David N. Wear, PhD
Former Employee
Senior Research Forester
Treesearch Publications
- David N. Wear, Travis Warziniack, Claire O'Dea, John W. Coulston. 2025. Changing hazards, exposure, and vulnerability in the conterminous United States 2020-2070
- Claire O'Dea, Linda Langner, Linda A. Joyce, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, David N. Wear. 2023. Future Scenarios
- Linda Langner, Linda A. Joyce, David N. Wear, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, David Coulson, Claire O'Dea. 2020. Future scenarios: A technical document supporting the USDA Forest Service 2020 RPA Assessment
- Mark D. D. Nelson, Kurt Riitters, John W. Coulston, Grant M. Domke, Eric J. Greenfield, Linda Langner, David J. Nowak, Claire O'Dea, Sonja Oswalt, Matt C. Reeves, David N. Wear. 2020. Defining the United States land base: a technical document supporting the USDA Forest Service 2020 RPA assessment
- Robert G. Haight, Randall Bluffstone, Jeffrey D. Kline, John W. Coulston, David N. Wear, Kate Zook. 2020. Estimating the Present Value of Carbon Sequestration in U.S. Forests, 2015–2050, for Evaluating Federal Climate Change Mitigation Policies
- David N. Wear, John W. Coulston. 2019. Specifying forest sector models for forest carbon projections
- Bin Mei, David N. Wear, Jesse Henderson. 2019. Timberland investment under both financial and biophysical risk
- Jeffrey P. Prestemon, David N. Wear. 2019. Spatiotemporal downscaling of global population and income scenarios for the United States
- Sheila M. Saia, Kelly M. Suttles, Bethany B. Cutts, Ryan E. Emanuel, Katherine L. Martin, David N. Wear, John W. Coulston, James Vose. 2019. Applying climate change risk management tools to integrate streamflow projections and social vulnerability
- Grant M. Domke, C. A. Williams, R. Birdsey, John W. Coulston, A. Finzi, C. Gough, Robert G. Haight, J. Hicke, Maria Janowiak, B. de Jong, W. A. Kurz, M. Lucash, S. Ogle, M. Olguín-Álvarez, Yude Pan, M. Skutsch, C. Smyth, Chris Swanston, P. Templer, David N. Wear, Christopher W. W. Woodall. 2018. Chapter 9: Forests
- Taehee Hwang, Katherine L. Martin, James Vose, David N. Wear, Brian Miles, Yuri Kim, Lawrence E. Band. 2018. Nonstationary hydrologic behavior in forested watersheds is mediated by climate-induced changes in growing season length and subsequent vegetation growth
- John W. Coulston, Jim Westfall, David N. Wear, Christopher B. Edgar, Steven P. Prisley, Thomas B. Treiman, Robert C. Abt, W. Brad Smith. 2018. Annual monitoring of US timber production: rationale and design
- Taek Joo Kim, David N. Wear, John W. Coulston, Ruhong Li. 2018. Forest land use responses to wood product markets
- Jennifer Costanza, Don Faber-Langendoen, John W. Coulston, David N. Wear. 2018. Classifying forest inventory data into species-based forest community types at broad extents: exploring tradeoffs among supervised and unsupervised approaches
- R. Kevin McIntyre, Barrett B. McCall, David N. Wear. 2018. The social and economic drivers of the southeastern forest landscape
- Steven T. Brantley, James Vose, David N. Wear, Larry Band. 2018. Planning for an uncertain future: Restoration to mitigate water scarcity and sustain carbon sequestration
- Jeffrey P. Prestemon, David N. Wear, Karen Abt, Robert C. Abt. 2018. Projecting housing starts and softwood lumber consumption in the United States
- R. Bluffstone, John W. Coulston, Robert G. Haight, Jeffrey D. Kline, S. Polasky, David N. Wear, K. Zook. 2017. Estimated values of carbon sequestration resulting from forest management scenarios
- Jennifer Costanza, John W. Coulston, David N. Wear. 2017. An empirical, hierarchical typology of tree species assemblages for assessing forest dynamics under global change scenarios
- Katherine L. Martin, Taehee Hwang, James Vose, John W. Coulston, David N. Wear, Brian Miles, Lawrence E. Band. 2017. Watershed impacts of climate and land use changes depend on magnitude and land use context
