Rubberflux, Progress in CO2 and water budget evaluation of rubber plantations in Thailand

However, this counteracting change could not fully compensate the hydrological effect of rubber expansion for the following two reasons: (1) Forest conversion to farmland occurred at

It is possible to use LFT (low frequency tapping systems) when using hormonal stimulation, with the condition that this hormonal Ethephon stimulation must be tailored to rubber

The analysis of labor used in rubber plantations and labor mobility in the rural, suburban and urban communities showed that family labor and hired labor were important

Figure 1 Effect of tapping systems on number of tapping time at rubber tree plantations in Buriram province (a) and Khon Kaen province (b). Vertical error bars indicate the

Our final objective is to evaluate, on an annual basis, the rela- tive contributions of soil water shortage and atmospheric drought to the regulation of maximal transpiration in

Results also showed how rubber plantations could improve the soil ecosystem services and particularly the soil carbon content when rubber trees were planted on

In opposite, three trajectories, namely the growth of large family farm enterprises (4.1 %), the growth of medium family farm enterprises (14.5%), and toward patron farms (7.7%) are

Although monocropped hevea can produce a satisfac- tory income when the price of rubber is high, negative impacts of monocropping are also possible: (1) loss of food security: in