Professor
Forest Resource Economics
Phone: 662-325-7039 Email: rkg55@msstate.edu
2022
Adhikari, R. K., R. K. Grala, D. R. Petrolia, S. C. Grado, D. L. Grebner, A. Shrestha. 2022. Landowner willingness to accept monetary compensation for managing forests for ecosystem services in the Southern United States. Forest Science 68(2):128-144.
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2022
Adhikari, R. K., R. K. Grala, S. C. Grado, D. L. Grebner, D. R. Petrolia. 2022. Landowner satisfaction with conservation programs in the southern United States. Sustainability 14:5513.
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2022
Regmi, A., D. L. Grebner, J. L. Willis, R. K. Grala. 2022. Price premium requirements for growing higher quality pine sawtimber in even-aged systems in the southeastern United States. Journal of Forestry 120(2):133-144.
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2022
Regmi, A., D. L. Grebner, J. L. Willis, R. K. Grala. 2022. Sawmill willingness to pay price premiums for higher quality pine sawtimber in the southeastern United States. Forests 13:662.
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2021
Adhikari, R. K., R. K. Grala, S. C. Grado, D. L. Grebner, D. R. Petrolia. 2021. Landowner concerns related to availability of ecosystem services and environmental issues in the southern United States. Ecosystem Services 49:101283.
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2021
Chudy, R., K. Szulecki, J. Siry, R. Grala. 2021. Biomasa drzewna jako surowiec dla energetyki. ACADEMIA-magazyn Polskiej Akademii Nauk 1(69):62-65.
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2021
Chudy, R., K. Szulecki, J. Siry, R. Grala. 2021. Woody biomass for energy production. ACADEMIA-The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences 1(69): 62-65.
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2021
Dahal, R. P., R. K. Grala, J. S. Gordon, I. A. Munn, D. R. Petrolia. 2021. Geospatial heterogenity in monetary value of proximity to waterfront ecosystem services in the Gulf of Mexico. Water 13(17):2401.
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2021
Jayalath, T. A., R. K. Grala, S. C. Grado, D. L. Evans. 2021. Increasing provision of ecosystem services through participation in a conservation program. Ecosystem Services 50: 101303.
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2021
Shrestha, A., R. K. Grala, S. C. Grado, S. D. Roberts, J. S. Gordon, R. K. Adhikari. 2021. Nonindustrial private forest landowner willingness to pay for prescribed burning to lower wildfire hazards. Forest Policy and Economics 127:102451.
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2021
Shrestha, A., R. K. Grala, S. C. Grado, S. D. Roberts, J. S. Gordon. 2021. Landowner concern about wildfires and implementation of fuel reduction treatments. Journal of Forestry 119(3):251-265.
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2021
Shrestha, A., R. K. Grala, S. C. Grado, S. D. Roberts, J. S. Gordon. 2021. Likelihood of implementing fuel reduction treatments on nonindustrial private forest lands. International Journal of Wildland Fire 30(8): 625-635.
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2020
Gordon, J. S., J. L. Willis, R. K. Grala. 2020. Public and forest landowner attitudes towards longleaf pine ecosystem restoration using prescribed fire. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 50(9):917-924.
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2020
Mason, A., L. P. Olander, R. K. Grala, C. S. Galik, J. S. Gordon. 2020. A practice-oriented approach to foster private landowner participation in ecosystem service conservation and restoration at a landscape scale. Ecosystem Services 46: 101203.
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2020
Regmi, A., D. L. Grebner, R. K. Grala, J. L. Willis. 2020. Preliminary evaluation of price premium required for growing higher quality loblolly and slash pines on extended rotation ages. In: D. C. Bragg, N. E. Koerth, A. G. Holley (eds.), Proceedings, 20th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. E-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-253. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 54-59.
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2019
Bhuiyan, T. H., M. C. Moseley, H. R. Medal, E. Rashidi, R. K. Grala. 2019. A stochastic programming model with endogenous uncertainty for incentivizing fuel reduction treatment under uncertain landowner behavior. European Journal of Operational Research 277(2): 699-718.
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2019
Dahal, R. P., R. K. Grala, J. S. Gordon, I. A. Munn, D. R. Petrolia, J. R. Cummings. 2019. A hedonic pricing method to estimate the value of waterfronts in the Gulf of Mexico. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 41:185-194.
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2019
Mutandwa, E., R. K. Grala, D. R. Petrolia. 2019. Estimates of willingness to accept compensation to manage pine stands for ecosystem services. Forest Policy and Economics 102:75-85.
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2019
Pokharel, R., R. K. Grala, D. L. Grebner, W. H. Cooke. 2019. Mill willingness to use logging residues to produce electricity: A spatial logistic regression approach. Forest Science 65(3):277-288.
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2019
Pokharel, R., R. K. Grala, G. S. Latta, D. L. Grebner, S. C. Grado, J. Poudel. 2019. Availability of logging residues and likelihood of their utilization for electricity production in the US South. Journal of Forestry 117(6): 543-559.
