Ecological Archives E086-001-A1

Deborah Lawrence. 2005. Biomass accumulation after 10–200 years of shifting cultivation in Bornean rain forest. Ecology 86:26–33.

Appendix A. A table of site characteristics, biomass, and structural parameters for nine plots in 9–12 year old forests in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, following long-fallow (20-yr) shifting cultivation of upland, dry rice.

Charcteristics

Yayau 2

Yayau 1

Tetamun Bawas

Yayau 3

Diadn Munggoh

Galau Jamu

Diadn Tongang

Kemaong Bawas

Kumai

                   

No. cycles

1

2

2

4

5

5.5

6

10

10

Forest age (yr)

11

9

10

10

11

12

10

10

10

1mol/L HCl-Pi (kg/ha)§

1.7

2.2

1.4

5.5

16.7

9.3

8.4

6.6

14.3

Sand (%)

61

57

40

46

24

21

15

23

18

Biomass (Mg/ha)

                 

   >1 cm dbh

76

49

48

73

NA

67

NA

76

71

   >5 cm dbh

62

39

38

64

61

56

57

58

63

   >10 cm dbh

44

26

28

49

54

40

45

45

51

   5–10 cm dbh

18

13

10

15

6

16

12

13

12

   1–5 cm dbh

14

10

10

9.6

NA

11

NA

18

7

Biomass increment (Mg·ha-1·yr-1)

                 

   >1 cm dbh

6.9

5.4

4.8

7.3

NA

5.6

NA

7.6

7.1

   >5 cm dbh

5.6

4.3

3.8

6.4

5.5

4.7

5.7

   

   >10 cm dbh

4.0

2.9

2.8

4.9

4.9

3.4

4.5

4.5

5.1

Percent biomass

                 

   >10 cm dbh

58

53

58

66

NA

60

NA

59

72

   5–10 cm dbh

24

27

21

21

NA

24

NA

18

17

   1–5 cm dbh

18

20

21

13

NA

16

NA

23

11

Density (no./ha)

                 

   >10 cm dbh

647

380

463

633

430

497

490

517

433

   5–10 cm dbh

1900

1558

1100

2125

650

2225

1400

2475

2342

   1–5 cm dbh

14462

9000

7667

10571

NA

8308

NA

18333

6533

Diameter (cm)

                 

   Mean increment > 10 cm dbh (cm/yr)

1.12

1.36

1.18

1.26

1.32

1.08

1.35

1.33

1.43

Number of prior cycles was reported as 5 or 6; a value of 5.5 was assigned.

Data was not available because stems 1–5 cm were not sampled.

§ HCl-Pi = the phosphorus fraction that corresponds to apatite (inorganic P extracted by hydrochloric acid following extraction with NaHCO3 and NaOH).



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