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
- Coastal wetland resilience to climate variability: A hydrologic perspective (2019)
- Microtopography Alters Hydrology, Phenol Oxidase Activity and Nutrient Availability in Organic Soils of a Coastal Freshwater Forested Wetland (2019)
- Drought and thinning have limited impacts on evapotranspiration in a managed pine plantation on the southeastern United States coastal plain (2018)
- Microtopography-induced transient waterlogging affects switchgrass (Alamo) growth in the lower coastal plain of North Carolina, USA (2018)
- Understanding coastal wetland hydrology with a new regional-scale, process-based hydrological model (2018)
- Water requirements of short rotation poplar coppice: Experimental and modelling analyses across Europe (2018)
- An Extractive removal step optimized for a high-throughput alpha-cellulose extraction method for delta C-13 and delta O-18 stable isotope ratio analysis in conifer tree rings (2017)
- Hydrology and microtopography control carbon dynamics in wetlands: Implications in partitioning ecosystem respiration in a coastal plain forested wetland (2017)
- Productivity, biomass partitioning, and energy yield of low-input short-rotation American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis L.) grown on marginal land: Effects of planting density and simulated drought (2017)
- Switchgrass growth and pine-switchgrass interactions in established intercropping systems (2017)