Dr. Kozma Naka Biography

Research

Forest Operations and Measurements, Forestry, Ecology and Wildlife Program,

 

Education

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

 

recent Publications

• Morgan, K., K. Naka, E. Moss, and R. Bearden. 2026.Acute toxicity of exopolysaccharide from Rhizobium tropici on red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii Girard, 1852 (Decapoda: Astacidea: Cambaridae), Journal of Crustacean Biology, Volume 46, Issue 2, April–June 2026, ruag025, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruag025 
• Naka, K., Kennedy, M., and Wu, Y. 2026. Impact of reintroduced elaphure on soil carbon storage in eastern Jiangsu Province, China. Restor Ecol e70444. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70444 
• Jean, R., and Naka, K. 2026. Understanding Spatial Patterns and Drivers of Outdoor Recreation Participation in Southeastern National Forests. Land, 15(5), 829.
• Naka, K., Bowman, T., & Cela, S. 2026. Influence of Forest Tract Characteristics and Sale Methods on Timber Prices in Alabama, Southern United States. Forests, 17(4), 452.
• Naka, K., Ojha, S. K., & Dimov, L. D. 2026. Impacts of disturbances on Table Mountain pine (Pinus pungens) and associated species in forests of the Eastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management, 607, 123566.
• Azad, S., Khademibami, L., Bowman, T., Montague, I., Naka, K., Fatemi, S. A., & Shmulsky, R. (2025). Nondestructive Evaluation of Lumber and Cross-Laminated Timber from Pine Trees Felled for up to One Year. Forest Products Journal, 75(4), 433-440. 
• Morgan, K., Naka, K., Bearden, R., & Stoeckel, J. 2025. Ecotoxic effect of a soil-stabilizing root-bacterial exopolysaccharide salt on the reproduction of Procambarus clarkii Girard, 1852 (Decapoda: Astacidea: Cambaridae), Journal of Crustacean Biology, Volume 45, Issue 4, October-December 2025, ruaf069, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaf069. 
• Zhu, Y., An, Y., Wang, L., Xue, J., Naka, K., & Wu, Y. 2025. Assessing Ecological Restoration of Père David’s Deer Habitat Using Soil Quality Index and Bacterial Community Structure. Diversity, 17(9), 594.
• Chen, C., Naka, K., and Hossain, S.M., 2025. Is shortleaf pine regeneration declining under the current forest fire regime? Global Ecology and Conservation, 63, p.e03897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03897 
• Naka, Kozma, Olufemi Fatunsin. 2025. Interactive effects of functional, taxonomic, and structural diversity on aboveground carbon storage in humid subtropical mixed forests. Ecological Indicators 178 (2025) 113990.
• Fatunsin, Olufemi, Kozma Naka. 2025. Structural diversity enhances carbon storage in mixed oak-pine forests of the Southeast United States. Forest Ecology and Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122719 
• Naka, Kozma, Shaik Hossain, and Luben Dimov. 2024. Growth of Two Loblolly Pine Clones Planted in Agroforestry and Plantation Settings: Nine-year Results. Agroforestry Systems https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-024-01040-4
• Naka, Kozma, Yongbo Wu, Michael Kennedy, Jing Yang, Ying Zhu, Anmin Mao, Jian Lü. 2024. Planting Trees in Buffer Strips for Attenuating Phosphorus Runoff in Jiangsu Province, China. AgrosystGeosci & Environ 2024;e20513. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20513
• 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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