81: 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...

82: 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...

83: 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...

84: 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...

85: 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...

86: Effects of Irrigation on the Ground Flora of a Deciduous Dipterocarp Forest

ABSTRACT: Soil moisture is one of the most important factors affecting the structure and species composition of forests. Therefore, if more water is put into a degraded deciduous forest, the...

87: Effects of Irrigation on The Phenology and Seedling Community of a Deciduous Dipterocarp Forest at Huai Hong Khrai

ABSTRACT: An investigation of the effects of irrigation on the phenology and seedling communities of a deciduous dipterocarp forest at Huai Hong Khrai, Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai Province,...

88: The Importance of Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (VAM) in Deciduous Tropical Forests

ABSTRACT: This study determined the prevalence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal infection amongst leguminous trees in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park and investigated the effects of VAM on...

89: Flowering and seed production phenology of dry tropical forest trees in northern Thailand

ABSTRACT: Restoring native forests to conserve biodiversity and for watershed protection requires detailed knowledge of ecosystem functioning, including flowering and fruiting phenology. Such data...

90: The Diversity of Trees and Seedlings in Burnt and Non-burnt Forest

ABSTRACT: This paper presents a comparison of forest after 20 years of fire protection with an adjacent area where fires occur annually. The ratio of seedlings per tree in the burnt area (4.59)...