Experience

• An Auburn University faculty member since 1985 conducting research on timber supply, regional economic impacts of the forestry sector, and the economics of timber management.
• Research Assistant, Colorado State University, 1980-1985.Operations Research Analyst, USDA Forest Service, Land Management Planning, Fort Collins, CO,1984-1985.
• Economist (intern), USDA Forest Service, Cooperative Fire State and Private Branch, Washington D.C., summer 1982.

Research Interests

• Biomass/bioenergy industry development impacts in the South
• Timber supply and timber inventory analysis and the effects of policy changes on resource availability
• Determinants of landowner motivation and their effects on timber supply
• Regional economics
• Use of GIS in resource management
• Resource management effects on environmental quality

Selected Publications

• Kantavichai, R., T. Gallagher, and L. Teeter. 2013. Assessing the Economic Feasibility of Short Rotation Loblolly Biomass Plantations. Forest Policy and Economics. Vol 38, Jan 2014, Pgs 126-131).
• Zhang, Y. and L. Teeter. 2012 .Economic explanation for privatization of forests and forestland: Canada and the United States. International Forestry Review, Vol.14(2): 184-195.
• Kaetzel, B.R., I. Majumdar, L.D. Teeter, and B.J. Butler. 2012. Regional differences among family forest landowners using National Woodland Owner Survey results. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. In Press.
• Bailey, C., J. Dyer, and L. Teeter. 2011. Assessing the Rural Development Potential of Cellulosic Biofuels in the Rural South. Biomass and Bioenergy, 35 (2011) 1408-1417.
• Majumdar, Indrajit; Laband, David; Teeter, Lawrence; Butler, Brett. 2009. Motivations and Land-Use Intentions of Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners: Comparing Inheritors to Noninheritors. Forest Science, Volume 55, Number 5, pp. 423-432(10).
• Majumdar, Indrajit; Teeter, Lawrence D.; Butler, Brett J.2009. Using Extant Data to Determine Management Direction in Family Forests. Society & Natural Resources, Nov/Dec2009, Vol. 22 Issue 10, p867-883.
• Indrajit Majumdar, Maksym Polyakov, Lawrence D. Teeter, Brett J. Butler. 2009. Effect of Population Pressure on Forest Land Use Change in Alabama: A Nested Logit Approach. International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics. Vol 14 (P09) 77-93.
• Dyer, J.F., C. Bailey, and L. Teeter. 2009. Prospects for biofuels in Alabama: a synthesis of expert opinion. Bulletin 672, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. 46 p.
• Polyakov, M., I. Majumdar, and L. Teeter. 2008. Spatial and temporal analysis of the anthropogenic effects on local diversity of forest trees. Forest Ecology and Management, 255 (2008) 1379–1387.
• Majumdar, I., L. Teeter, and B. Butler. 2008. Characterizing family forest owners: A cluster analysis approach. Forest Science, 54(2):176-184.
• Dolisca, F., J. McDaniel, L. Teeter, and C. Jolly. 2007. Land tenure, population pressure and deforestation in Haiti: The case of Forêt des Pins Reserve , Journal of Forest Economics, 13(4):277-289.
• Dolisca F., McDaniel J., and Teeter L.D. 2007. Farmers’ perceptions towards forests: A case study from Haiti, Forest Policy and Economics, 9(6):704-712.
• Polyakov, M. and L. Teeter. 2007. Modeling Pulpwood Trade within the U.S. South. Forest Science, 53(3):414-425.
• Dolisca F., McDaniel J., and Teeter L.D. 2006. Modeling low-income farm household for estimating the effectiveness of policy instruments on sustainable land use in Haiti: The case of Forêt des Pins Reserve. Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 6(3):133-142.
• Teeter, L., M. Polyakov, and X. Zhou. 2006. Incorporating Interstate Trade In A Multi-region Timber Inventory Projection System. Forest Products Journal, 56(1):19-27.
• Polyakov, M. and L. Teeter. 2005. Influence of regulatory forest policy tools on biodiversity measures for forests in Ukraine. Forest Policy and Economics
• Polyakov, Maksym, Larry Teeter, and John D. Jackson. 2005. An Econometric analysis of Alabama's pulpwood market, Forest Products Journal.
• Teeter, L., B. Cashore and D. Zhang (eds). 2003. Forest policy for private forestry: global and regional challenges, Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing. 307 p.
• Polyakov, M. and L. Teeter. 2003. Redesigning forest policy tools under a transitional economy setting. IN: Forest policy for private forestry: Global and regional challenges, L. Teeter, B. Cashore, and D. Zhang (eds), Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing, pp. 95-105.
• Zhou, X., J.R. Mills and L.D. Teeter. 2003. Modeling Forest Type Transitions in the Southcentral Region: Results From Three Methods, South. J. Appl. For., 27(3): 190-197.
• Basnyat, P., L. Teeter, K. Flynn and B.G. Lockaby. 1999. Relationships between landscape characteristics and non-point source pollution inputs to coastal estuaries. Environmental Management, 23(4): 539-549. Get the pdf
• Basnyat, P., L. Teeter, B.G. Lockaby and K. Flynn. 2000. Land use characteristics and water quality: a methodology for valuing forested buffers. Environmental Management, 26(2): 153-161. Get the pdf
• Teeter, L., and X. Zhou. 1999. Projecting timber inventory at the product level, Forest Science, 45(2):226-231. Get the pdf
• Basnyat, P., L. Teeter, B.G. Lockaby and K. Flynn. The use of remote sensing and GIS in watershed level analyses of non-point pollution problems. Forest Ecology and Management, 128: 65-73. Get the pdf
• Teeter, L.D. and A.A. Dyer. 1989. Group Utility Indifference and Resource Management Decision Making. Environmental Management, 13(1):15-22.
• Teeter, L.D., G.S. Alward, and W.A. Flick. 1989. Interregional Impacts of Forest-based Economic Activity. Forest Science, 35(2):515-531. pdf Get the pdf (1.1mb)
• Zhou, X. and L. Teeter. 1999. Using severance tax data to determine removal levels for inventory projection. Forest Prod. J., 49(1): 43-48. Get the pdf (560K)
  
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