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2018
Benez-Secanho, F., D. L. Grebner, A. W. Ezell, R. K. Grala. 2018. Financial tradeoffs associated with controlling Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense Lour.) in forestlands in the Southern USA. Journal of Forestry 116(3):236-244.
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2018
Dahal, R.P., R.K. Grala, J.S. Gordon, D.R. Petrolia, I.A. Munn 2018. Estimating the willingness to pay to preserve waterfront open spaces using contingent valuation. Land Use Policy 78: 614-626.
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2018
Pokharel, R., J. Poudel, R.K. Grala. 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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2018
Zhai, J., D.L. Grebner, R.K. Grala, Z. Fan, I.A. Munn. 2018. Contribution of ecological and socioeconomic factors to the presence and abundance of invasive tree species in Mississippi, USA. Forests 9(1), 38.
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2017
Dahal, R., J. S. Gordon, R. Grala. 2017. Open space adds value to your community. Mississippi State University Extension Service, Publication 3145.
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2017
Dahal, R.P., J.E. Henderson, I.A. Munn, R.K. Grala. 2017. Forestry in Mississippi—The Contribution of the Industry to the Mississippi Economy: An Input-Output Analysis. Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Research Bulletin FO464, Mississippi State University. 32 pp.
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2017
Galik, C.S., R.K. Grala. 2017. Conservation program delivery in the southern U.S.: Preferences and interactions. Journal of Environmental Management 198(1):75-83.
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2017
Grala, K., R.K. Grala, A. Hussain, W.H. Cooke III, J.M. Varner III. 2017. Impact of human factors on wildfire occurrence in Mississippi, United States. Forest Policy and Economics 81: 38-47.
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2017
Grala, R., J. S. Gordon, K. Grala, R. Dahal. 2017. Assessment of ecosystem service value and program delivery: Land ownership goals and concerns related to natural resources. Mississippi State University Extension Service, Publication 3176.
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2017
Grala, R., J. S. Gordon, K. Grala, R. Dahal. 2017. Landowner interest in natural resource conservation practices. Mississippi State University Extension Service, Publication 3182.
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2017
Khanal, P.N., D. L. Grebner, I. A. Munn, S. C. Grado, R. K. Grala, J. E. Henderson. 2017. Typology of nonindustrial private forest landowners and forestry behavior: Implications for forest carbon sequestration in the southern U.S. Small-scale Forestry 16(3): 419-434.
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2017
Khanal, P.N., D.L. Grebner, I.A. Munn, S.C. Grado, R.K. Grala, J.E. Henderson. 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.
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2017
Kushla, J.D., H.G. Gordon, R.K. Grala, W.D. Jones, J. Jones, M. Shankle. 2017. Agroforestry in the southern U.S.: Important lessons learned. Journal of Global Agriculture and Ecology 7(4) 128-137.
2017
Pokharel, R., J. Poudel, A.R. Sharma, R.K. Grala. 2017. A study of climate variability and socioeconomic impact on tourism industry of Nepal. Sustainability in Environment 2(1):20-34.
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2017
Pokharel, R., R. K. Grala, D. L. Grebner. 2017. Woody residue utilizaiton for bioenergy by primary forest products manufacturers: An exploratory analysis. Forest Policy and Economics 85(Part 1):161-171.
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2017
Pokharel, R., R.K. Grala, D.L. Grebner, S.C. Grado. 2017. Factors affecting utilization of woody residues for bioenergy production in the southern United States. Biomass and Bioenergy 105: 278-287.
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2017
Rashidi, E., H. Medal, J. Gordon, R. Grala, M. Varner. 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.
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2016
Hussain, A., I.A. Munn, R.K. Grala. 2016. Economic impacts of productivity improvements in US forest products industries: A general equilibrium analysis. Forest Products Journal 66(1-2):66-76.
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2016
Khanal, P.N., D.L. Grebner, I.A. Munn, S.C. Grado, R.K. Grala, J.E. Henderson, M. Measells. 2016. Non-industrial private forest landowner beliefs toward climate change and carbon sequestration in the Southern US. Journal of Forestry 114(5): 524-531.
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2016
Mutandwa, E., R.K. Grala, D.L. Grebner. 2016. Family forest land availability for the production of ecosystem services in Mississippi, United States. Forest Policy and Economics 73:18-24.
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2016
Mutandwa, E., R.K. Grala, S.C. Grado. 2016. Family forest owners' familiarity with conservation programs in Mississippi, USA. Small-scale Forestry.
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2015
Grebner, D.L., R.K. Grala, O. Joshi, G. Perez-Verdin. 2015. Physical and economic aspects to assessing woody biomass availability for bioenergy production and related supply constraints. Pages 299-321 in S. Eskogiul, S. Rebennack, and P.M. Pardalos, Editors. Handbook of Bioenergy. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland 343 p.
2015
Joshi, O., D.L. Grebner, I.A. Munn, R.K. Grala. 2015. Issues concerning landowner management plan adoption decisions: A recursive bivariate probit approach. International Journal of Forestry Research(2015):926303.
