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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2026
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Matthew H. Pelkki

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Researcher

Also affiliated: University of Kentucky (1995–2003); University of Arkansas System (2024); Mississippi State University (2007)

Faculty Researcher

10 h-index 85 pubs 392 cited

  • Plant Bark
  • Hot Temperature
  • Texas
  • Knowledge
  • Introduced Species
  • Chemical Fractionation
  • Plant Extracts
  • Shikimic Acid
  • Liquidambar
  • Acids
  • Biotechnology
  • Furaldehyde
  • Specific Gravity
  • Water
  • Wood

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Matthew H. Pelkki's research focuses on forest management, landowner perspectives, and economic factors impacting the forestry sector. He has investigated nonindustrial private forest landowner awareness and barriers related to forest certification programs, examining factors influencing their willingness-to-pay for certification. Pelkki has also studied the economic impacts of fluctuating fuel costs on Arkansas' logging sector and analyzed the relationship between US lumber futures, southern pine sawtimber prices, and COVID-19 effects. His work includes examining the effects of prescribed fire on forest reproduction and understanding how city size and per capita income influence urban forest carbon sequestration in Arkansas. Pelkki has published 85 papers, with an h-index of 10 and 386 citations. He has collaborated on multiple publications with Nana Tian and Sagar Godar Chhetri at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

Metrics

  • h-index: 10
  • Publications: 85
  • Citations: 392

Selected Publications

  • Bridging gaps in timber price research: An annotated bibliography on hardwood and softwood markets in the US (2026)
    Forest Policy and Economics DOI OpenAlex
  • The case for pruning loblolly pine plantations in the U.S. South (2026)
    Trees Forests and People DOI OpenAlex
  • Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata): Management Challenges, Knowledge Gaps, and Opportunities for an Unsung Species (2026)
    Journal of Forestry DOI OpenAlex
  • What Drives Individuals to Pursue Careers in the Forest Sectors? (2026)
    Journal of Forestry 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Do Consulting Foresters in States Requiring Licensing Manage Forestlands Similarly to those in States without Licensing? (2025)
    Journal of Forestry DOI OpenAlex
  • Growth and economic performance comparison of twenty-year-old open-pollinated vs. clonal loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) genotypes in Louisiana, USA (2025)
    Trees Forests and People DOI OpenAlex
  • Regional Drivers of Primary Wood Processing Mills in the Western Southeast US (2025)
    Forest Products Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • 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)
    Environmental Challenges 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Factors Affecting Forest Growth-to-Drain Ratio at Sub-regional Scale in Arkansas, USA (2025)
    Journal of Forestry 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • 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)
    Environmental Challenges 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Factors shaping consulting foresters' services to family forest landowners (2024)
    Trees Forests and People 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Private Landowners’ Perspectives on Feral Swine and Regulation—Evidence from Arkansas, Louisiana, and East Texas (2023)
    Environmental Management 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)
    Forest Policy and Economics DOI OpenAlex
  • Understanding Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners’ Perspectives on the Benefits Associated with Sustainable Forest Management Certification (2023)
    Forests 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Current forest management intensity and cost associated with major forestry practices in Arkansas, USA (2022)
    Journal of Forest Business Research 4 citations DOI OpenAlex

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