Landscape Ecology and Epidemiology of Malaria Associated with Rubber Plantations in Thailand: Integrated Approaches to Malaria Ecotoping

Figure 3

Land use maps showing diverse MRP ecotopes as representative of three malaria-endemic provinces of Thailand. The relative land use types pertaining to the MRP ecotope are shown for (a) the rubber plantation polygons of the subecotopes A1/A2 and the ecotope B in the Bang Ma MRP ecotope; (b) the rubber plantation polygons of the subecotope A2 and the ecotope B in the Hin Khom MRP ecotope; and (c) the rubber plantation polygons of the subecotope C1 and the ecotope B in the Huay Pak Khok MRP ecotope. Landscape structure of the MRP ecotope typically represents the subecotope A1 between the contour lines, 100 and 200 MASL, and the subecotope A2 at the altitude lower than a 100 MASL. All the validated land use maps illustrated with contour lines were constructed as before.

(a) Bang Ma MRP ecotope Thung Kha Ngok TCA, Phang-nga

(b) Hin Khom MRP ecotope Bo Ploi TCA, Trat

(c) Huay Pak Khok MRP ecotope Huay Khayeng TCA, Kanchanaburi