John King
Professor
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Biltmore Hall (Robertson Wing) 1019A
Area(s) of Expertise
Tree Physiology
Education
B.S. Environmental Science, Stockton State College (1985)
M.S. Forest Ecology, Duke University (1991)
Ph.D. Forest Ecophysiology, Duke University (1997)
Research Interests
Assessing how the cycling and storage of carbon and water in forested ecosystems are influenced by climate variability, management, genetics, and the interaction of biotic and abiotic stresses; effects of climate warming, drought stress and sea-level rise on forest productivity and resilience to insects and other pests; potential productivity and sustainability of short-rotation woody cropping systems for bioenergy.
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Courses
FOR 303 – Silvics and Forest Tree Physiology
FOR 503 – Tree Physiology
FOR 575 – Advanced Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
Publications
- Effects of forest management on productivity and carbon sequestration: A review and hypothesis (2015)
- Testing DRAINMOD-FOREST for predicting evapotranspiration in a mid-rotation pine plantation (2015)
- Conversion of natural forests to managed forest plantations decreases tree resistance to prolonged droughts (2015)
- Fertilization intensifies drought stress: Water use and stomatal conductance of Pinus taeda in a midrotation fertilization and throughfall reduction experiment (2015)
- Carbon fluxes, storage and harvest removals through 60 years of stand development in red pine plantations and mixed hardwood stands in Northern Michigan, USA (2015)
- Pest pressure, hurricanes, and genotype interact to strongly impact stem form in young loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) along the coastal plain of North Carolina (2014)
- Growth under field conditions affects lignin content and productivity in transgenic Populus trichocarpa with altered lignin biosynthesis (2014)
- Evaluating changes in switchgrass physiology, biomass, and light-use efficiency under artificial shade to estimate yields if intercropped with Pinus taeda L. (2014)
- Gas exchange and stand-level estimates of water use and gross primary productivity in an experimental pine and switchgrass intercrop forestry system on the Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina, USA (2014)
- Systemic control of Nantucket pine tip moth (Rhyacionia frustrana Scudder in Comstock, 1880) enhances seedling vigor, plantation establishment, and early stand-level productivity in Pinus taeda L. (2014)