- David N. Wear. 2016. The future of southern forests
- Michael E. Goerndt, W. Keith Moser, Patrick D. Miles, David N. Wear, Ryan DeSantis, Robert Huggett, Stephen R. R. Shifley, Francisco X. Aguilar, Kenneth E. Skog. 2016. Projection methods
- W. Keith Moser, Patrick D. Miles, Aimee L. Stephens, Dale D. Gormanson, Stephen R. R. Shifley, David N. Wear, Robert Huggett, Ruhong Li. 2016. Maintenance of productive capacity of forest ecosystems
- Michael E. Goerndt, Stephen R. R. Shifley, Patrick D. Miles, David N. Wear, Francisco X. Aguilar. 2016. Projections of forest contributions to global carbon cycles
- S.W. Golladay, K.L. Martin, James Vose, David N. Wear, A.P. Covich, R.J. Hobbs, Kier D. Klepzig, G.E. Likens, R.J. Naiman, A.W. Shearer. 2016. Achievable future conditions as a framework for guiding forest conservation and management
- Christopher W. W. Woodall, John W. Coulston, Grant M. Domke, Brian F. Walters, David N. Wear, James Smith, Hans Andersen, Brian J. Clough, Warren B. Cohen, Douglas Griffith, Stephen C. Hagen, Ian S. Hanou, Michael C. Nichols, Charles H. (Hobie) Perry, Matthew B. Russell, Jim Westfall, Barry T. (Ty) Wilson. 2015. The U.S. forest carbon accounting framework: stocks and stock change, 1990-2016
- John W. Coulston, David N. Wear, Jim Vose. 2015. Observed and projected C change in the Southeastern US
- David N. Wear, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Michaela Foster. 2015. US forest products in the global economy
- David N. Wear, John W. Coulston. 2015. From sink to source: Regional variation in U.S. forest carbon futures
- Jeffrey P. Prestemon, David N. Wear, Michaela Foster. 2015. The global position of the U.S. forest products industry
- John W. Coulston, David N. Wear, James Vose. 2015. Complex forest dynamics indicate potential for slowing carbon accumulation in the southeastern United States
- David N. Wear, Ernest Dixon IV, Robert C. Abt, Navinder Singh. 2015. Projecting potential adoption of genetically engineered freeze-tolerant Eucalyptus in the United States
- Prakash Nepal, David N. Wear, Kenneth E. Skog. 2014. Net change in carbon emissions with increased wood energy use in the United States
- David N. Wear, Thomas L. Mote, J. Marshall Shepherd, K. C. Benita, Christopher W. Strother. 2014. Southern United States climate, land use, and forest conditions
- John W. Coulston, Greg Reams, David N. Wear, C. Kenneth Brewer. 2014. An analysis of forest land use, forest land cover, and change at policy-relevant scales
- David N. Wear, Thomas L. Mote, J. Marshall Shepherd, K.C. Binita, Christopher W. Strother. 2014. Framing the future in the Southern United States climate, land use, and forest conditions
- Michael G. Ryan, James Vose, Paul J. Hanson, Louis Iverson, Chelcy F. Miniat, Charlie H. Luce, Lawrence E. Band, Steven L. Klein, Donald McKenzie, David N. Wear. 2014. Forest processes [Chapter 3]
- David N. Wear, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Robert Huggett, Douglas Carter. 2013. Markets
- Janaki R. R. Alavalapati, Pankaj Lal, Andres Susaeta, Robert C. Abt, David N. Wear. 2013. Forest Biomass-Based Energy
- David N. Wear. 2013. Forecasts of Land Uses
- Robert Huggett, David N. Wear, Ruhong Li, John W. Coulston, Shan Liu. 2013. Forecasts of forest conditions
- Brett J. Butler, David N. Wear. 2013. Forest Ownership Dynamics of Southern Forests
- David N. Wear, John G. Greis. 2013. Design of the Southern Forest Futures Project
- David N. Wear, Robert Huggett, John G. Greis. 2013. Constructing Alternative Futures
- David N. Wear, John G. Greis. 2013. The Southern Forest Futures Project: Technical Report
- Ryan DeSantis, W. Keith Moser, Robert J. Huggett, Ruhong Li, David N. Wear, Patrick D. Miles. 2013. Modeling the effects of emerald ash borer on forest composition in the Midwest and Northeast United States
