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Shifting cultivation (locally known as “jhum”) is a major driver of deforestation and loss of ecosystem services in rainforests. For developing any effective conservation of biodiversity and carbon service program, an in-depth understanding to the recovery of vegetation and carbon after abandonment of jhum is essential. We estimated species richness, abundance and composition of trees, shrubs and herbs, carbon distribution in aboveground and belowground components along a chronosequence of jhum fallow in northeast India, and elucidated the factors affecting the recovery processes of jhum fallows. Species composition and other plant community attributes, carbon storage in different pools were studied in 5 jhum fallows (< 5, 5–10, 11–15, 16–20, 21–25 years old) and an old-growth forest. The data were subjected to linear mixed effect modeling using R-package “nlme” for identifying the important factors contributing to the recovery of vegetation and carbon. Species composition varied significantly (P < 0.05) between jhum fallows and old-growth forest. Tree density varied from 28 stems ha−1 in 5 years old jhum fallow to 163 stems ha−1 in old-growth forest. Both biomass carbon in all components and soil organic carbon were significantly (P = 0.01) lower in jhum fallows than in the old-growth forest except living non-woody biomass component. The recovery of aboveground biomass carbon was faster during early successive years than the mid-successive jhum fallows. Total ecosystem carbon and soil organic carbon stock in the oldest jhum fallow was 33% and 62% of those in the old-growth forest, respectively. The fallow age was found to be the most important explanatory factor in the recovery process of vegetation and carbon stock in re-growing fallows. The shifting cultivation fallows gradually recovered both vegetation and carbon and are potential repository sites for biodiversity conservation, which may take much longer time to reach up to old-growth forest in northeast India.

Vegetation and ecosystem carbon recovery following shifting cultivation in Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rainforest eco-region, Southern Asia