Litter Production of Forest Communities Restored by Different Process at Lampang Province

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Puttipong Poomviset
Sakhan Teejuntuk
Chongrak Vacharinrat

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Litter production of forest communities restored by different process at Lampang province was investigated litter production of forest reclamation, forest rehabilitation and forest restoration communities at Mae Moh district. The 40×20 m. sample plot (split to subplot of 10×10 m.) were established in fifteen year old forest stand in Mae Moh mine (forest reclamation), Mae Moh teak plantation (forest rehabilitation) and the restored forest in Jangnuan subdistrict (FPT7) (forest
restoration) (3 replication of each community). Litter trap method (1×1×0.7 m. trap, 1 m. height from ground, established at the center of every subplot) was used by collecting litter sample monthly (split to leave, branch, bark, reproduction and other production) between April 2011 and March 2012 (12 month). The study found that litter production are 8.43 tonne/ha/year in forest reclamation communities (Mae Moh mine). While forest restoration communities (FPT7) and forest rehabilitation communities (Mae Moh teak plantation) are 7.99 and 5.12 tonne/ha/year respectively. The positive relationships between total litter production and leave litter production indicate that leave litter is the major components of litter production. Precipitation, temperature and relative humidity showed a negative correlation with total litter production. While number of species, height, basal area, tree density and aboveground biomass showed positive correlation. Annual litter production is significantly different. forest reclamation communities (Mae Moh mine) are usualy placed in the same group of forest restoration communities (FPT7) due to tree density and aboveground biomass that found in both of those areas are similar.

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Poomviset, P., Teejuntuk, S., & Vacharinrat, C. (2016). Litter Production of Forest Communities Restored by Different Process at Lampang Province. Thai Journal of Forestry, 35(1), 45–61. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjf/article/view/248151
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