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.
Visit the NCSU Tree Physiology Laboratory Website
Courses
FOR 303 – Silvics and Forest Tree Physiology
FOR 503 – Tree Physiology
FOR 575 – Advanced Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
Publications
- Spatial heterogeneity in CO2, CH4, and energy fluxes: insights from airborne eddy covariance measurements over the Mid-Atlantic region (2020)
- Tidal Wetland Gross Primary Production Across the Continental United States, 2000-2019 (2020)
- Coastal wetland resilience to climate variability: A hydrologic perspective (2019)
- Disentangling the Effects of Temperature, Moisture, and Substrate Availability on Soil CO2 Efflux (2019)
- Microtopography Alters Hydrology, Phenol Oxidase Activity and Nutrient Availability in Organic Soils of a Coastal Freshwater Forested Wetland (2019)
- Saltwater reduces potential CO2 and CH4 production in peat soils from a coastal freshwater forested wetland (2019)
- Water Table Drawdown Alters Soil and Microbial Carbon Pool Size and Isotope Composition in Coastal Freshwater Forested Wetlands (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)