41: Bird communities and seedling recruitment in restoring seasonally dry forest using the framework species method in Northern Thailand

ABSTRACT: This study examined the effects of framework trees, planted in 1998, and bird community on the natural recruitment of tree seedling species in a forest restoration experiment designed to...

42: A Technical Strategy for Restoring Krabi’s Lowland Tropical Forest

This report is one of the outputs from the project “Gurney’s Pitta Research and Conservation in Thailand and Myanmar”, implemented by the U.K.’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)...

43: Natural Establishment of Tree Seedlings in Forest Restoration Trials at Ban Mae Sa Mai, Chiang Mai Province

ABSTRACT: The Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU) has successfully adapted the framework species method of forest restoration to accelerate natural forest regeneration on deforested sites in...

44: Vegetation of Doi Tung, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand

The climate of Doi Tung, Chiang Rai Province, is monsoonal with three distinct seasons, viz. cool-dry, hot-dry, and rainy. The elevation ranges from c. 350-1525m and most of the bedrock is...

45: The Effects of Planted Trees and Bird Community on Natural-Seedling Recruitment in Forest Restoration Area Using Framework Tree Species Method

ABSTRACT: This study examined the effects of planted framework trees and bird communities on natural tree seedling recruitment in forest restoration trials (using the framework species method),...

46: Recovery of Lichen Diversity During Forest Restoration in Northern Thailand

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the recovery of lichen diversity during restoration of upland evergreen forest in northern Thailand. Lichen diversity and species frequencies were recorded within...

47: Leaf flushing during the dry season: the paradox of Asian monsoon forests

Aim Most deciduous species of dry monsoon forests in Thailand and India form new leaves 1–2 months before the first monsoon rains, during the hottest and driest part of the year around the spring...

48: How to Plant a Forest: The Principles and Practice of Restoring Tropical Forests

FORRU-CMU's second practical training manual was published in 2005. It includes generic principles of restoration theory and practice, applicable throughout the tropics, as well as  descriptions...

49: Seed Dispersal of Three Framework Tree Species and Seed Predation of Manglietia garrettii Craib

ABSTRACT: Deforestation is a serious problem in northern Thailand. Framework tree species are native forest trees that help to accelerate natural forest regeneration. Planting them can, therefore,...

50: Trees of Knowledge

Early in 2002 Eden began supporting the Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU for short), a small research team at Chiang Mai University (CMU) in northern Thailand, whose mission is to find out...