- David N. Wear, Robert Huggett, Ruhong Li, Benjamin Perryman, Shan Liu. 2013. Forecasts of forest conditions in regions of the United States under future scenarios: a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA Assessment
- James Vose, David N. Wear, Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield, C. Dana Nelson. 2013. Hemlock woolly adelgid in the southern Appalachians: Control strategies, ecological impacts, and potential management responses
- Ryan D. Desantis, W. Keith Moser, Robert J. Jr. Hugett, Ruhong Li, David N. Wear, Patrick D. Miles. 2012. Emerald ash borer modeling methods for future forest projections
- David N. Wear, Linda A. Joyce, Bret W. Butler, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Susan Stewart, David J. Nowak. 2012. Climate change, human communities, and forests in rural, urban, and wildland-urban interface environments
- David N. Wear, John G. Greis. 2012. The Southern Forest Futures Project: summary report
- David N. Wear. 2012. The human context: Land ownership, resource uses, and social dynamics
- David N. Wear, Robert Huggett. 2011. Forecasting Forest Type and Age Classes in the Appalachian-Cumberland Subregion of the Central Hardwood Region
- Peter J. Ince, Andrew Kramp, Kenneth E. Skog, Henry N. Spelter, David N. Wear. 2011. U.S. forest products module : a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA Assessment
- David N. Wear. 2011. Forecasts of county-level land uses under three future scenarios: a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA Assessment
- John M. Pye, Tom Holmes, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, David N. Wear. 2011. Economic Impacts of the Southern Pine Beetle
- Ralph Alig, Susan I. Stewart, David N. Wear, David J. Nowak. 2010. Conversions of forest land: trends, determinants, projections, and policy considerations
- Melinda Vokoun, Gregory S Amacher, Jay Sullivan, David N. Wear. 2010. Examining incentives for adjacent non-industrial private forest landowners to cooperate
- Maksym Polyakov, David N. Wear. 2010. Harvest choice and timber supply models for forest forecasting
- David N. Wear, Robert Abt, Janaki Alavalapati, Greg Comatas, Mike Countess, Will McDow. 2010. The South's outlook for sustainable forest bioenergy and biofuels production
- Maksym Polyakov, David N. Wear, Robert Huggett. 2009. Building aggregate timber supply models from individual harvest choice
- Edward P. Gardiner, Andrew B. Sutherland, Rebecca J. Bixby, Mark C. Scott, Judy L. Meyer, Gene S. Helfman, E. Fred Benfield, Cathy M. Pringle, Paul V. Bolstad, David N. Wear. 2009. Linking stream and landscape trajectories in the southern Appalachians
- Melinda Vokoun, David N. Wear, Robert Abt. 2009. Testing for change in structural elements of forest inventories
- David N. Wear, J.G. Greis, N. Walters. 2009. The Southern Forest Futures Project: using public input to define the issues
- David Darr, David N. Wear, Hutch Brown, Sally Collins. 2008. Global Markets and the Health of American Forests: A Forest Service Perspective
- David N. Wear, Douglas R. Carter, Jeffrey P. Prestemon. 2007. The U.S. South’s timber sector in 2005: a prospective analysis of recent change
- Jeffrey P. Prestemon, David N. Wear, Fred J. Stewart, Thomas P. Holmes. 2006. Wildfire, timber salvage, and the economics of expediency
- David N. Wear. 2006. Future forestland area in the U.S. South
- David N. Wear. 2006. Forest Ecosystem services and development pressures
- Melinda Vokoun, Gregory S. Amacher, David N. Wear. 2006. Scale of harvesting by non-industrial private forest landowners
- Ge Sun, Erika C. Mack, David N. Wear. 2005. Modeling the impacts of climate change, landuse change, and human population dynamics on water availability and demands in the Southeastern U.S.
