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Overview

John Proctor was affiliated with the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom. Their research spanned multiple areas within biological and environmental sciences, with particular attention to genetics, aging, and plant science.

They contributed to the following recent papers:

  • Broadband Futures Forum: Regional Connectivity and Shared Infrastructure in NSW and New Zealand, 2022, Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy
  • An RNAi screen of Rab GTPase genes in Caenorhabditis elegans reveals that morphogenesis has a higher demand than stem cell niche maintenance for rab-1 in the somatic cells of the reproductive system, 2025, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • 351 Effects of sorghum-based finishing diet on semitendinosus and infraspinatus objective and subjective color-stability., 2025, Journal of Animal Science
  • Long-term climate variability in Waikato and Manawatu: Have pasture growth, performance, and resilience conditions changed?, 2025, Journal of New Zealand Grasslands

The scientist had frequent co-authors including:

  • Peter Adams
  • Steve Inglis
  • Noor Singh
  • Kayt Scott
  • Kacy L. Gordon

Common publication venues for their work were:

  • Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Journal of New Zealand Grasslands

John Proctor's research areas included the following subfields:

  • Aging
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science

The main topics addressed in their work covered:

  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Best Publications

  • The Ecology of Serpentine Soils

    John Proctor;Stanley R.J. Woodell

  • The Vegetation of Ultramafic (Serpentine) Soils.

    S. R. J. Woodell;A. J. M. Baker;J. Proctor;R. D. Reeves

  • Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: What Do We Really Know?

    L. A. Bruijnzeel;J. Proctor

  • Tropical rain forest

    John Proctor

  • Ecological studies in four contrasting lowland rain forests in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak I. Forest environment, structure, and floristics

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  • Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystems.

    J. Proctor;H. Lieth;M. J. A. Werger

  • CHANGES IN SOIL NITROGEN-MINERALIZATION AND NITRIFICATION ALONG AN ALTITUDINAL TRANSECT IN TROPICAL RAIN FOREST IN COSTA RICA

    R. H. Marrs;J. Proctor;A. Heaney;M. D. Mountford

  • Vegetation and soil and plant chemistry on ultramafic rocks in the tropical Far East

    John Proctor

  • Why plants grow poorly on very acid soils: are ecologists missing the obvious?

    Petra S. Kidd;John Proctor

  • ECOLOGICAL STUDIES IN FOUR CONTRASTING LOWLAND RAIN FORESTS IN GUNUNG MULU NATIONAL PARK, SARAWAK II. LITTERFALL, LITTER STANDING CROP AND PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON HERBIVORY

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  • Structure and floristics of an old secondary rain forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, and a comparison with adjacent primary forest.

    Francis Q Brearley;Francis Q Brearley;Sukaesih Prajadinata;Petra S Kidd;John Proctor

  • The Ecology of areas with serpentinized rocks : a world view

    J. Proctor;B. A. Roberts

  • Hydrological observations in montane rain forests on Gunung Silam, Sabah, Malaysia, with special reference to the «Massenerhebung» effect

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  • Population genetic structure of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King, Meliaceae) across the Brazilian Amazon, based on variation at microsatellite loci: implications for conservation.

    Maristerra R. Lemes;Maristerra R. Lemes;Rogério Gribel;John Proctor;Dario Grattapaglia;Dario Grattapaglia

  • Toxins, nutrient shortages and droughts: the serpentine challenge

    John Proctor

  • Reproductive phenology over a 10‐year period in a lowland evergreen rain forest of central Borneo

    Francis Q. Brearley;John Proctor;Laszlo Nagy;Gemma Dalrymple

  • Ecological studies on a lowland evergreen rain forest on Maraca Island, Roraima, Brazil, II. Litter and nutrient cycling

    D.A. Scott;J. Proctor;J. Thompson

  • The Ecology of Areas with Serpentinized Rocks

    B. A. Roberts;J. Proctor

  • The Plant Ecology of Serpentine: II. Plant Response to Serpentine Soils

    John Proctor

  • The influence of cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc on the distribution and evolution of metallophytes in the British Isles.

    A. J. M. Baker;J. Proctor

  • Fine Root Dynamics in a Tropical Rain Forest is Influenced by Rainfall

    J. J. Green;L. A. Dawson;J. Proctor;E. I. Duff

  • Ecological studies on a lowland evergreen rain forest on Maraca Island, Roraima, Brazil I. Physical environment, forest structure and leaf chemistry

    J. Thompson;J. Proctor;V. Viana;W. Milliken

  • Primary lowland dipterocarp forest at Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia. Species composition and patterns in the understorey

    D. Mc C. Newbery;E. J. F. Campbell;J. Proctor;M. J. Still

  • Nutrient Cycling in Tropical Forest Ecosystems.

    J. Proctor;C. F. Jordan

  • Mineral Nutrients in Tropical Forest and Savanna Ecosystems.@@@Special Publications Series of the British Ecological Society.

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  • Mineral Nutrients in Tropical Forests and Savanna Ecosystems.

    R. H. Marrs;J. Proctor

  • Nature and Dynamics of Forest-Savanna Boundaries.

    P. A. Stott;P. A. Furley;J. Proctor;J. A. Ratter

Frequent Co-Authors

Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Rob H. Marrs
Rob H. Marrs University of Liverpool
J. A. Ratter
J. A. Ratter Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Francis Q. Brearley
Francis Q. Brearley Manchester Metropolitan University
Dario Grattapaglia
Dario Grattapaglia Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Rogério Gribel
Rogério Gribel National Institute of Amazonian Research
Steward T. A. Pickett
Steward T. A. Pickett Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Peter S. White
Peter S. White University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James R. Anderson
James R. Anderson Kyoto University
Alan J. M. Baker
Alan J. M. Baker University of Queensland

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