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Factors Contributing to Differences in Forest Recovery Rates

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Ecological Succession on Fallowed Shifting Cultivation Fields

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This chapter reviews the factors that affect forest regeneration, apart from fallow duration: the number of slash-and-burn cycles, fallow length, the type of soil, and the type of forest. Most research agrees that these factors influence forest regeneration processes: fewer slash-and-burn cycles, lower shifting cultivation intensity, and more fertile soils leads to greater biomass accumulation, higher plant density, higher tree height and larger basal area. However, there are still some uncertainties, in particular in how they affect the regeneration of fallows in the long-term.

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Delang, C.O., Li, W.M. (2013). Factors Contributing to Differences in Forest Recovery Rates. In: Ecological Succession on Fallowed Shifting Cultivation Fields. SpringerBriefs in Ecology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5821-6_5

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