Many different schemes to classify tropical forest types are based on various criteria including climate, soil, species composition, structure, function and successional stage. Included Evergreen tropical forests (including rain forests), Seasonal tropical forests, Dry tropical forests, and Tropical forests on mountains.
Forest Regeneration
Forest restoration is all about accelerating natural forest succession, so its success depends on understanding and enhancing the natural mechanisms of forest succession. Succession is a series of predictable changes in ecosystem structure and composition that occurs after disturbance. If allowed to run its course, succession eventually results in a final, climax ecosystem with maximum biomass, structural complexity and biodiversity within the limitations imposed by the local soil and climatic conditions.
A climax tropical forest is not a stable unchanging system but rather a dynamic equilibrium undergoing constant disturbances and renewal. Gaps are formed when large trees die, but they are rapidly filled as saplings and seedlings grow up to exploit the light.
Regeneration in large deforested areas
The establishment of forest trees usually depends on the availability of local seed sources and the dispersal of seeds into deforested sites. Seeds must land where conditions are suitable for germination and they must escape the attention of seed-eating animals, the so called ‘seed predators’. After germination, tree seedlings must win an intense competition with weeds for light, moisture and nutrients. Growing trees must also avoid being burnt by wildfires or eaten by cattle.
1: ทฤษฎีเบื้องหลังการฟื้นฟู
หนังสือเล่มนี้ได้รวบรวมเนื้อหาครอบคลุมถึงการรบกวนที่ส่งผลต่อกระบวนการฟื้นตัวของธรรมชาติ ทำให้มวลชีวภาพลดลงและสภาพดินเปลี่ยนแปลงไป...
2: Phenology of Five Tree Species for Restoration of Evergreen Forests on Doi Suthep
ABSTRACT: In an evergreen forest on Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai Province, multiple individuals of five tree species were observed monthly for their phenology, between March 2022 and February...
3: Phenology of Five Framework Tree Species on Doi Suthep
ABSTRACT: Climate change occurs for many reasons causing global temperature to rise affecting changes in abiotic factors such as air temperature, rainfall and relative humidity. These abiotic...
4: Living Fungi in an Opencast Limestone Mine: Who Are They and What Can They Do?
Abstract: Opencast limestone mines or limestone quarries are considered challenging ecosystems for soil fungi as they are highly degraded land with specific conditions, including high...
5: Climate niche modelling for mapping potential distributions of four framework tree species: Implications for planning forest restoration in Tropical and Subtropical Asia
ABSTRACT: Selecting tree species to plant for forest ecosystem restoration is critical but problematic. Knowing tree species’ climatic niches can help, but such information is limited for most...
6: Seed dispersal and seed predation between natural forest and restored forest area in Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai
ABSTRACT: Seed dispersal and seed predation are natural mechanisms reflecting natural regeneration. The objective of this study was to compare seed dispersal and the effect of seed predators in a...
7: Comparative study on tree seedling growth rate and diversity between a natural forest and a restored forest area in Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai
ABSTRACT: In 1967, Thailand had forest cover as high as 53.22 percent of the country's land area, but in 2021 the forest area was reduced to 31.68 percent, of which 63.99 percent was forested in...
8: The diversity of mammal in natural and restored forest in Mae Rim district, Chiang Mai Province
Forest areas in Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province, have been converted to farmlands, causing the area to deteriorate and affecting wildlife habitats. Various organizations are working to...
9: Distribution of Castanopsis calathiformis (Skan)Rehder & E.H.Wilson Seedlings Beneath Maternal Tree Crowns in Forest Restoration Plots
ABSTRACT: Castanopsis calathiformis (Skan) Rehder & E.H.Wilson is one of indigenous tree species in the Fagaceae that was planted in 1998 in a restoration plots in a deforested area near Mae Sa...
10: UAV-derived forest degradation assessments for planning and monitoring forest ecosystem restoration: towards a forest degradation index
ABSTRACT: Global initiatives such as the Bonn Challenge and the New York Declaration on Forests have prompted large-scale forest restoration projects to combat land degradation, preserve...