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DDF-sandstone DDF-volcanic rock MDF-sandstone MDF-shale 60 50 31 115 88 47 125 99 40 119 96 45 200 150 100 50 0 Species richness Genera Family Fig.1  Species,  genera  and  family  richness  of  plants  in  DDF  and  MDF Species, genera, family richness teak,  S.  oleosa  and  T.  mucronata.  The  bamboo  had  the  highest  dominance,  followed  by  teak,  X.  xylocarpa,  and  T.  mucronata.  The  bamboo  had  also  the  highest  IVI  (19.179%),  followed  by  teak,  Sterculia  pexa.  Species,  genera  and  family  richness  of  plants  in  DDF  and  MDF  are  shown  in  Fig.1. 2.  Species  diversity  and  forest  conditions 2.1  Species  diversity Shannon-Wiener  Index  (SWI)  of  species  diversity  was  determined  by  the  concept  of  heterogeneity.  In  DDF,  species  richness  on  sandstone  (60  species)  was  lower  than  volcanic  rock  (115  species).  SWI  values  on  sandstone  and  volcanic  rock  were  calculated  to  be  3.17  and  4.76,  respectively.  In  MDF,  species  richness  on  sandstone  (125  species)  was  higher  than  shale  (119  species),  and  SWI  on  these  rocks  was  the  same;  5.65. 2.2  Forest  conditions: Number  of  trees  having  different  stem- girths  was  used  for  FCI  calculation.  In  DDF  on  sandstone,  number  of  trees  with  girths  of  <25,  26-50,  51-75,  76-100  and  >100  cm  within  a  plot  were  395,  111,  32,  6  and  0.8,  respectively,  and  FCI  was  calculated  to  be  1.87.  On  volcanic  rock,  they  were  in  the  order  of  338,  108,  29,  5.5  and  3.33,  and  FCI  was  4.31.  In  MDF  on  sandstone,  number  of  trees  were  529,  63,  24,  8  and  7.2,  respectively,  FCI  was  8.40.  On  shale,  they  were  342,  22,  15,  6.8  and  12.4,  FCI  was  13.3. 3.  Plant  biomass  in  DDF  and MDF Amounts  of  plant  biomass  in  DDF  were  lower  than  MDF.  The  DDF  on  sandstone  and  volcanic  rock  had  amounts  of  84.18  and  95.38  Mg  ha-1,  respectively,  while  MDF  had  higher  biomass  both  on  sandstone  (195.83  Mg  ha-1)  and  shale  (177.16  Mg  ha-1)  (Table  1,  Fig.2),  Biomass  allocation  was  the  highest  in  stem,  followed  by  branch,  root  and  leaf. 286 Proceedings  of  the  International  Conference  on  Climate  Change,  Biodiversity  and  Ecosystem  Services  for  the Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs):  Policy  and  Practice  27-29  June  2016,  Cha-am,  Phetchaburi,  Thailand


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