- Seong-Hoon Cho, David H. Newman, David N. Wear. 2005. Community choices and housing demands: a spatial analysis of the southern Appalachian highlands
- Frederick W. Cubbage, David N. Wear, Zohra Bennadji. 2005. Economic prospects and policy framework of forest biotechnology in the Southern U.S.A. and South America
- David N. Wear, John M. Pye, Kurt Riitters. 2004. Defining conservation priorities using fragmentation forecasts
- David N. Wear, John G. Greis. 2004. The southern forest resource assessment: What we learned
- David N. Wear, David H. Newman. 2004. The speculative shadow over timberland values in the U.S. South
- David N. Wear, Brian C. Murray. 2004. Federal timber restrictions, interregional spillovers, and the impact on US softwood markets
- David N. Wear, Jeffrey P. Prestemon. 2004. Timber market research, private forests, and policy rhetoric
- Rao V. Nagubadi, Daowei Zhang, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, David N. Wear. 2004. Softwood lumber products in the United States: substitutes, complements, or unrelated?
- M. Christine Conway, Gregory S. Amacher, Jay Sullivan, David N. Wear. 2003. Decisions Nonindustrial Forest Landowners Make: An Empirical Examination
- David N. Wear, John G. Greis. 2003. Assessing the south's forests
- David N. Wear, Subhrendu K. Pattanayak. 2003. Aggregate Timber Supply: From the Forest to the Market
- Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Joseph Buongiomo, David N. Wear, Jacek P. Siry. 2003. International Trade In Forest Products
- David N. Wear. 2003. Public Timber Supply under Multiple-Use Management
- Seong-Hoon Cho, David H. Newman, David N. Wear. 2003. Impacts of Second Home Development on Housing Prices in the Southern Appalachian Highlands
- Monica G. Turner, Scott M. Pearson, Paul Bolstad, David N. Wear. 2003. Effects of land-cover change on spatial pattern of forest communities in the Southern Appalachian Mountains (USA)
- John G. Greis, David N. Wear. 2002. Southern forest resource assessment: Conducting science in the public eye
- David N. Wear, John G. Greis. 2002. Southern Forest Resource Assessment
- David N. Wear, John G. Greis. 2002. Southern Forest Resource Assessment - Summary of Findings
- Lan Wu, Janaki Alavalapati, Douglas Carter, David N. Wear, Gouranga Das. 2002. Assessing the Impact of Trade Policy and Technology Changes in the U.S. Forestry Sectors
- David N. Wear, John G. Greis. 2002. Southern Forest Resource Assessment - Summary Report
- Kurt Johnsen, David N. Wear, R. Oren, R.O. Teskey, Felipe Sanchez, R. Will, John Butnor, D. Markewitz, D. Richter, T. Rials, H.L. Allen, J. Seiler, D. Ellsworth, Christopher A. Maier, G. Katul, P.M. Dougherty. 2001. Meeting global policy commitments: carbon sequestration and southern pine forests
- Brian C. Murray, Robert C. Abt, David N. Wear, Peter J. Parks, Ian W. Hardie. 2001. Land Allocation in the Southeastern U.S. in Response to Climate Change Impacts on Forestry and Agriculture
- James S. Clark, Steven R. Carpenter, Mary Barber, Scott Collins, Andy Dobson, Jonathan A. Foley, David M. Lodge, Mercedes Pascual, Roger Pielke, William Pizer, Cathy Pringle, Walter V. Reid, Kenneth A. Rose, Osvaldo Sala, William H. Schlesinger, Diana H. Wall, David N. Wear. 2001. Ecological forecasts: An emerging imperative
