Tony Prato

Dr. Tony Prato
Professor Emeritus
Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Missouri
University of Missouri
130 Mumford Hall
Columbia, MO 65203
United States of America

Mailing Address:
355 Wild West Drive
-59917-4000 Eureka, MT



Phone: 406-890-8601
E-mail: pratoa(at)missouri.edu


Key Publications of Tony Prato (up to ten) :
Prato, T., and T. Paveglio. 2019. Evaluating sensitivity of the ranking of forest fuel treatments to manager’s risk attitudes and the importance of treatment objectives, Montana, USA. International Journal of Forestry Research. Volume 2019, Article ID 6089024, 12 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6089024

Prato, T. 2017. Determining preferred forest management plans under ecosystem driver uncertainty: A conceptual framework. Journal of Environment and Earth Science 7:165-177.

Prato, T., and T. Paveglio. 2017. Prioritizing fuel treatment strategies and adaptive management of public forestland: A case study for Flathead County, Montana. Forest Science. January 19, 2017.

Prato, T. 2017. Decision errors in evaluating tipping points for ecosystem resilience. Ecological Indicators 76:275-280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.01.013

Prato, T. 2016. Conceptual framework for adaptive management of coupled human and natural systems with respect to climate change uncertainty. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 24:1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2016.1251347

Subhasis Giri, S., Qiu, Z., Prato, T., and Luo, B. 2016. An integrated approach for targeting critical source areas to control nonpoint source pollution in watersheds. Water Resources Management. Online 1-14. DOI: 10.1007/s11269-016-1470-z.

Pavelgio, T., T. Prato, Edgeley, C., Nalle, D. 2016. Evaluating the characteristics of social vulnerability to wildfire: Demographics, perceptions and parcel characteristics." Environmental Management, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00267-016-0719-x

Prato, T. 2016. Conceptual framework for collaboratively managing coupled human and natural systems under climate change uncertainty. Environment and Natural Resources Research 6:13-26.

Prato, T. 2015. Conceptual framework for assessing the sustainability of forest fuel reduction treatments and their adaptation to climate change. Sustainability 7:3571-3591. doi:10.3390/su7043571

Hearne, R.R., and T. Prato. 2015. Institutional evolution of Missouri river management. Water Policy doi: 10.2166/wp.2015.224



Specialties of Tony Prato:
Integrated modeling and analysis of human-environmental systems Assessing ecological and economic impacts of climate and land use changes
Adaptive management
Benefits and costs of converting cropland to wetland
Evaluating public policies for sustainable use and management of natural resources
Conservation and management of parks and protected areas
Application of geospatial technologies (GIS and remote sensing)
  • Multiple attribute decision-making
    Watershed and water resources management
    Environmental impacts of agricultural production
  • Spatial decision support systems
    Risk and uncertainty analysis


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