Secondary forest succession after the cessation of swidden cultivation in the montane forest area in Northern Thailand

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1994-2006

  Fukushima, Maki ^a   Kanzaki, Mamoru ^a   Hara, Masatoshi ^b   Ohkubo, Tatsuhiro ^c   Preechapanya, Pornchai ^d   Choocharoen, Chalathon ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden   (Thailand)

^e CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Cluster analysis; Forest dynamics; Forest fire; Karen; Northern Thailand; Opium poppy; Secondary forest; Shannon diversity; Swidden cultivation (shifting cultivation); Tropical lower montane forest; Vegetation recovery

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; FOREST DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CULTIVATION; FALLOW; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FIRE; MONTANE FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY;

ASIA; CHIANG MAI [NORTHERN REGION]; DOI INTHANON NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; KAYIN; MYANMAR; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

BOMBYCIA; CASTANOPSIS ACUMINATISSIMA; EURYA; FAGACEAE; MACHILUS; PAPAVER; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; SCHIMA WALLICHII;

EID: 39849089732     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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