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Land cover changes in tropical seasonal forests at Mae Klong head watershed, Kanchanaburi province, Thailand |
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| Creator | 1. Dokrak Marod 2. Torlarp Kamyo 3. Sura Pattanakiat 4. Songtum Suksawang 5. Samreong Panuthai |
| Title | Land cover changes in tropical seasonal forests at Mae Klong head watershed, Kanchanaburi province, Thailand |
| Publisher | Maejo University |
| Publication Year | 2559 |
| Journal Title | Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology |
| Journal Vol. | 10 |
| Journal No. | 3 |
| Page no. | 304 |
| Keyword | land-cover change,tropical seasonal forests,Mae Klong Watershed Research Station,forest dynamics,long-term ecological research |
| ISSN | 1905-7873 |
| Abstract | We investigated land-cover changes recorded at Mae Klong Watershed Research Station to clarify how forested areas have changed since they were abandoned between 1982-2012. Normalised vegetation indices were calculated based on satellite images (Landsat-5 TM) at 4-year intervals from 1992 to 2012. We found that areas of degraded forest and forest fluctuated during those years. During the first 4-year period, from 1992 to 1996, 61% of degraded forest areas rapidly recovered, although some areas changed from forest to degraded forest (4.2 ? 1.27 km2), indicating that these areas were still being disturbed. However, since then, the forest area has completely recovered, indicating that natural succession has been proceeding well for about 20 years. |
