Forest Environments in the Mekong River Basin

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXVIII

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2. Forest Hydrology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Runoff Processes in Southeast Asia: Role of Soil, Regolith, and Rock Type

      • Nick A. Chappell, Mark Sherlock, Kawi Bidin, Ray Macdonald, Yani Najman, Gemma Davies

      Pages 3-23

   3. Impact of Land-Use Development on the Water Balance and Flow Regime of the Chi River Basin, Thailand

      • Kanokporn Boochabun, Sukanya Vongtanaboon, Apichat Sukrarasmi, Nipon Tangtham

      Pages 24-35

   4. Evaluation of Evapotranspiration in Forested Areas in the Mekong Basin Using GIS Data Analysis

      • Shinji Sawano, Norifumi Hotta, Hikaru Komatsu, Masakazu Suzuki, Tomoko Yayama

      Pages 36-44

   5. Severe Drought Resulting from Seasonal and Interannual Variability in Rainfall and Its Impact on Transpiration in a Hill Evergreen Forest in Northern Thailand

      • Tomonori Kume, Hideki Takizawa, Natsuko Yoshifuji, Nobuaki Tanaka, Katsunori Tanaka, Chatchai Tantasirin et al.

      Pages 45-55

   6. Factors Affecting Interannual Variability in Transpiration in a Tropical Seasonal Forest in Northern Thailand: Growing Season Length and Soil Drought

      • Natsuko Yoshifuji, Nobuaki Tanaka, Chatchai Tantasirin, Masakazu Suzuki

      Pages 56-66

   7. Scale Dependency of Hydrological Characteristics in the Upper Ping River Basin, Northern Thailand

      • Koichiro Kuraji, Kowit Punyatrong, Issara Sirisaiyard, Chatchai Tantasirin, Nobuaki Tanaka

      Pages 67-74

   8. Year-Round Observation of Evapotranspiration in an Evergreen Broadleaf Forest in Cambodia

      • Tatsuhiko Nobuhiro, Akira Shimizu, Naoki Kabeya, Yoshio Tsuboyama, Tayoko Kubota, Toshio Abe et al.

      Pages 75-86

   9. Measurements of Wind Speed, Direction, and Vertical Profiles in an Evergreen Forest in Central Cambodia

      • Koji Tamai, Akira Shimizu, Tatsuhiko Nobuhiro, Naoki Kabeya, Sophal Chann, Nang Keth

      Pages 87-96

   10. Stomatal Response Characteristics of Dry Evergreen and Dry Deciduous Forests in Kampong Thom, Cambodia

       • Kenichi Daikoku, Shigeaki Hattori, Aiko Deguchi, Yuji Fujita, Makoto Araki, Tatsuhiko Nobuhiro

       Pages 97-111

   11. Changes of Vertical Soil Moisture Conditions of a Dry Evergreen Forest in Kampong Thom, Cambodia

       • Makoto Araki, Akira Shimizu, Jumpei Toriyama, Eriko Ito, Naoki Kabeya, Tatsuhiko Nobuhiro et al.

       Pages 112-124

   12. Stable Isotope Studies of Rainfall and Stream Water in Forest Watersheds in Kampong Thom, Cambodia

       • Naoki Kabeya, Akira Shimizu, Sophal Chann, Yoshio Tsuboyama, Tatsuhiko Nobuhiro, Nang Keth et al.

       Pages 125-134

   13. Runoff Characteristics and Observations on Evapotranspiration in Forest Watersheds, Central Cambodia

       • Akira Shimizu, Naoki Kabeya, Tatsuhiko Nobuhiro, Tayoko Kubota, Yoshio Tsuboyama, Eriko Ito et al.

       Pages 135-146

3. Forest Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. Object-Oriented Land Cover Classification Based on Two Satellite Images Obtained in One Dry Season in Cambodia

      • Naoyuki Furuya, Hideki Saito, Sam Preap, Bora Tith, Makara Meas

      Pages 149-158

   3. Land Cover Change Mapping of the Mekong River Basin Using NOAA Pathfinder AVHRR 8-km Land Dataset

      • Hideki Saito, Yoshito Sawada, Naoyuki Furuya, Sam Preap

      Pages 159-167

   4. Effect of Forest Cover Change on Sedimentation in Lam Phra Phloeng Reservoir, Northeastern Thailand

      • Kosit Lorsirirat

      Pages 168-178

   5. Seasonally Flooded Community Forest on the Banks of the Songkhram River: A Research Framework

      • Taro Sasaki, Supaporn Worrapornpan, Sunan Seesang

      Pages 179-186

4. Forest Ecology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187

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Deforestation and forest degradation have continued over a long period of time, and the deterioration of forest environment management services is becoming one of the biggest concerns in the world. Especially in large continental river basins, sel? sh political attitudes and individual interests in some regions predispose other regions to problems downstream and bring about international issues. The Mekong is just such a river basin and its water is the most important resource, interdependent with the forest conditions in the region. The lives of millions of people are sustained by the water of the Mekong River, and mutual understanding on water resource mana- ment is essential in this region. Consequently, appropriate environment management to control water resources is required of each country along with scienti? c knowledge of forest management, including forest hydrology. The Mekong River Commission (MRC) was established in 1995 to jointly manage shared water resources and develop the economic potential of the river by the gove- ments of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. However, very limited operational forest management for water resources is being conducted based on reliable sources of information. International cooperation in science and technology has progressed in Southeast Asia. One such activity, the research project “Changes of Water Cycle in the Mekong River Basin” (CWCM), has been conducted by the Forestry Administration (FA) of Cambodia, the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) of Japan, and several universities, since 2002.

• ecology
• environment
• forest
• forest management
• soil

• Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

  Haruo Sawada, Makoto Araki, Akira Shimizu

• Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

  Nick A. Chappell

• Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, National Institute of Education, Jurong, Singapore

  James V. LaFrankie

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