Ecology in the southern Appalachians.


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RUN UNIVERSAL SEARCH on this researcher (Wear): All Coweeta LTER online data, publications, grad publications, species collections, sample archives.


Telephone: 919.549.4011; Fax: 919.549.4047
Email: dwear@fs.fed.us
USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 12254
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709

Position at Coweeta LTER:  Principal Investigator
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.


This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation
under Cooperative Agreements
DEB-9632854 (Text Version) & DEB-0218001
(Text Version).

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the authors and
do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.


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