Dr. Robert K. Grala

Dr. Robert K. Grala

Title

  • George L. Switzer Professor of Forestry

Contact Information

rkg55@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-7039
Thompson Hall, Rm 343

Overview

Education

  • Iowa State University, Doctor of Philosophy (PHD), Forestry
  • The University of Manchester, Master of Science (MS), Environmental Science
  • Warsaw Agricultural University, Master of Science (MS), Forestry

Research Interests

Forest economics and management
Forest-based community and regional development
Economics of carbon sequestration
Utilization of woody biomass
Valuation of non-market forest goods and services
Agroforestry (windbreak systems)

Website

Publications

Year Publications
2024

Hussain, A., Munn, I. A., Grala, R. K. 2024. Proportion of nonindustrial private forest lands that potentially can be leased to bioenergy enterprises to grow short rotation woody crops. Forest Science 70(1):37-46.

2024

Bhattarai, S., Grala, R. K., Poudyal, N. C., Tanger, S. M., Adhikari, R. 2024. Where we stand on chronic wasting disease: A systematic literature review of its prevalence patterns, impacts, and management interventions. Heliyon 10(11).

2024

Bhattarai, S., Grala, R. K., Poudyal, N. C., Tanger, S. M., Adhikari, R. K. 2024. Where we stand on chronic wasting disease: A systematic literature review of its prevalence patterns, impacts, and management interventions. Heliyon 10(11):e31951.

2023

Nepal, S., McConnell, E., Barefield, D. A., Grala, R. K. 2023. Mississippi USA's timber severance tax apportionments and their economic contributions. Forest Policy and Economics 157(103086).

2023

Resch, B. S., Himes, A., Grado, S. C., Grala, R. K., da Silva, B. K. 2023. Functional Zoning by Site Index to Balance Multiple Objectives for Pine in Southern US Family Forests. Journal of Forestry 121(4):307-318.

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2022

Adhikari, R., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Grebner, D., Petrolia, D. R. 2022. Landowner satisfaction with conservation programs in the southern United States. Sustainability (Switzerland) 14(9):5513.

2022

Adhikari, R., Grala, R. K., Petrolia, D. R., Grado, S. C., Grebner, D., Shrestha, A. 2022. Landowner willingness to accept monetary compensation for managing forests for ecosystem services in the southern United States. Forest Science 68(2):128-144.

2022

Adhikari, R., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Grebner, D., Petrolia, D. R. 2022. Landowner Satisfaction with Conservation Programs in the Southern United States. Sustainability 14(9):5513.

2022

Adhikari, R., Grala, R. K., Petrolia, D. R., Grado, S. C., Grebner, D., Shrestha, A. 2022. Landowner willingness to accept monetary compensation for managing forests for ecosystem services in the southern United States. Forest Science 68(2):128-144.

2021

Adhikari, R. K., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Grebner, D., Petrolia, D. R. 2021. Landowner concerns related to availability of ecosystem services and environmental issues in the southern United States. Ecosystem Services 49:101283.

2021

Dahal, R., Grala, R. K., Gordon, J. S., Munn, I. A., Petrolia, D. R. 2021. Geospatial Heterogeneity in Monetary Value of Proximity to Waterfront Ecosystems Services in the Gulf of Mexico. Water 13(17):2401.

2021

Jayalath, T. A., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Evans, D. L. 2021. Increasing provision of ecosystem services through participation in a conservation program. Ecosystem Services 50(101303).

2021

Adhikari, R., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Grebner, D., Petrolia, D. R. 2021. Landowner concerns related to availability of ecosystem services and environmental issues in the southern United States. Ecosystem Services 49:101283.

2021

Shrestha, A., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Roberts, S. D., Gordon, J. S., Adhikari, R. K. 2021. Nonindustrial private forest landowner willingness to pay for prescribed burning to lower wildfire hazards. Forest Policy and Economics 127(102451).

2021

Shrestha, A., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Roberts, S. D., Gordon, J. S., Adhikari, R. 2021. Nonindustrial private forest landowner willingness to pay for prescribed burning to lower wildfire hazards. Forest Policy and Economics 127:102451.

