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Name: Wear, David
Organization:
USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 12254
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
Position at Coweeta
LTER:
Principle Investigator (Retired)
Specialty:
Forest Economic Modeling
Habitat: Forest
Organism: All
Core Area(s): Modeling/Synthesis (7)
Education:
B.A., University of Montana, Botany, 1981
M.A., Duke University, Resource Systems Science, 1983
Ph.D., University of Montana, Forest Management and Economics, 1987
Appointments:
Research
Project Leader, USDA Forest Service, RTP, NC, 1995-Present
Research Forest Economist, USDA Forest Service, RTP, NC, 1987-1995
Operations Research Analyst, USDA Forest Service, Lolo National Forest,
Missoula, Montana, 1983-1987
Planning Staff Assistant, USDA Forest Service, Lolo National Forest,
Missoula, Montana, 1979-1981
Publications
(Five as examples
of research foci):
Clark, J.S., S. Carpenter, M. Barber, S. Collins, A. Dobson, J. Foley,
D. Lodge, M. Pascual, R. Pielke Jr., W. Pizer, C. Pringle, W. Reid, K.
Rose, O. Sala, W. Schlesinger, D. Wall, and D. Wear. 2001. Ecological
forecasts: an emerging imperative. Science 293(27): 657-660.
Wear, D.N., and P.
Bolstad. 1998. Land use changes in southern Appalachian landscapes:
spatial analysis and forecast evaluation. Ecosystems 1(6):575-594.
Wear, D.N., M.G.
Turner, and R.J. Naiman. 1998. Land cover along an urban-rural gradient:
implications for water quality. Ecological Applications 8(3):619-630.
Murray, B.C. and D.N.
Wear. 1998. Federal timber restrictions and interregional arbitrage in
U.S. lumber. Land Economics 74(1): 76-91.
Swallow, S.K., P.
Talukdar, and D.N. Wear. 1997. Spatial and temporal specialization in
forest ecosystem management under sole ownership. American Journal of
Agricultural Economics 79(2):311-326.
Synergistic
Activities:
Co-leader, Southern Forest Resource Assessment (1999-2002). Designed and
conducted a multi-agency, comprehensive assessment of the South's forests
in terms of their extent, productivity and sustainability. |