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Robert K. Grala
Assistant Professor

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Phone:  662-325-7039
Fax:  662-325-8726
Email:  rgrala@cfr.msstate.edu

address:

Rm# 343, Thompson Hall
Department of Forestry
Box 9681
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9681

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Education:

• Iowa State University Ph.D., Forestry
• Central European University M.S., Environmental Sciences and Policy
• Warsaw Agricultural University M.S., 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)

Teaching Areas:

• Forest Resource Economics
• Advanced Forest Economics

Graduate Students

• Clayton B. Altizer
• Prakash Nepal
• Todd Hagadone

Recent Publications  |   View All Publications

2008
Grala, R.K., J.C. Tyndall, C.W. Mize. 2008. Influence of field windbreaks on landscape aesthetics: Preliminary results. Page 178 in Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop 2007: Global Change and Forestry: Economic and Policy Implications. Download abstract

2008
Grala, R.K., J.P. Colletti, C.W. Mize. 2008. Willingness of Iowa agricultural landowners to allow fee hunting associated with in-field shelterbelts. Agroforestry Systems. Download

2008
Grala, R.K., L.A. Grace, W.B. Stuart. 2008. Logging residues as a source of bioenergy feedstock. Page 139 in Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop 2007: Global Change and Forestry: Economic and Policy Implications. Download abstract

2008
Tyndall, J.C., R.K. Grala. 2008. Financial feasibility of using shelterbelts for swine odor mitigation. Agroforestry Systems. Download

2003
Grala, R.K., J.P. Colletti. 2003. Estimates of additional Maize (Zea mays) yields required to offset costs of tree-windbreaks in Midwestern USA. Agroforestry Systems: 59: 11-20. Download