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2014
Joshi, O., D.L. Grebner, I.A. Munn, S.C. Grado, R.K. Grala, A. Hussain. 2014. Factors influencing utilization of woody biomass from wood processing facilities in Mississippi. Forest Products Journal 64(1/2): 64-71.
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2013
Joshi, O., D.L. Grebner, I.A. Munn, S.C. Grado, J.E. Henderson, R.K. Grala. 2013. A preliminary assessment of issues related to mill residue utilization in Mississippi. Pages 178-183 in Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop 2012.
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2013
Nepal, P., R.K. Grala, D.L. Grebner, R.C. Abt. 2013. Impact of harvest-level changes on carbon accumulation and timber stumpage prices in Mississippi. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 37(3):160-168.
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2013
Steen, J.D., S.C. Grado, I.A. Munn, M.K. Measells, A. Hussain, J.E. Henderson, R.K. Grala, D.L. Grebner, and R.J. Rousseau. 2013. Factors influencing nonindustrial private forest landowner willingness to grow short-rotation woody crops for bioenergy in Mississippi. Pages 46-51 in Proceedings of the 2013 Southern Forest Economics Workers Annual Meeting, "Changing Forestry and Forest Economics and Policy." Auburn, Alabama, March 10-12, 2013.
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2012
Grala, R.K., J.C. Tyndall, C.W. Mize. 2012. Willingness to pay for aesthetics associated with field windbreaks in Iowa, United States. Landscape and Urban Planning 108(2-4):71-78.
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2012
Hagadone, T.A., R.K. Grala. 2012. Business clusters in Mississippi's forest products industry. Forest Policy and Economics 20:16-24.
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2012
Nepal, P., R.K. Grala, D.L. Grebner. 2012. Financial feasibility of increasing carbon sequestration in harvested wood products in Mississippi. Forest Policy and Economics 14(1):99-106.
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2012
Nepal. P., R.K. Grala, D.L. Grebner. 2012. Financial implications of enrolling Mississippi forest landowners in carbon offset programs. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 36(1):5-10.
2010
Grala, R.K., J.C. Tyndall, C.W. Mize. 2010. Impact of field windbreaks on visual appearance of agricultural lands. Agroforestry Systems 80(3):411-422.
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2010
Nepal, P., R.K. Grala, D.L. Grebner. 2010. Carbon sequestration potential and financial trade-offs associated with loblolly pine and cherrybark oak management in Mississippi. Forum of Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table 2010(3):19 pp.
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2010
Stuart, W.B., L.A. Grace, R.K. Grala. 2010. Returns to scale in the Southeast United States logging industry. Forest Policy and Economics 12(6):451-456.
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2010
Tyndall, J.C., R.K. Grala. 2010. Financial perspectives on the use of vegetative environmental buffers for swine odor management. Iowa State University 2010 Animal Industry Report. A.S. Leaflet R2533.
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2009
Aguilar, F.X., R.K. Grala, S.M. Bratkovich. 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.
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2009
Aguilar, F.X., S.B. Bratkovich, K. Fernholz, A. Garrard, R.K. Grala, L.L. Leightley, W. Martin, I.A. Munn. 2009. The status of and opportunities for business clustering within the forest products sector in the U.S. The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities Inc. 28pp.
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2009
Godsey, L.D., D.E. Mercer, R.K. Grala, S.C. Grado, J.R.R. Alavalapati. 2009. Agroforestry Economics and Policy. In H.E. "Gene" Garret, editor, North American agroforestry: An integrated science and practice. Second edition. American Society of Agronomy. Madison, Wisconsin.
2009
Grala, R.K., J.P. Colletti, C.W. Mize. 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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2009
Nepal, P., R.K. Grala, D.L. Grebner. 2009. Financial feasibility of sequestering carbon for loblolly pine stands in interior flatwoods region in Mississippi. Pages 52-62 in J. Siry, B. Izlar, P. Bettinger, T. Harris, T. Tye, S. Baldwin, K. Merry, editors. Proceedings of the 2008 Southern Forest Economics Workers Meeting. Savannah, GA.
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2009
Nepal, P., R.K. Grala, D.L. Grebner. 2009. Financial trade-offs associated with sequestrating carbon dioxide in standing timber and wood products harvested from loblolly pine plantation. Journal of Forestry 107(2):103.
2009
Tyndall, J.C., R.K. Grala. 2009. Financial feasibility of using shelterbelts for swine odor mitigation. Agroforestry Systems 76(1):237-250.
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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.
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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.
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2008
Grala, R.K., P. Nepal, D.L. Grebner. 2008. Utilization of logging residues for producing bioenergy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. In: Proceedings, Society of American Foresters National Convention, Reno, NV, November 4-9, 2008.
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.
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2001
Grala R.K., J.P. Colletti. 2001. Evaluation of the break-even corn yield within the Leeward Protected Zone of a windbreak. In: Temperate Agroforestry: Adaptive and Mitigative Roles in A Changing Physical and Socio-Economic Climate [Schroeder, W., J. Kort (eds.)]. Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial Conference on Agroforestry in North America and Sixth Annual Conference of the Plains and Prairie Forestry Association, August 12-15, 2001, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
