Ralph Alig
Former Employee
Research Forester
Treesearch Publications
- JunJie Wu, Wenchao Xu, Ralph Alig. 2016. How Do the Location, Size and Budget of Open Space Conservation Affect Land Values?
- David J. Lewis, Ralph Alig. 2014. A spatial econometric analysis of land-use change with land cover trends data: an application to the Pacific Northwest
- David Haim, Eric White, Ralph Alig. 2014. Permanence of agricultural afforestation for carbon sequestration under stylized carbon markets in the U.S.
- Anne Sofie Elberg Nielsen, Andrew J. Plantinga, Ralph Alig. 2014. Mitigating climate change through afforestation: new cost estimates for the United States
- Anne Sofie Elburg Nielsen, Andrew J. Plantinga, Ralph Alig. 2014. New cost estimates for carbon sequestration through afforestation in the United States
- Darius M. Adams, Ralph Alig, Greg Latta, Eric M. White. 2011. Regional impacts of a program for private forest carbon offset sales
- David Haim, Ralph Alig, Andrew J. Plantinga, Brent Sohngen. 2011. Climate change and future land use in the United States: an economic approach
- Suk-Won Choi, Brent Sohngen, Ralph Alig. 2011. An assessment of the influence of bioenergy and marketed land amenity values on land uses in the midwestern US
- Ralph Alig, Evan Mercer. 2011. Effects of climate change on natural resources and communities: a compendium of briefing papers
- Ralph Alig. 2010. Urbanization in the US: land use trends, impacts on forest area, projections, and policy considerations
- Ralph Alig, Susan I. Stewart, David N. Wear, David J. Nowak. 2010. Conversions of forest land: trends, determinants, projections, and policy considerations
- Ralph Alig. 2010. Economic modeling of effects of climate change on the forest sector and mitigation options: a compendium of briefing papers
- Justin S. Baker, Bruce A. McCarl, Brian C. Murray, Steven K. Rose, Ralph Alig, Darius Adams, Greg Latta, Robert Beach, Adam Daigneault. 2010. Net farm income and land use under a U.S. greenhouse gas cap and trade
- Ralph Alig, Andrew J. Plantinga, David Haim, Maribeth Todd. 2010. Area changes in U.S. forests and other major land uses, 1982 to 2002, with projections to 2062.
- David J. Nowak, Paula B. Randler, Eric J. Greenfield, Sara J. Comas, Mary A. Carr, Ralph Alig. 2010. Sustaining America's urban trees and forests: a Forests on the Edge report
- Ronald E. McRoberts, Mark D. D. Nelson, Lisa Mahal, Curtis H. Flather, Ralph Alig, Sara Comas. 2010. Private forest habitat for at-risk species: where is it and where might it be changing?
- Ronald E. McRoberts, Lisa G. Mahal, Mary A. Carr, Ralph Alig, Sara J. Comas, David M. Theobald, Amanda Cundiff. 2009. Private forests, public benefits: increased housing density and other pressures on private forest contributions
- Eric M. White, Anita T. Morzillo, Ralph Alig. 2009. Past and projected rural land conversion in the US at state, regional, and national levels
- Ralph Alig, Greg Latta, Darius Adams, Bruce McCarl. 2009. Mitigating greenhouse gases: the importance of land base interactions between forests, agriculture, and residential development in the face of changes in bioenergy and carbon prices
- David Lewis, Ralph Alig. 2009. Empirical methods for modeling landscape change, ecosystem services, and biodiversity
- Eric M. White, Ralph Alig, Lisa G. Mahal, David M. Theobald. 2009. A sensitivity analysis of "Forests on the Edge: Housing Development on America's Private Forests."
- Brooks M. Depro, Brian C. Murray, Ralph Alig, Alyssa Shanks. 2008. Public land, timber harvests, and climate mitigation: quantifying carbon sequestration potential on U.S. public timberlands
- Andrew J. Plantinga, Ralph Alig, Henry Eichman, David J. Lewis. 2007. Linking land-use projections and forest fragmentation analysis.
- Eric M. White, Ralph Alig. 2007. National forests on the edge: development pressures on America's National Forest system.
- Richard Haynes, Darius M. Adams, Ralph Alig, Peter J. Ince, John Mills, Xiaoping Zhou. 2007. The 2005 RPA timber assessment update.
- Ralph Alig, Eric M. White, Sara J. Comas, Mary Carr, Mike Eley, Kelly Elverum, Mike O'Donnell, David M. Theobald, Ken Cordell, Jonathan Haber, Theodore W. Beauvais. 2007. National forests on the edge: development pressures on America's national forests and grasslands.
- Richard Haynes, Darius Adams, Peter J. Ince, John Mills, Ralph Alig. 2006. Bioeconomic and market models
- Ralph Alig. 2006. Human and Nature Interactions: A Dynamic Land Base of Many Goods and Services
- Lucas Bair, Ralph Alig. 2006. Regional cost information for private timberland conversion and management.