- Kurt Johnsen, David N. Wear, R. Oren, R.O. Teskey, Felipe Sanchez, Rodney E. Will, John Butnor, D. Markewitz, D. Richter, T. Rials, H.L. Allen, J. Seiler, D. Ellsworth, Christopher A. Maier, G. Katul, P.M. Dougherty. 2001. Meeting global policy commitments carbon sequestration and southern pine forests
- Jeffrey P. Prestemon, David N. Wear. 2000. Linking harvest choices to timber supply
- Peter J. Parks, Ian W. Hardie, Cheryl A. Tedder, David N. Wear. 2000. Using Resource Economics to Anticipate Forest Land Use Change in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region
- Ian Hardie, Peter Parks, Peter Gottleib, David N. Wear. 2000. Responsiveness of Rural and Urban Land Uses to Land Rent Determinants in the U.S. South
- David N. Wear, Rei Liu, J. Michael Foreman, Raymond M. Sheffield. 1999. The effects of population growth on timber management and inventories in Virginia
- David N. Wear. 1999. Challenges to interdisciplinary discourse
- Jeffrey P. Prestemon, John M. Pye, Karen Abt, David N. Wear. 1999. Market Definition For Hardwood Timber in the Southern Appalachians
- Fredrick Cubbage, Jacek Siry, Steverson Moffat, David N. Wear, Robert Abt. 1998. Southern Forest Resource Assessment and Linkages to the National RPA
- Frederick Cubbage, Jacek Siry, Robert Abt, David N. Wear, Steverson Moffat. 1998. Forest Productivity and Timber Supply Modeling in the South
- Brian C. Murray, David N. Wear. 1998. Federal Timber Restrictions and Interregional Arbitrage in U.S. Lumber
- David N. Wear, Monica G. Turner, Richard O. Flamm. 1996. Ecosystem Management With Multiple Owners: Landscape Dynamics in a Southern Appalachian Watershed
- David N. Wear. 1996. Forest management and timber production in the U.S. South [Document prepared for Canada/United States lumber consultations]
- David N. Wear, Peter J. Parks. 1994. The Economics of Timber Supply: An Analytical Synthesis of Modeling Approaches
- David N. Wear. 1994. Measuring Net Investment and Productivity in Timber Production
- David H. Newman, David N. Wear. 1993. Production Economics of Private Forestry: A Comparison of Industrial and Nonindustrial Forest Owners
- David N. Wear. 1993. Private forest investment and softwood production in the U.S. South
- David N. Wear, Karen J. Lee. 1993. U.S. Policy and Canadian Lumber: Effects of the 1986 Memorandum of Understanding
- David N. Wear, Richard O. Flamm. 1993. Public and Private Forest Disturbance Regimes in the Southern Appalachians
- Stephen K. Swallow, David N. Wear. 1993. Spatial Interactions in Multiple-Use Forestry and Substitution and Wealth Effects for the Single Stand
- Steven E. Daniels, William F. Hyde, David N. Wear. 1991. Distributive Effects of Forest Service Attempts to Maintain Community Stability
- Stephen K. Swallow, Peter J. Parks, David N. Wear. 1990. Policy-Relevant Nonconvexities in the Production of Multiple Forest Benefits?
- David H. Newman, David N. Wear. 1990. Research Directions in the Study of Timber Markets and Forest Policies
- University of Montana, Ph.D., Forest Management and Economics, 1987
- Duke University, M.F., Resource Systems Science, 1983
- University of Montana, B.A., Botany, 1981
Last updated July 14, 2026