Hyungwoo Lim

My research focuses on investigating complex interactions and feedbacks between forest carbon dynamics and variations of climates and management practices. Specifically, I analyze patterns and mechanisms governing dynamic carbon balances through forest ecosystems.

I design research settings to allow determining links between observed phenomena, underlying mechanisms, and projected consequences. This framework involves at least one of the following processes: elucidating the underlying mechanisms responsible for the observed phenomena; upscaling observations to predict their consequences; informing models with the characterized processes to understand their broader consequences. Throughout this process, I put a strong emphasis on identifying and constraining the scope of inference within the statistical population.

Postdoc. in Silviculture, Jan. 2018-Dec. 2020 SLU Umeå 
Supervisor: Prof. Tomas Lundmark (SLU)

PhD in Biology (Ecophysiology), Dec. 2017 SLU Umeå 
Supervisors: Prof. Torgny Näsholm (SLU); Prof. Ram Oren (Duke Univ.)

H Lim, D Medvigy, A Mäkelä et al. 2024. Overlooked branch turnover creates a widespread bias in forest carbon accounting. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A

*G Baek, *H Lim, NJ Noh, C Kim. 2023. No impact of nitrogen fertilization on carbon sequestration in a temperate Pinus densiflora forest. Scientific Reports *Equal contribution

H Lim, S Jämtgård, R Oren et al. 2022. Organic nitrogen enhances nitrogen nutrition and early growth of Pinus sylvestris seedlings. Tree Physiol

Henriksson N, Lim H, Marshall J et al. 2021. Tree water uptake enhances nitrogen acquisition in a fertilized boreal forest – but not under nitrogen‐poor conditions. New Phytol 

H Lim, CA Alvares, MG Ryan, D Binkley. 2020. Assessing the cross-site and within-site response of potential production to atmospheric demand for water in Eucalyptus plantations. For Ecol Manag

H Lim, R Oren, T Näsholm et al. 2019. Boreal forest biomass accumulation is not increased by two decades of soil warming. Nature Climate Change