John King
Professor
Biltmore Hall (Robertson Wing) 1019A
Bio
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
Area(s) of Expertise
Tree Physiology
Publications
- Aquaporins, and not changes in root structure, provide new insights into physiological responses to drought, flooding, and salinity , JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY (2021)
- Effects of land-use change and drought on decadal evapotranspiration and water balance of natural and managed forested wetlands along the southeastern US lower coastal plain , AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY (2021)
- Heterotrophic Respiration and the Divergence of Productivity and Carbon Sequestration , GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS (2021)
- Productivity of low-input short-rotation coppice American sycamore ( Platanus occidentalis L.) grown at different planting densities as a bioenergy feedstock over two rotation cycles , BIOMASS & BIOENERGY (2021)
- An improved method for quantifying total fine root decomposition in plantation forests combining measurements of soil coring and minirhizotrons with a mass balance model , TREE PHYSIOLOGY (2020)
- Long-term carbon flux and balance in managed and natural coastal forested wetlands of the Southeastern USA , AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY (2020)
- Spatial heterogeneity in CO2, CH4, and energy fluxes: insights from airborne eddy covariance measurements over the Mid-Atlantic region , ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (2020)
- Spectral evidence for substrate availability rather than environmental control of methane emissions from a coastal forested wetland , AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY (2020)
- Tidal Wetland Gross Primary Production Across the Continental United States, 2000-2019 , GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES (2020)
- Coastal wetland resilience to climate variability: A hydrologic perspective , JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY (2019)