- Ralph Alig, Lucas Bair. 2006. Forest environmental investments and implications for climate change mitigation.
- Ralph Alig, Olga Krankina, Andrew Yost, Julia Kuzminykh. 2006. Forest carbon dynamics in the Pacific Northwest (USA) and the St. Petersburg region of Russia: comparisons and policy implications.
- Ralph Alig, David J. Lewis, Jennifer J. Swenson. 2005. Is forest fragmentation driven by the spatial configuration of land quality? The case of western Oregon.
- Ralph Alig, David J. Lewis, Jennifer J. Swenson. 2005. Changes in land use, forest fragmentation, and policy responses.
- Ronald E. McRoberts, Ralph Alig, Mark D. D. Nelson, David M. Theobald, Mike Eley, Mike Dechter, Mary Carr. 2005. Forests on the edge: housing development on America’s private forests.
- Ralph Alig. 2005. Methods for projecting large-scale area changes for U.S
- Seong-Hoo Cho, JunJie Wu, Ralph Alig. 2005. Land development under regulation: comparison between the east and the west sides of the Cascade Range in Oregon, Washington, and California.
- Darius Adams, John Mills, Ralph Alig, Richard Haynes. 2005. SOFRA and RPA: two views of the future of southern timber supply.
- Jeffrey D. Kline, Ralph Alig. 2005. Forestland development and private forestry with examples from Oregon (USA).
- Ralph Alig, Andrew J. Plantinga. 2004. Future forestland area: impacts from population growth and other factors that affect land values.
- Ralph Alig, Brett J. Butler. 2004. Projecting large-scale area changes in land use and land cover for terrestrial carbon analyses.
- Ralph Alig, Darius Adams, Linda A. Joyce, Brent Sohngen. 2004. Climate change impacts and adaptation in forestry: responses by trees and markets.
- Ralph Alig, Mary Clare Ahearn. 2004. Effects of Policy and Technological Change on Land Use
- Jeffrey D. Kline, Ralph Alig, Brian Garber-Yonts. 2004. Forestland social values and open space preservation.
- Jeffrey D. Kline, David L. Azuma, Ralph Alig. 2004. Population growth, urban expansion, and private forestry in western Oregon.
- John H. Beuter, Ralph Alig. 2004. Forestland values.
- Ralph Alig, Brett J. Butler. 2004. Area changes for forest cover types in the United States, 1952 to 1997, with projections to 2050.
- Ralph Alig, Jeffrey D. Kline, Mark Lichtenstein. 2004. Urbanization on the US landscape: looking ahead in the 21st century.
- Laurie L. Houston, Michio Watanabe, Jeffrey D. Kline, Ralph Alig. 2003. Past and future water use in Pacific Coast states.
- Ralph Alig, Andrew J. Plantinga, SoEun Ahn, Jeffrey D. Kline. 2003. Land use changes involving forestry in the United States: 1952 to 1997, with projections to 2050.
- Ralph Alig. 2003. U.S. landowner behavior, land use and land cover changes, and climate change mitigation.
- Laurie L. Houston, Jeffrey D. Kline, Ralph Alig. 2002. Economics research supporting water resource stewardship in the Pacific Northwest.
- Ralph Alig, John Mills, Brett J. Butler. 2002. Private timberlands: growing demands, shrinking land base.
- Jeffrey D. Kline, Brett J. Butler, Ralph Alig. 2002. Tree planting in the south: what does the future hold.
- Ralph Alig, Darius Adams, John Mills, Richard Haynes, Peter J. Ince, Robert Moulton. 2001. Alternative projections of the impacts of private investment on southern forests: a comparison of two large-scale forest sector models of the United States.
- Jeffrey D. Kline, Ralph Alig. 2001. A spatial model of land use change for western Oregon and western Washington.
- Lloyd C. Irland, Darius Adams, Ralph Alig, Carter Betz, Chi-Chung Chen, Mark Hutchins, Bruce A. McCarl, Ken Skog, Brent L. Sohngen. 2001. Assessing socioeconomic impacts of climate change on U.S. forests, wood-product markets, and forest recreation
- Lloyd C. Irland, Darius Adams, Ralph Alig, Carter Betz, Chi-Chung Chen, Mark Hutchins, Bruce A. McCarl, Ken Skog, Brent L. Sohngen. 2001. Assessing socioeconomic impacts of climate change on US forests, wood product markets, and forest recreation
- Jeffrey D. Kline, Alissa Moses, Ralph Alig. 2001. Integrating urbanization into landscape-level ecological assessments.
- Richard Haynes, Darius Adams, Ralph Alig, David Brooks, Irene Durbak, James L. Howard, Peter J. Ince, David B. McKeever, John Mills, Ken Skog, Xiaoping Zhou. 2001. Projections of the U.S. timber supply and demand situation to 2050 : draft findings from the USDA Forest Service 2000 RPA Timber Assessment.
