Pattern of forest recovery and carbon stock following shifting cultivation in Manipur, North-East India.

ABSTRACT: Shifting cultivation has resulted in large-scale deforestation and forest degradation in the tropics; however the abandoned fallows are known to have high potential for carbon capture. The paper is an attempt to determine the forest recovery patterns following shifting cultivation by evaluating the tree species composition, diversity and abundance with respect to topographical factors in Manipur, India. We also used ordination analysis to understand the change in species composition with regard to environmental variables. The living woody biomass carbon of each fallow was quantified, and the factors affecting the recovery of carbon stock along an increasing fallow gradient was assessed. Our results showed that the species richness and basal area recovered relatively with time since abandon

SUBMITTER: Thong P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7544089 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature