221: Forest Restoration Research in Northern Thailand, 1. The Fruits, Seeds and Seedlings of Hovenia dulcis Thunb. (Rhamnaceae)

Hovenia dulcis Thunb. (Rhamnaceae) is a rare native tree species recently added to Thailand's flora, found in stream valleys in primary lower montane evergreen forest 1,075- 1,250 m above sea...

222: Activities of the forest restoration research unit, northern Thailand

ABSTRACT - This presentation summarizes the work of the Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU) based in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, northern Thailand (Elliott et al. 1995). Although Doi...

223: Relationships Between Forest Regeneration and Ground Flora Diversity in Deforested Gaps in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Northern Thailand

Abstract: Interactions between tree seedlings and herbaceous vegetation are widely assumed to be important factors affecting the growth and performance of tree seedlings. However, few experimental...

224: Workshop Review: Can tree plantations restore degraded tropical forests?

SUMMARY: About 15 million sq km of the tropics is classified as “degraded". One way to rehabilitate degraded land and take the pressure off remaining forest is to establish plantations of...

225: The vegetation of Doi Khuntan National Park, Lamphun-Lampang Provinces, Thailand

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...

226: Research needs for restoring the forests of Thailand

We wrote this paper shortly after FORRU-CMU's foundation in 1994, with our UK partners, to raise the profile of the then novel concept of forest ecosystem restoration and to lay out the unit's...

227: A Comparison of Ground Flora Diversity between Forest and Plantations in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park.

ABSTRACT: Ground flora diversity was compared among old-growth forest and tree plantations in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park from March to December 1994. Five study sites, viz. evergreen forest, a...

228: Seed Dispersal and Predation in Forest on Doi Suthep

The study determined the relative importance of seed dispersal and predation, compared with other site environmental conditions, as factors that limit some tree species from colonizing gaps. Two...

229: Effects of Heat Treatments on Seed Germination of Some Native Tree Species on Doi Suthep

ABSTRACT: Fifty species of native trees were collected from 27 families, 45 genera from Doi Suthep. Twenty-nine species germinated, 11 species from deciduous forest, 16 species from primary...

230: Preserving Northern Thailand's Botanical Diversity

In 1995, the herbarium collection of CMU's Biology Department was moved into a brand new custom-built facility. The plant specimen collection, the database derived from it and the encyclopaedic...