211: Low technology tree propagation and the restoration of natural forest ecosystems

ABSTRACT: Loss of forests, and their associated biodiversity, is a serious issue in many developing tropical countries. Throughout northern Thailand for example, large areas within national parks...

212: Forest restoration research in conservation areas in northern Thailand

Loss of forests and their associated biodiversity is a serious issue in many tropical countries. In Thailand, for example, forest cover has been reduced from about 53% in the early 1960s...

213: Forest restoration research in northern Thailand: 2. the fruits, seeds and seedlings of Gluta usitata (Wall.) Hou (Anacardiaceae)

Gluta usitata was one of the first tree species we looked into as a potential framework species for restoration lowland deciduous forest. Its red-winged fruits put on a spectacular display at the...

214: Selecting species for restoring degraded forests in northern Thailand

ABSTRACT: This paper proposes a system to score the suitability of tree seedling species for planting, to accelerate natural forest regeneration on degraded sites within protected areas in...

215: A Database of Seed and Fruit Morphology of Trees in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park

Magnolia garrettii (Craib) V.S.Kumar fruits & seedsABSTRACT: Doi Suthep-Pui National Park supports an exceptionally high diversity of vascular plants. Surveys conducted by J.F. Maxwell since 1987...

216: Effects of Forest Fire Protection on Seed Dispersal, Seed Bank  and Tree Seedling Establishment in a Dipterocarp-Oak Forest in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park

It was hypothesized that protecting deciduous dipterocarp-oak forests from fire would increase the seed rain, seed bank, and seedling establishment and alter the species composition of the...

217: The Effects of Forest Fire Protection on Plant Diversity, Tree Phenology and Soil Nutrients in a Dry Dipterocarp Forest in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park

ABSTRACT: A two-hectare plot in deciduous dipterocarp-oak forest in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, protected against fire for 28 years, was compared with a similar, but frequently burnt forest...

218: Understanding and assisting natural regeneration processes in degraded seasonal evergreen forests in northern Thailand

ABSTRACT: The Thailand government has recently embarked upon a nation-wide project to restore degraded forests. One approach could be to assist natural regeneration (ANR) by counteracting...

219: The vegetation of Jae Sawn National Park, Lampang Province

After joining CMU's Biology Department in 1992, Ach. Max embarked on prolific and exhaustive plant-species inventories of several of northern Thailand's mountains, expanding the department's...

220: Research towards the restoration of northern Thailand's degraded forests

Throughout northern Thailand, large areas of land within national parks and wildlife sanctuaries are deforested or degraded and require reforestation. Within such protected areas, where the...