TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm N2 - In the Northeast Himalayas (NEH) region, four major conventional land-use types are forest, Jhum lands, fallow Jhum lands and plantations, but little is known about their sustainability and responses to changes. We collected soil samples at two uniform depths (0-15 and 15-30 cm) from the Zunheboto district of Nagaland (India). The dataset was statistically analyzed by conducting an ANOVA-one way, principal component analysis (PCA) and calculating an additive soil quality index (SQIa). Our results confirmed that sand content, bulk density (BD), porosity, soil organic carbon (SOC), cation exchange capacity (CEC), exchangeable calcium and potassium showed significant statistical differences among soil depths depending on the land use management. PCA results showed that soil texture, BD, porosity, SOC and exchangeable cations could be consideredthe major indicators to define soil quality. After estimating the SQIa, Jhum soils showed the highest values at the surface, while at 15-30 cm soil depth, fallow Jhum soils phase showed the highest ones. The conversion from natural forest to plantation does not hamper the SQ, but their conversion into Jhum may even increase it, for a shorter duration. However, after 1-2 year of cultivation and conversion from Jhum into fallow Jhum land, soil quality could be reduced. L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/Content/179945/PDF/WA51_212826_r2021-t94-no1_G-Polonica-Mishra.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Geographia Polonica Vol. 94 No. 1 (2021) PY - 2021 IS - 1 EP - 109 KW - land use management KW - forests KW - cropland KW - soil quality KW - Northeast Himalayas A1 - Mishra, Gaurav. Autor A1 - Rodrigo-Comino, Jesús. Autor PB - IGiPZ PAN VL - 94 CY - Warszawa SP - 91 T1 - The impact of traditional land use management on soil quality in Northeastern Himalayas (India) UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/dlibra/publication/edition/179945 ER -