Research Interests & Activity:
Development and application of an array of regional and national
models of timber and forest products markets.
Forest Sector Market Modeling
Selected Publications:
R. Alig, G. Latta, D. Adams and B. McCarl. (in press). Mitigating
Greenhouse Gases: The Importance of Land Base Interactions Among
Forests, Agriculture, and Residential Development in the Face of
Changes in Bioenergy and Carbon Prices. Forest Policy and Economics.
Latta, G., H. Temesgen, D.A. Adams, and T. Barrett.(in press).
Analysis of potential impacts of climate change on forests of the United
States Pacific Northwest. Forest Ecology and Management.
Latta, G., Temesgen, H., and T. Barrett. 2009. Mapping and imputing
potential productivity of Pacific Northwest Forests using climate
variables. Can. J. For. Res. 39: 1197-1207.
Temesgen, H. T. Barrett and G. Latta. 2008. Estimating cavity tree
abundance in Pacific Northwest forests U.S.A. using nearest neighbor
imputation methods. Silva Fennica 42(3): 337-354.
Adams, D.M. and G.S Latta. 2007. Future prospects for private
timber harvest in eastern Oregon. Western Journal of Applied
Forestry 22(3): 197-203.
Im, E., D.M. Adams and G.S. Latta. 2007. Potential impacts
of carbon taxes on carbon flux in western Oregon private forests.
Forest Policy and Economics 9(8):1006-1017.
Latta, G., and C.A. Montgomery. 2007. Economic considerations
in managing for older-forest structure. P. 95-104 in Managing
for wildlife habitat in Westside production forests, Harrington,
T.B., and G.E. Nicholas (tech. eds.). USDA For. Serv. Gen.
Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-695.
Busby, G.M., C.A. Montgomery and G. Latta. 2007. The opportunity
cost of forest certification on private land in western Oregon.
Western Journal of Applied Forestry 22(1): 55-60.
Adams, D.M. and G.S Latta. 2007. Timber trends on private
lands in western Oregon and Washington: a New Look. Western
Journal of Applied Forestry 22(1): 8-14.
Montgomery, C.A., G.S. Latta and D.M. Adams. 2006. The cost
of achieving old-growth forest structure. Land Economics 82(2):240-256.
Adams, D.M. and G.S Latta. 2005. Costs and regional impacts
of restoration thinning programs on the national forests in
eastern Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35(6):1319-1430.
Latta, G., and Adams, D. 2005. Analysis of an extensive thinning
program on eastern Oregon national forests using a dynamic
spatial equilibrium market model with endogenous industry capacity.
In Systems Analysis in Forest Resources: Proceedings of the
2003 Symposium, 7–9 October 2003, Stevenson, Wash. Compiled
by M. Bevers and T. Barrett. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep.
PNW-GTR-656.
Adams, D.M. and G.S Latta. 2005. Timber harvest potential
from private lands in the Pacific Northwest: biological, investment,
and policy issues. P. 4-12 in Understanding key issues of sustainable
wood production in the Pacific Northwest, Deal, Robert L.;
White, Seth M (eds). USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep.
PNW-GTR-626.
Adams, D.M. and G.S Latta. 2004. Effects of a forest health
thinning program on land and timber values in eastern Oregon.
Journal of Forestry 102(8):9-13.
Latta, G. and C.A. Montgomery. 2004. Minimizing the cost of
stand level management for older forest structure in western
Oregon, Western Journal of Applied Forestry 19(4): 221-231
Schillinger, R. R., D. M. Adams, G. S. Latta, and A. K. Van
Nalts. 2003. An analysis of future private timber supply potential
in western Oregon. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 18(3):1-9.
Adams, D.M. and G. Latta. 2003. Private Timber Harvest Potential
in Eastern Oregon. Research Contribution 42, Forest Research
Laboratory, Oregon State University. Corvallis. 42p.
Adams, D.M., R.R. Schillinger, G. Latta, and A. Van Nalts.
2002. Timber Harvest Projections for Private Land in Western
Oregon. Research Contribution 37, Forest Research Laboratory,
Oregon State University, Corvallis. 44p.
Latta, G. S. and D. M. Adams. 2000. An econometric analysis
of output supply and input demand in the Canadian softwood
lumber industry. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 30(9):1419-1428.
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