Woody plant diversity in sacred forests and fallows in Chiang Mai, Thailand

© 2014, Chiang Mai University. All rights reserved. All woody plant and seedling diversity was compared in a Karen and a Lawa hill-tribe village in northern Thailand in four different habitats: sacred forests and fallow fields of three ages derived from rotational shifting cultivation (young fallows...

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Main Authors: Auemporn Junsongduang, Henrik Balslev, Arunothai Jampeetong, Angkhana Inta, Prasit Wangpakapattanawong
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Published: 2018
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-456912018-01-24T06:15:10Z Woody plant diversity in sacred forests and fallows in Chiang Mai, Thailand Auemporn Junsongduang Henrik Balslev Arunothai Jampeetong Angkhana Inta Prasit Wangpakapattanawong © 2014, Chiang Mai University. All rights reserved. All woody plant and seedling diversity was compared in a Karen and a Lawa hill-tribe village in northern Thailand in four different habitats: sacred forests and fallow fields of three ages derived from rotational shifting cultivation (young fallows, 1–2 years old; medium-age fallow, 3-4 years old; old fallow, 5-6 years old). All woody plant species were identified and counted in three transects (20 x 40 m). Seedlings were inventoried in 12 circular (5 m diam.) plots. The highest species richness of all woody species and seedlings were found in the sacred forests in both villages. The highest values of the Shannon-Wiener index for both trees and seedlings were in the sacred forest of the Karen village. There were significant differences in species richness between the four studied habitats surrounding both villages (p < 0.05). All woody plant and seedlings species compositions in the sacred forests of both villages were distinct from all the fallow plots as revealed by cluster analysis. Pearson’s correlation test showed that only the Simpson diversity index was significantly and positively related to distances from the fallows to the sacred forest. The percentages of plants originating from sprouts were highest in the young fallow and decreased when the fallows aged in both villages, and vice versa for plants originated from seedlings. Furthermore, the sacred forest of both villages harbored endemic and threatened species in Thailand. 2018-01-24T06:15:09Z 2018-01-24T06:15:09Z 2014-01-01 Journal 01252526 2-s2.0-84935999781 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84935999781&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/45691
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description © 2014, Chiang Mai University. All rights reserved. All woody plant and seedling diversity was compared in a Karen and a Lawa hill-tribe village in northern Thailand in four different habitats: sacred forests and fallow fields of three ages derived from rotational shifting cultivation (young fallows, 1–2 years old; medium-age fallow, 3-4 years old; old fallow, 5-6 years old). All woody plant species were identified and counted in three transects (20 x 40 m). Seedlings were inventoried in 12 circular (5 m diam.) plots. The highest species richness of all woody species and seedlings were found in the sacred forests in both villages. The highest values of the Shannon-Wiener index for both trees and seedlings were in the sacred forest of the Karen village. There were significant differences in species richness between the four studied habitats surrounding both villages (p < 0.05). All woody plant and seedlings species compositions in the sacred forests of both villages were distinct from all the fallow plots as revealed by cluster analysis. Pearson’s correlation test showed that only the Simpson diversity index was significantly and positively related to distances from the fallows to the sacred forest. The percentages of plants originating from sprouts were highest in the young fallow and decreased when the fallows aged in both villages, and vice versa for plants originated from seedlings. Furthermore, the sacred forest of both villages harbored endemic and threatened species in Thailand.
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author Auemporn Junsongduang
Henrik Balslev
Arunothai Jampeetong
Angkhana Inta
Prasit Wangpakapattanawong
spellingShingle Auemporn Junsongduang
Henrik Balslev
Arunothai Jampeetong
Angkhana Inta
Prasit Wangpakapattanawong
Woody plant diversity in sacred forests and fallows in Chiang Mai, Thailand
author_facet Auemporn Junsongduang
Henrik Balslev
Arunothai Jampeetong
Angkhana Inta
Prasit Wangpakapattanawong
author_sort Auemporn Junsongduang
title Woody plant diversity in sacred forests and fallows in Chiang Mai, Thailand
title_short Woody plant diversity in sacred forests and fallows in Chiang Mai, Thailand
title_full Woody plant diversity in sacred forests and fallows in Chiang Mai, Thailand
title_fullStr Woody plant diversity in sacred forests and fallows in Chiang Mai, Thailand
title_full_unstemmed Woody plant diversity in sacred forests and fallows in Chiang Mai, Thailand
title_sort woody plant diversity in sacred forests and fallows in chiang mai, thailand
publishDate 2018
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