FOREST ASSESSMENT AND LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY STUDY IN THAILAND
Keywords:
Forest assessment, landscape ecology, remote sensingAbstract
The main objective of the paper is to provide an overview of a new concept and method for managing forest resources with a new tool of landscape ecology. Herein, the development of forest assessment in Thailand, the basic concepts and principles of landscape ecology with its application on forest management, and recent research topics on landscape ecology were reviewed for forest managers and researchers.
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