & Dr Mark Rayment.
- Daniel Iddon
- Project: Living Soil.
- Supervisors: Prof Andy Smith, Prof Dave Chadwick & Dr Tim Peters.
- Yawo Jonky Tenou
- Project: Unknown.
- Supervisor: Unknown.
- Endri Martini
- Project: Unknown.
- Supervisor: Unknown.
- Tonthoza Uganja
- Project: Unknown.
- Supervisor: Unknown.
- Swati Renduchintala
- Project: Unknown.
- Supervisor: Unknown.
- Harry Skinner
- Project: Unknown.
- Supervisor: Unknown.
- Aulia Soebandhi
- Project: Unknown.
- Supervisor: Unknown.
- Yiting Su
- Project: Tree species identification using optical remote sensing and LiDAR.
- Supervisor: Prof Andy Smith.
- Nisabhat Tonwoot
- Project: Unknown.
- Supervisor: Unknown.
- Catherine Walker
- Project: Unknown.
- Supervisor: Prof John Healey.
- Xingguang Yan
- Project: Estimation of forest ecosystem carbon stocks using remotely sensed data, machine learning and the Google Earth Engine.
- Supervisor: Prof Andy Smith.
Featured projects
Find out about current Forestry projects by reading our project pages and blogs:
Forestry projects
Our projects have global reach, using the diverse expertise of Bangor staff, research students, and collaborators.
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Recent Publications
A selection of recent publications from Forestry researchers is listed here, but for all the latest publications, please check individual researcher pages linked above.
- Plaga, B, Bauhus, J, Gonzalez Pereira, M & Forrester, D 2023, '',ÌýForestry.
- Ning, Y, Liu, S, Qiu, Y, Gao, H, Yuan, W, Lu, Y, Yuan, W & Feng, S 2023, '',ÌýScience of the Total Environment, vol. 863, 160705.Ìý
- Yan, X, Li, J, Yang, D, Ma, T, Su, Y & Shao, J 2023, '',ÌýInternational Journal of Digital Earth, vol. 16, no. 2, 4471-4491.Ìý
- Gao, L, Guo, Y, Lui, B, Guo, Z, Chunnan, F, Zheng, J, Cui, X & Hill, P 2023, '',ÌýGeoderma, vol. 430, no. 116319.Ìý
- Peng, X, Jiang, S, Liu, S, Zhan, Y, Shi, Y, Ning, Y, Feng, S, Gao, H & Wang, Z 2023, '',ÌýScience of the Total Environment, vol. 898, 165515.Ìý
- Forster, E, Newman, G & Styles, D 2023, '',ÌýNature Communications
- Cracknell, D, Peterken, G, Pommerening, A, Lawrence, PÌý& Ìý2023, '',ÌýJournal of Ecology, vol. 111, no. 10, pp. 2118-2133.Ìý
- Ford, H, Gove, JM, Davies, A, Graham, NÌý& Ìý2023, '',ÌýRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation.Ìý
- Smith, C, Barlow, J, Schwartz, N, Young, P & Miranda, L 2023, '',ÌýEnvironmental Research Letters.Ìý
- Vinod, N, Slot, M, McGregor, I, Ordway, E, Taylor, TC, Sack, L, Buckley, T & Anderson-Teixeira, K 2023, '',ÌýNew Phytologist, vol. 237, no. 1, pp. 22-47.Ìý
- Costa, FRC, Schietti, J, Stark, SCÌý2023, '',ÌýNew Phytologist, vol. 237, no. 3, pp. 714-733.Ìý
- , Stark, SC, Taylor, TC, Schietti, J, Almeida, DRA, Aragon, S, Torralvo, K, Lima, A, de Oliveira, G, de Assis, RL, Leitold, V, Pontes-Lopes, A, Scoles, R, de Sousa Vieira, LC, Resende, AF, Coppola, AI, Brandao, DO, Junior, JDAS, Lobato, LF, Freitas, W, Almeida, D, Souza, MS, Minor, DM, Villegas, JC, Law, DJ, Goncalves, N, da Rocha, DG, Guedes, MC, Tonini, H, da Silva, KE, van Haren, J, Rosa, DM, do Valle, DF, Cordeiro, CL, de Lima, NZ, Shao, G, Menor, IO, Conti, G, Florentino, AP, Montti, L, Aragao, LEOC, McMahon, SMM, Parker, GG, Breshears, DD, Da Costa, ACL, Magnusson, WE, Mesquita, R, Camargo, JLC, de Oliveira, RC, de Camargo, PB, Saleska, SR & Nelson, BW 2023, '',ÌýFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 24-32.Ìý
- Donghao Wu, D, Seibold, S, Pietsch, KÌý& Yu, M 2023, '',ÌýSoil Biology and Biochemistry.
- Ìý& van Noordwijk, M 2023, '',ÌýCurrent Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, vol. 65, 101363.Ìý
- Critchley, W, Harari, N, Bern, U & Bern, U 2023, '',ÌýLand, vol. 12, no. 6, 1206.Ìý
- Browne, L, Manzané-Pinzón, E, Wright, SJ, Bagchi, R, Engelbrecht, B, Jones, FA & Comita, LS 2023, '',ÌýFunctional Ecology, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 248-260.Ìý
- Ìý2023, '',ÌýWellbeing, Space & Society, vol. 5, 100160.Ìý
- Ìý2023, '',ÌýWellbeing, Space & Society, vol. 4, 100125.Ìý
- Ìý2023, '',ÌýInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 20, no. 15, 6500.Ìý