The Biodiversity Observation Network in the Asia-Pacific Region: Toward Further Development of Monitoring

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Strategies to Observe and Assess Changes of Terrestrial Biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific Regions....Pages 3-19
Biodiversity Outlook in the Southeast Asia: Challenges and Prospects for the Next Decade....Pages 21-25
Economics and Economic Valuation of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Japan....Pages 27-35
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Plant Diversity in Two Philippine Long-Term Ecological Research Sites....Pages 39-51
Biodiversity Observation and Monitoring in Thailand....Pages 53-63
Introduction to Ecological and Biodiversity Monitoring in China....Pages 65-70
Some Vegetation Types Studied with the Same Methodology in Indonesia....Pages 71-92
Biodiversity Issues in Indonesia, with Special Reference to Biodiversity in Human-Dominated Landscapes....Pages 93-110
International Long-Term Ecological Research Network Activities in the East Asia-Pacific Region and Biodiversity Monitoring....Pages 111-132
Status of Biodiversity Loss in Lakes and Ponds in Japan....Pages 133-148
Fish Biodiversity Research in the Mekong Basin....Pages 149-164
Monitoring Fish Biodiversity in the Yangtze River, China....Pages 165-174
Fish Biodiversity Monitoring in Rivers of South Korea....Pages 175-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Data Discovery Mechanisms for Biodiversity Resources in the Asia-Pacific Region....Pages 195-204
ILTER and JaLTER: Their Missions and Linkage to Database Development in the Asia-Pacific Region....Pages 205-215
Long-Term Monitoring of Natural Forests and Their Database (Forest Dynamics Database: FDDB) Constructed by the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan....Pages 217-227
Current Status and Nationwide Database of the River and Floodplain Ecosystem in Japan....Pages 229-245
BISMaL: Biological Information System for Marine Life and Role for Biodiversity Research....Pages 247-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
DNA Barcoding: A Novel Tool for Observation of Biodiversity....Pages 259-266
Development of a Threatened Species Portal in the Asia-Pacific Region....Pages 267-276
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Linking Remote Sensing and In Situ Ecosystem/Biodiversity Observations by “Satellite Ecology”....Pages 277-308
Long-Term Monitoring and Prediction of Ecosystem Using Remote Sensing and the CLUE-S Model: Sakaerat Environmental Research Station....Pages 309-319
East and Southeast Asian Pteridophyte Flora and DNA Barcoding....Pages 321-327
Spatially Explicit Models for Freshwater Fish for Conservation Planning....Pages 329-345
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Sensing/Monitoring Networks on Carbon Balance and Biodiversity in Tropical Peatland....Pages 349-374
Biodiversity Research for the Development of Indicator Organisms in Environment-Preserving Agriculture....Pages 375-385
Biodiversity of Inhabitants of Animals and Vascular Plants in Korean Paddy Fields Ecosystem....Pages 387-402
Biodiversity and Agrobiodiversity in Sri Lanka: Village Tank Systems....Pages 403-430
Biodiversity of Freshwater Fish in Japan in Relation to Inland Fisheries....Pages 431-444
Conservation and Restoration of Lakeshore Vegetation in Lake Kasumigaura, Japan....Pages 445-458
Capacity Building for Fish Taxonomy in Southeast Asia....Pages 459-468
Back Matter....Pages 469-479