Effectiveness of Direct Seeding for Forest Restoration on Severely Degraded Land in Lampang Province, Thailand
Read full paper at: www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50698#.VEiV9FfHRK0 Author(s) Farzana Hossain 1 , Stephen Elliott 2 , Sutthathorn Chairuangsri 1,2* Affiliation(s) 1 Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand . 2 The Forest Restoration Research Unit, Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand . ABSTRACT This study tested the effectiveness of direct seeding to establish framework tree species, for restoring forest ecosystems at an opencast lignite mine in Lampang Province, Thailand. A randomized complete block design (RCBD) experiment tested five tree species ( Afzelia xylocarpa (Kurz) Craib, Eugenia cumini (L.) Druce, Ficus ra...