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Vegetation of Southeast Asia Studies of Forest Types 1963-1965

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FOREWORD<br />

This Report on "The <strong>Vegetation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Southeast</strong> <strong>Asia</strong> 1 is submitted<br />

in accordance vith ARPA Order No. b2k, Progran- Code<br />

No. 38^0, dated January 30, <strong>1963</strong>, to the Agricultural Research<br />

Service, U. S. Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture from the Advanced Research<br />

Projects Agency, Department <strong>of</strong> Defense.<br />

As stipulated, in part, the Order directed the Agricultural<br />

Research Service to obtain, evaluate, and/or categorize botanical<br />

information on tne specific composition and physiognomy <strong>of</strong> forest<br />

associations <strong>of</strong> <strong>Southeast</strong> <strong>Asia</strong>, essential for the effective interpretetion<br />

<strong>of</strong> the reaction <strong>of</strong> tropical and subtropical plants<br />

to defoliants.<br />

To accomplish this, two field missions were undertaken by<br />

the writer to Thailand during November <strong>1963</strong> to January 19

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