Staff
Joe Beesley
PhD, BSc
PhD, BSc
My role at in the LUES team covers a range of projects and research topics. I am currently investigating the accessibility of woodlands to different members of the public, producing best practice guidance on woodland creation and management within Local Nature Recovery Strategies and undertaking fieldwork to establish long-term natural colonisation experiments.
Before joining Forest Research, I worked at the Future Trees Trust, a research charity focused on hardwood tree improvement, tree health and forest genetics. Prior to this I completed a PhD in Biochemistry and have enjoyed applying this education to forestry and woodland ecology.
British Ecological Society
Woodland creation and management deliver a wide range of environmental benefits. The extent of those benefits is determined by a range of factors, including the type of woodland, the way it is managed, and its position in the landscape. This Research Note summarises current evidence on how the management, creation, and configuration of woodlands within […]
Understanding and supporting public access to woodlands https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/research/understanding-and-supporting-public-access-to-woodlands/
Ecology of natural colonisation https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/research/natural-colonisation-as-a-strategy-for-woodland-creation-and-expansion/ecology-of-natural-colonisation/
Beesley, J., Stock, O. and Clark, J. (2023) Seed Sourcing and Tree Improvement of Minor Species. Quarterly Journal of Forestry, 117(3), 203–206.
Beesley, J. and Clark, J. (2020) Developments and Opportunities in Broadleaved Tree Improvement. Quarterly Journal of Forestry, 114(3), 178–182.
