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A Study on the Trail Mangement in National Park Using Habitat Suitability Assessment: A Case Study of Yellow-throated Marten Habitats in Mt. Mudeung National Park

서식지 적합성 평가를 통한 국립공원 탐방로 관리 방안 연구 - 무등산 국립공원 내 담비 서식지를 중심으로 -

  • Lim, Chi-Hong (Division of Ecological Assessment Research, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Lee, Chang-Seok (Department of Bio and Environmental Technology, Graduate School, Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Jung, Song-Hie (Department of Bio and Environmental Technology, Graduate School, Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Park, Yong-Su (Division of Ecological Assessment Research, National Institute of Ecology)
  • 임치홍 (국립생태원 생태평가연구실) ;
  • 이창석 (서울여자대학교 대학원 생명환경공학부) ;
  • 정성희 (서울여자대학교 대학원 생명환경공학부) ;
  • 박용수 (국립생태원 생태평가연구실)
  • Received : 2017.07.27
  • Accepted : 2017.08.30
  • Published : 2017.08.31
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Abstract

This study carried out for establishing the synthetic restoration plan to improve ecological quality of Mt. Mudeung National Park based on the results of conservation value assessment for yellow-throated marten habitats. Yellow-throated marten has significant implications as umbrella species for the wildlife habitats conservation, therefore, this species could be used to ecological restoration plan of the damaged forest ecosystem in Mt. Mudeung National Park. In this study, we diagnosed the quality of yellow-throated marten habitats in Mt. Mudeung National Park based on five natural and two artificial factors. In addition, we evaluated the integrity of each zone divided by trails quantitatively based on land use intensity. As a result, forest landscape quality in Mt. Mudeung National Park was influenced greatly by human activity and the degree was depended on the intensity of trails. Therefore, in this study, we suggested the closing of trails composed of the illegal and 36 legal trails. And then, we modeled the changes of habitats quality of Yellow-throated marten for each closing step. As a result the area of core habitats increased by two times and wildlife habitats quality improved in the whole area of the Mt. Mudeung National Park. As a result, the results of this study indicate that man-made linear landscape elements play a key role in the quality of habitats for predators, which require large habitats area like the Yellow-throated marten. Therefore, in order to establish an ecological restoration plan in the mountainous area, we recommend the concept of the linear landscape should be applied with the concept of area landscape.

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