Major Land Use Sectors

Land use

Sub-types

Mean Age (years)

Trees

Saplings/Shrubs/Bamboo

Density

Basal Area

Density

Basal Area

Agriculture

Current Jhum (3)

1.7 ± 0.11

148 ± 18

3.9 ± 0.5

3700 ± 406

2.4 ± 0.6

Jhum Fallow (3)

7.7 ± 0.4

219 ± 18

5.3 ± 0.6

3183 ± 219

0.8 ± 0.1

Wet Rice Cultivation (3)

30.0 ± 0.0

0 ± 0

0.0 ± 0.0

0 ± 0

0.0 ± 0.0

Agroforestry

Old Homegarden (3)

17.3 ± 0.4

513 ± 21

14.9 ± 1.1

3700 ± 268

4.8 ± 1.0

Young Homegarden (3)

10.8 ± 0.4

408 ± 13

10.0 ± 0.6

3517 ± 140

3.2 ± 0.2

Forest

Dense Forest (3)

41.7 ± 1.9

982 ± 37

36.2 ± 0.6

7817 ± 377

16.0 ± 0.9

Open Forest (3)

41.7 ± 1.9

408 ± 13

19.8 ± 2.7

3433 ± 282

5.6 ± 0.7

Bamboo Forest (3)

14.7 ± 0.4

194 ± 16

1.8 ± 0.2

26833 ± 662

14.3 ± 0.3

Grassland (3)

23.7 ± 1.3

110 ± 10

3.1 ± 0.4

1883 ± 131

0.5 ± 0.1

Plantation

Arecanut Plantation (2)

16.5 ± 0.6

1520 ± 56

17.6 ± 1.0

1700 ± 217

0.4 ± 0.1

Coffee Plantation (1)

50.0 ± 0.0

236 ± 8

62.0 ± 3.7

3600 ± 183

9.2 ± 0.6

Mango Plantation (1)

15.0 ± 0.0

684 ± 12

24.7 ± 0.9

1450 ± 126

0.8 ± 0.1

Oil palm Plantation (2)

7.0 ± 0.4

154 ± 4

117.4 ± 16.2

1150 ± 295

0.4 ± 0.1

Orange Plantation (2)

10.5 ± 1.7

855 ± 34

7.7 ± 1.7

2750 ± 330

1.5 ± 0.6

Pine Plantation (1)

12.0 ± 0.0

331 ± 41

22.8 ± 3.5

1600 ± 318

1.7 ± 0.2

Teak Plantation (2)

14.0 ± 0.8

942 ± 78

40.1 ± 6.4

1875 ± 426

0.6 ± 0.1

F-value

165.44

207.38

41.21

387.34

94.44

p-value

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000