Dr. Kozma Naka Biography

Research

Forest operations, forest products, silviculture, agroforestry, forest management

 

Education

Ph.D. in Forestry and Forest Products, 1998, Virginia Tech

 

Publications

Bowman, T., S. Jeffers, and K. Naka. 2023. Characteristics and concerns of logging businesses in the Southeast United States: Results from a state-wide survey from Alabama. Forests?2023,?14(9), 1695;?https://doi.org/10.3390/f14091695 

Jean, R.; Naka, K.; Christian, C.S.; Gyawali, B.R.; Bowman, T.; Hopkinson, S. 2023. Outdoor Recreation in Southeastern United States National Forests: An Investigation of the Influence of Ethnicity and Gasoline Price on Individual Participation. Tour. Hosp. 2023, 4, 257–281.  https://doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp4020016 

Jean, R.; Naka, K.; Christian, C.S.; Gyawali, B.R.; Bowman, T.; Hopkinson, S. 2022. Identifying Primary Drivers of Participants from Various Socioeconomic Backgrounds to Choose National Forest Lands in the Southeastern Region of the US as a Travel Destination for Recreation. Land 2022, 11, 1301. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11081301 

Ojha, Santosh K., Kozma Naka, Luben D. Dimov. 2019. Assessment of disturbances and their impact across forest inventory plots in the southeastern United States for the period 1995-2018. Forest Science, 66(2): 242-255, https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxz072 

Ojha, Santosh K., Kozma Naka, Luben D. Dimov, Dilli Bhatta. 2019. Rarity of shortleaf, slash, and longleaf pine seedlings in oak-pine forest types: An assessment of associated environmental, stand, site, and disturbance factors. Forest Ecology and Management 438 (2019) 151-162. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.02.013 

Leite-Browning, Maria, Ermson Nyakatawa, James Bukenya, David Mays, Kozma Naka. 2014. Silvopasture Agroforestry Practices for Sustainable Forage, Meat Goat, and Timber Production. Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M and Auburn Universities) in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. UNP-2056. 

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