Matthew H. Pelkki Data-verified

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Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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10 h-index 84 pubs 376 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Matthew H. Pelkki's research investigates factors influencing forest management and land use in Arkansas. His work has examined nonindustrial private forest landowner perspectives on forest certification, including awareness and participation barriers, and their willingness to pay for certification. Pelkki has also studied the economic impacts of fuel costs on the logging sector and the relationship between lumber futures and sawtimber prices, particularly in the context of COVID-19.

Additional research areas include the effects of prescribed fire on forest reproduction and the influence of socioeconomic factors like city size and income on urban forest carbon sequestration. Pelkki's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 10, with 84 total publications and 376 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 10
  • Publications: 84
  • Citations: 376

Selected Publications

  • What Drives Individuals to Pursue Careers in the Forest Sectors? (2026)
  • Do Consulting Foresters in States Requiring Licensing Manage Forestlands Similarly to those in States without Licensing? (2025)
  • Growth and economic performance comparison of twenty-year-old open-pollinated vs. clonal loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) genotypes in Louisiana, USA (2025)
  • Regional Drivers of Primary Wood Processing Mills in the Western Southeast US (2025)
  • Harnessing loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) for sustainable biofuels and bioenergy: A review of biomass feedstock potential, conversion technologies, and forest management in the US (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Factors Affecting Forest Growth-to-Drain Ratio at Sub-regional Scale in Arkansas, USA (2025)
  • Not population density, but city size and per capita income influence the urban forest carbon sequestration: A case of growing cities in Arkansas, USA (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Factors shaping consulting foresters' services to family forest landowners (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Private Landowners’ Perspectives on Feral Swine and Regulation—Evidence from Arkansas, Louisiana, and East Texas (2023)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Corrigendum to “Nonindustrial private forest landowner perspectives on forest certification: A look at awareness and barriers” [Forest Policy and Economics 131 (2021), 102552] (2023)
  • Understanding Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners’ Perspectives on the Benefits Associated with Sustainable Forest Management Certification (2023)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Current forest management intensity and cost associated with major forestry practices in Arkansas, USA (2022)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The impact of rapid fuel costs inflation on Arkansas’ logging sector (2022)
    10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Growth Response of Red Oaks to Climatic Conditions in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Implications for Bottomland Hardwood Restoration with a Changing Climate (2022)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Prescribed Fire First-Order Effects on Oak and Maple Reproduction in Frequently Burned Upland Oak–Hickory Forests of the Arkansas Ozarks (2022)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex

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