2021

Shrestha, A., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Roberts, S. D., Gordon, J. S. 2021. Likelihood of implementing fuel reduction treatments on nonindustrial private forest lands. International Journal of Wildlife Fire 30(8):625-635.

2021

Shrestha, A., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Roberts, S. D., Gordon, J. S. 2021. Landowner concern about wildfires and trends in implementation of fuel reduction treatments. Journal of Forestry 119:251-265.

2019

Pokharel, R., Grala, R. K., Latta, G. S., Grebner, D., Grado, S. C., Poudel, J. 2019. Availability of logging residues and likelihood of their utilization for electricity production in the US South. Journal of Forestry 117(6):543-559.

2019

Mutandwa, E., Grala, R. K., Petrolia, D. R. 2019. Estimates of willingness to accept compensation to manage pine stands for ecosystem services. Forest Policy & Economics 102:75-85.

2019

Dahal, R., Grala, R. K., Gordon, J. S., Munn, I. A., Petrolia, D. R., Cummings, R. 2019. A hedonic pricing method to estimate value of waterfront in the Gulf of Mexico. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 41:185-194.

2019

Pokharel, R., Grala, R. K., Grebner, D., Cooke, W. H. 2019. Mill willingness to utilize logging residues to produce electricity: a spatial logistic regression approach. . Forest Science 65(3):277-288.

2018

Dahal, R., Grala, R. K., Gordon, J. S., Petrolia, D. R., Munn, I. A. 2018. Estimating the Willingness to Pay to Preserve Waterfront Open Spaces using Contingent Valuation. Land Use Policy 78:614-626.

2018

Benez-Secanho, F., Grebner, D. L., Ezell, A. W., Grala, R. K. 2018. Financial tradeoffs associated with controlling Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense Lour.) in forestlands in the Southern USA. Journal of Forestry 116(3):236-244.

2018

Zhai, J., Grebner, D., Grala, R. K., Fan, Z., Munn, I. A. 2018. Contribution of ecological and socioeconomic factors to the presence and abundance of invasive tree species in Mississippi, USA. Forests 9(1).

2018

Pokharel, R., Poudel, J., Grala, R. K. 2018. Impact of economic factors and a political conflict on international tourism demand in Nepal: A vector error correction model. International Journal of Tourism Policy 8(1):18-41.

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2017

Pokharel, R., Poudel, J., Sharma, A. R., Grala, R. K. 2017. A study of climate variability and socioeconomic impact on tourism industry of Nepal. Sustainability in Environment 2(1):20-34.

2017

Kushla, J. D., Gordon, H. G., Grala, R. K., Jones, W. D., Jones, J. C., Shankle, M. W. 2017. Agroforestry in the Southern U.S.: Important Lessons Learned. Journal of Global Agriculture and Ecology 7(4):128-137.

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2017

Khanal, P. N., Grebner, D., Munn, I. A., Grado, S. C., Grala, R. K., Henderson, J. E. 2017. Evaluating non-industrial private forest landowner willingness to manage for forest carbon sequestration in the southern United States. Forest Policy and Economics 75:112-119.

2017

Khanal, P., Grebner, D., Munn, I. A., Grado, S. C., Grala, R. K., Henderson, J. E. 2017. Typology of nonindustrial private forest landowners and forestry behavior: Implications for forest carbon sequestration in the southern US. Small-Scale Forestry 16(3):419-434.

2017

Pokharel, R., Grala, R. K., Grebner, D. 2017. Woody residue utilization for bioenergy by primary forest products manufacturers: An exploratory analysis. Forest Policy and Economics 85:161-171.

2017

Galik, C. S., Grala, R. K. 2017. Conservation program delivery in the southern U.S.: Preferences and interactions. Journal of Environmental Management 198:75-83.

2017

Grala, K., Grala, R. K., Hussain, A., Cooke, W. H., Varner, J. M. 2017. Impact of human factors on wildfire occurrence in Mississippi, United States. Forest Policy and Economics 81:38-47.

2017

Rashidi, E., Medal, H. R., Gordon, J. S., Grala, R. K., Varner, M. 2017. A maximal covering location-based model for analyzing the vulnerability of landscapes to wildfires: Assessing the worst-case scenario. European Journal of Operational Research 258(3):1095-1105.