- Bruce A. McCarl, Darius M. Adams, Ralph Alig, Diana Burton, Chi-Chung Chen. 2000. Effects of global climate change on the US forest sector: response functions derived from a dynamic resource and market simulator.
- Ralph Alig, Darius M. Adams, Bruce A. McCarl, Peter J. Ince. 2000. Economic potential of short-rotation woody crops on agricultural land for pulp fiber production in the United States.
- Richard Birdsey, Ralph Alig, Darius Adams. 2000. Mitigation activities in the forest sector to reduce emissions and enhance sinks of greenhouse gases
- John Mills, Ralph Alig, Richard Haynes, Darius M. Adams. 2000. Modeling climate change impacts on the forest sector
- Ralph Alig, Daolan Zheng, Thomas A. Spies, Brett J. Butler. 2000. Forest cover dynamics in the Pacific Northwest west side: regional trends and predictions.
- SoEun Ahn, Andrew J. Plantinga, Ralph Alig. 2000. Predicting future forestland area: a comparison of econometric approaches.
- Jeffrey D. Kline, Ralph Alig, Rebecca L. Johnson. 2000. Forest owner incentives to protect riparian habitat.
- Jeffrey D. Kline, Ralph Alig, Rebecca L. Johnson. 2000. Fostering the production of nontimber services among forest owners with heterogeneous objectives.
- SoEun Ahn, Andrew J. Plantinga, Ralph Alig. 2000. Historical trends and projections of land use for the South-Central United States.
- Bruce A. McCarl, Darius M. Adams, Ralph Alig, John T. Chmelik. 2000. Competitiveness of biomass-fueled electrical power plants.
- Ralph Alig, Darius M. Adams, John T. Chmelik, Pete Bettinger. 1999. Private forest investment and long-run sustainable harvest volumes.
- Andrew J. Plantinga, Thomas Mauldlin, Ralph Alig. 1999. Land use in Maine: determinants of past trends and projections of future changes.
- Daolan Zheng, Ralph Alig. 1999. Changes in the non-Federal land base involving forestry in western Oregon, 1961-94.
- Darius M. Adams, Ralph Alig, Bruce A. McCarl, John M. Callaway, Steven M. Winnett. 1999. Minimum cost strategies for sequestering carbon in forests.
- Jeffrey D. Kline, Ralph Alig. 1999. Does land use planning slow the conversion of forest and farm lands?
- Thomas E. Mauldin, Andrew J. Plantinga, Ralph Alig. 1999. Land use in the lake states region: an analysis of past trends and projections of future changes.
- Ralph Alig, Michael R. Dicks, Robert J. Moulton. 1998. Land Use Dynamics Involving Forestland: Trends in the U.S. South
- Ralph Alig, Darius M. Adams, Bruce A. McCarl. 1998. Impacts of incorporating land exchanges between forestry and agriculture in sector models.
- Rebecca L. Johnson, Ralph Alig, Eric Moore, Robert J. Moulton. 1997. NIPF Landowner's view of regulation.
- Ralph Alig, Darius M. Adams, Bruce McCarl, J.M. Callaway, Steven Winnett. 1997. Assessing effects of mitigation strategies for global climate change with an intertemporal model of the U.S. forest and agriculture sectors.
- Darius M. Adams, Ralph Alig, J.M. Callaway, Bruce A. McCarl, Steven M. Winnett. 1996. The forest and agricultural sector optimization model (FASOM): model structure and policy applications.
- Ralph Alig, Darius M. Adams. 1995. Productivity of nonindustrial private forests in western Washington: alternative futures.
- James G. Wyant, Ralph Alig, William Bechtold. 1991. Physiographic position, disturbance and species composition in North Carolina coastal plain forests
- Ralph Alig, Karen J. Lee, Robert J. Moulton. 1990. Likelihood of Timber Management on Nonindustrial Private Forests: Evidence From Research Studies
- Ralph Alig. 1990. Non-industrial private forests: timber supply for an uncertain future.
- Andrew Plantinga, Joseph Buongiorno, Ralph Alig, John S. Jr. Spencer. 1989. Timberland area change in the Lake States: past trends, causes, and projections.
- Ray L. Czaplewski, Ralph Alig, Noel D. Cost. 1988. Monitoring land/forest cover using the Kalman filter: A proposal
- Ralph Alig, Fred C. White, Brian C. Murray. 1988. Economic factors influencing land use changes in the South-Central United States
- Ralph Alig, Robert G. Healy. 1987. Urban and built-up land area changes in the United States: an empirical investigation of determinants.
- Ralph Alig, Herbert A. Knight, Richard Birdsey. 1986. Recent Area Changes in Southern Forest Ownerships and Cover Types
- Ralph Alig. 1986. Econometric analysis of the factors influencing forest acreage trends in the southeast.
Last updated March 10, 2026