Global genome expression analysis of rice in response to drought and high-salinity stresses in shoot, flag leaf, and panicle
To elucidate genome-level responses to drought and high-salinity stress in rice, a 70mer oligomer microarray covering 36,926 unique genes or gene models was used to profile genome ...
History of equatorial vegetation fires and fire research in Southeast Asia before the 1997–98 episode: A reconstruction of creeping environmental changes
Charcoal fragments in forest soils give evidence of prehistoric and historic natural and anthropogenic wildfires in the equatorial rainforests and in seasonal monsoon forests of co...
Local to global perspectives on forest and land fires in Southeast Asia
Forest and land fires are not new to the landscapes of Southeast Asia. Nevertheless, strikingly different perspectives persist about the significance of fires in the tropics to env...
The combined impact on the flooding in Vietnam's Mekong River delta of local man-made structures, sea level rise, and dams upstream in the river catchment
The Mekong River delta plays an important role in the Vietnamese economy and it has been severely impacted during this century by a series of unusually large floods. In the dry sea...
Flood and Salinity Management in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
The great variation in water flow of the Mekong River drives the productivity of the agro- and aqua-ecological systems of the basin, yet also forms a key constraint to intensive pr...
IMPORTANCE OF RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS FOR THE FLOOD FORECASTING OF THE MEKONG RIVER BASIN
This paper presents the results of an application of a grid based distributed hydrological model, BTOPMC (Block-wise use of TOPMODEL with Muskingum-Cunge method) to the Mekong Rive...
‘Natural’disaster? A retrospect into the causes of the late-2004 typhoon disaster in Eastern Luzon, Philippines
Between 14 November and 4 December 2004, four successive tropical depressions and typhoons lashed the Eastern coast of Luzon in the Philippines. Heavy rainfall triggered massive la...
Flood Hazards in Metro Manila: Recognizing Commonalities, Differences, and Courses of Action
This paper looks at the vulnerability to flood hazards of different urban groups in Metro Manila, the Philippines. It contextualizes and finds similarities and differences in the ...
Development and adoption of improved chickpea varieties in Myanmar
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is an important food legume in Myanmar. It is mainly grown in central dry zone of the country, mainly in Sagaing (54%), Magway (26%) and Mandalay (16%) d...
The origin of the Columbia River flood basalt province: Plume versus nonplume models
As a contribution to the plume-nonplume debate we review the tectonic setting in which huge volumes of monotonous tholeiite of the Columbia River flood basalt province of the Pacif...
‘Natural’ disaster? A retrospect into the causes of the late-2004 typhoon disaster in Eastern Luzon, Philippines
Between 14 November and 4 December 2004, four successive tropical depressions and typhoons lashed the Eastern coast of Luzon in the Philippines. Heavy rainfall triggered massive la...
Environmental Dynamical Control of Tropical Cyclone Intensity—An Observational Study
The effects of two environmental dynamical factors, namely, the transitional speed and vertical wind shear, on tropical cyclone (TC) intensification, intensity, and lifetime peak i...
Birds of Phongsaly Province and the Nam Ou River, Laos
Birds were surveyed in Phongsaly province, Laos, during March 1996, September 2003, May 2004, late November–December 2004, and March 2005, focusing on the rivers of the Phou Dend...