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Table 4 The relative importance of the site environmental attributes in the final linear mixed effect models (LMEM)

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

Parameter

Explanatory variables

Number of models

FA

DOGF

SL

PS

SOC

LNWBC

1.00 (15)

0.21 (7)

0.11 (7)

0.15 (7)

0.30 (7)

15

LWBC

1.00 (14)

0.15 (6)

0.10 (6)

0.11 (6)

0.71 (7)

14

CDWBC

0.97 (14)

0.18 (14)

0.20 (14)

0.27 (14)

0.56 (14)

30

LBC

1 (15)

0.04 (6)

0.15 (7)

0.15 (7)

0.19 (7)

15

SOCS

0.99 (14)

0.25 (8)

0.12 (7)

0.11 (7)

0.12 (70

19

Density

0.83 (10)

0.12 (6)

0.09 (6)

0.76 (7)

0.11 (6)

14

BA

0.97 (15)

0.19 (16)

0.14 (16)

0.10 (16)

0.59 (16)

32

SDI

0.89 (16)

0.31 (16)

0.13 (16)

0.34 (16)

0.11 (16)

32

SWDI

0.83 (15)

0.36 (16)

0.12 (16)

0.33 (16)

0.11 (16)

32

PEI

0.13 (16)

0.21 (16)

0.15 (16)

0.13 (16)

0.19 (16)

32

MSRI

0.58 (16)

0.33 (16)

0.11 (16)

0.23 (15)

0.14916)

32

  1. LWBC living woody biomass carbon, LNWBC living non-woody biomass carbon, CDWBC coarse deadwood biomass carbon, LBC litter biomass carbon, SOC soil organic carbon, BA basal area, SDI Simpson’s dominance index, SWDI Shannon’s diversity index, PEI Pielou’s evenness index, MSRI Margalef’s species richness index, FA fallow age, DOGF distance from the old-growth forest, SL slope, PS patch size, SOC soil organic carbon