61: Effects of Forest Restoration Activities on the Species Diversity of Ground Flora and Tree Seedlings

This study was carried out to determine if planting native trees species and associated activities i.e. weeding and fertilizing in forest restoration, increases diversity of ground flora and tree...

62: Effects of forest restoration activities on the species diversity of ground flora and tree seedlings

This study was carried out to determine if planting native trees species and associated activities i.e. weeding and fertilizing in forest restoration, increases diversity of ground flora and tree...

63: Inter-relationships between wildlife and forest restoration

Implicit in the workshop’s title was the assumption that restoring tropical forests benefits wildlife. However, in SE Asia, this assumption has not been tested in restored forests. The purpose of...

64: Defining forest restoration for wildlife conservation

Deforestation in the tropics is now widely accepted as one of the greatest threats to wildlife on Earth. The last decade of the 20th century saw rapid changes in attitudes towards this problem and...

65: The effect of artificial perches and local vegetation on bird-dispersed seed deposition into regenerating sites

ABSTRACT: Knowledge of the role of birds in natural regeneration could be used to accelerate and reduce the costs of forest restoration. The objectives of this study were to determine: (1) whether...

66: Restoring conservation forests in northern Thailand and the monitoring of frugivorous birds

During tropical forest restoration, birds play a crucial role in dispersing seeds from nearby forest into restoration sites. The framework species method of forest restoration is designed to...

67: Tree Colonization of Abandoned Agricultural Clearings in Seasonal Tropical Montane Forest in Northern Thailand

ABSTRACT: In 1994 the Thai Government embarked upon a nationwide project to restore degraded forests. One approach to such an endeavour is to assist natural regeneration (ANR) by managing a site...

68: The establishment and survival of native trees on degraded hillsides in Hong Kong

ABSTRACT: Deforestation and land degradation in the tropics and subtropics are proceeding at an unprecedented rate, threatening a massive loss in global biodiversity, comprising a fifth of the...

69: Morphological database of fruits and seeds of trees in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park

Abtract: Doi Suthep-Pui National Park supports an exceptionally high diversity of vascular plants. Surveys conducted by J.F. Maxwell since 1987 have enumerated a total of 2,145 species to date, of...

70: Forest restoration research in northern Thailand, III: Observations of birds feeding in mature Hovenia dulcis Thunb. (Rhamnaceae)

One of the most important criteria for selecting tree species for planting to restore natural forest ecosystems on degraded sites is their attractiveness to wildlife. The "framework species"...