2017

Pokharel, R., Grala, R. K., Grebner, D., Grado, S. C. 2017. Factors affecting utilization of woody residues for bioenergy production in the southern United States. Biomass and Bioenergy 105:278-287.

2016

Hussain, A., Munn, I. A., Grala, R. K. 2016. Economic impacts of productivity improvements in US forest products industries: A general equilibrium analysis. Forest Products Journal 66(1/2):66-76.

2016

Khanal, P., Grebner, D., Munn, I. A., Grado, S. C., Grala, R. K., Henderson, J. E., Measells, M. 2016. Non-industrial private forest landowner beliefs toward climate change and carbon sequestration in the Southern US. Journal of Forestry 114(5):524-531.

2016

Mutandwa, E., Grala, R. K., Grebner, D. 2016. Family forest land availability for the production of ecosystem services in Mississippi, United States. Forest Policy and Economics 73:18-24.

2016

Mutandwa, E., Grala, R. K., Grado, S. C., Munn, I. A. 2016. Family Forest Owners’ Familiarity with Conservation Programs in Mississippi, USA. Small-scale Forestry 15(3):303-319.

2015

Joshi, O., Grebner, D. L., Munn, I. A., Grala, R. K. 2015. Issues Concerning Landowner Management Plan Adoption Decisions: A Recursive Bivariate Probit Approach. International Journal of Forestry Research 2015:926303.

2013

Nepal, P., Grala, R. K., Grebner, D., Abt, R. C. 2013. Impact of harvest-level changes on carbon accumulation and timber stumpage prices in mississippi. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 37(3):160-168.

2012

Grala, R. K., Tyndall, J. C., Mize, C. W. 2012. Willingness to pay for aesthetics associated with field windbreaks in Iowa, United States. Landscape and Urban Planning 108(2-4):71-78.

2012

Hagadone, T. A., Grala, R. K. 2012. Business clusters in Mississippi's forest products industry. Forest Policy and Economics 20:16-24.

2012

Nepal, P., Grala, R. K., Grebner, D. 2012. Financial implications of enrolling Mississippi forest landowners in carbon offset programs. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 36(1):5-10.

2012

Nepal, P., Grala, R. K., Grebner, D. 2012. Financial feasibility of increasing carbon sequestration in harvested wood products in Mississippi. Forest Policy and Economics 14(1):99-106.

2010

Grala, R. K., Tyndall, J. C., Mize, C. W. 2010. Impact of field windbreaks on visual appearance of agricultural lands. Agroforestry Systems 80(3):411-422.

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2010

Stuart, W. B., Grace, L. A., Grala, R. K. 2010. Returns to scale in the Eastern United States logging industry. Forest Policy and Economics 12(6):451-456.

2009

Aguilar, F. X., Grala, R. K., Bratkovich, S. M. 2009. Use of georeferenced data to study clustering in the primary wood products industry of the US South. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39(12):2494-2504.

2009

Tyndall, J. C., Grala, R. K. 2009. Financial feasibility of using shelterbelts for swine odor mitigation. Agroforestry Systems 76(1):237-250.

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2009

Grala, R. K., Colletti, J. P., Mize, C. W. 2009. Willingness of Iowa agricultural landowners to allow fee hunting associated with in-field shelterbelts. Agroforestry Systems 76(1):207-218.

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Extension Publications

Year Publications
2017

Grala, R. K., Gordon, J. S., Grala, K., Dahal, R. 2017. Assessment of ecosystem service value and program delivery: Interest in conservation practices. Mississippi State University Extension Service P3182:4.

2017

Dahal, R., Gordon, J. S., Grala, R. K. 2017. Open space adds value to your community. Mississippi State University Extension Service P3145:2.

Graduate Students

  • Sushma Bhattarai

Society Memberships

  • Association for Temperate Agroforestry
  • Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
  • Mississippi Society of American Foresters
  • Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
  • Society of American Foresters
  • Southern Forest Economics Workers
  • The Scientific Research Society
  • Xi Sigma Pi