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Biodiversity Observation and Monitoring in Thailand

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For the last three decades, the world has given high priority to an examination of biological resources, and people have become more aware of biodiversity losses. As the tropical zone contains about 70% of the total biotic species of the world (Lugo 1988), destruction of natural habitats in the tropical region is a crucial component of these losses (Ehrlich 1988; Turner and Meyer 1991; Whitmore 1997). Presently, biodiversity conservation has a high profile worldwide because biodiversity plays an important role in the well-being of humans in terms of economic benefits, services, ethics, and aesthetics. Thus, biodiversity conservation is a hot issue for all countries, including the Kingdom of Thailand, which is recognized as one of the richest countries in the world with regard to biodiversity.

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  1. Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Biology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand

    Dokrak Marod & Utis Kutintara

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  1. Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

    Shin-ichi Nakano

  2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Scienc, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

    Tetsukazu Yahara

  3. Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

    Tohru Nakashizuka

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Marod, D., Kutintara, U. (2012). Biodiversity Observation and Monitoring in Thailand. In: Nakano, Si., Yahara, T., Nakashizuka, T. (eds) The Biodiversity Observation Network in the Asia-Pacific Region. Ecological Research Monographs. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54032-8_5

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