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
Publication year
2014
Authors
Junsongduang, A.; Balslev, H.; Jampeetong, A.; Inta, A.; Wangpakapattanawong, P.
Language
English
Keywords
species, plant, woody, watershed
Geographic
Thailand
Funders
International Foundation for Science (IFS)
