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

• Main Authors: Maki Fukushima, Mamoru Kanzaki, Masatoshi Hara, Tatsuhiro Ohkubo, Pornchai Preechapanya, Chalathon Choocharoen
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Environmental Science
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=39849089732&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/60085
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

As controls over swidden cultivation have tightened since the 1980s, the number of abandoned fallow fields has increased in mountainous areas of Northern Thailand. The objective of this study was to investigate the recovery of species composition, diversity (Shannon's H′), and aboveground bioma...