Knowledge of the role of birds in natural regeneration processes could be used to increase
the speed and reduce the costs of forest restoration. The objectives of this study were to
determine: (1) whether artificial bird perches placed in sites undergoing natural and humanassisted
regeneration could be used as a method for increasing seed deposition and seedling
recruitment and (2) which local and landscape vegetation features influence input of bird-dispersed
seeds. We examined seed rain and seedling recruitment beneath a total of 96 perches on eight
plots located in two different sites in northern Thailand. The first site, Pha Daeng (PD), contained
three naturally regenerating plots, which ranged from nearly treeless and grass-dominated, to
nearly 40% bamboo canopy cover. The second site, Ban Mae Sa Mai (BMSM), contained three,
one-year old “framework species” forest restoration plots and two naturally regenerating plots, one
nearly treeless and another with ~25% woody groundcover.