Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (한국농림기상학회지)

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Relative importance of climatic and habitat factors on plant richness along elevation gradients on the Mt. Baekhwa, South Korea

백화산 고도별 식물 종풍부도에 대한 기후 및 서식지 인자의 상대적 중요성

  • Lee, Chang-Bae (Strategic Planning Office, Korea Forestry Promotion Institute) ;
  • Chun, Jung-Hwa (Research Planning and Coordination Division, National Institute of Forest Science)
  • 이창배 (한국임업진흥원 전략기획실) ;
  • 천정화 (국립산림과학원 연구기획과)
  • Received : 2017.05.19
  • Accepted : 2018.05.21
  • Published : 2018.09.30
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Abstract

This study explored the richness patterns of vascular plant species and evaluated the effects of the climatic and habitat variables on the observed patterns along elevational gradients on the Mt. Baekhwa, South Korea. Plant data were recorded from 70 plots and a total of 187 plant species with 78 woody and 109 herbaceous species were recorded along two study transects, the Banyasa and Bohyunsa transects, on the Mt. Baekhwa. A total of 154 plant species with 66 woody and 88 herbaceous species and 131 plant species with 58 woody and 73 herbaceous species were recorded along the Banyasa and Bohyunsa transects, respectively. We used simple ordinary least squares regression model, multi-model inference and variation partitioning to analyze the relative contribution of climatic and habitat variables on the elevational richness patterns. Species richness pattern for vascular plants along the Banyasa transect monotonically decreased with elevation, whereas plant species richness showed reversed hump-shaped pattern along the Bohyunsa transect. Although the elevational patterns of species richness for vascular plants were different between the both transects, habitat variables are more important predictors than climatic variables for the elevational patterns of plant species richness along our study transects on the Mt. Baekhwa. These results indicate that elevational diversity patterns of vascular plants may be different even between nearby elevational transects in a mountain ecosystem but the diversity patterns may be controlled by same drivers.

본 연구는 백화산 지역 고도 구배에 따른 식물 종풍부도 패턴을 구명 하고, 관찰된 고도별 식물 종풍부도 패턴에 대한 기후 및 서식지 인자들의 효과를 구명하고자 수행되었다. 백화산 지역 두 개의 조사 구간인 반야사에서 한성봉 구간과 보현사에서 한성봉 구간을 따라 총 70개 조사구에서 목본식물 78종, 초본식물 109종 등 총 187종의 식물종이 관찰되었다. 구간별로 살펴보면, 반야사 구간에서 목본식물 66종, 초본식물 88종을 포함한 154종이 관찰되었으며, 보현사 구간에서는 목본식물 58종, 초본식물 73종 등 131종이 관찰되었다. 고도별 종풍부도 패턴에 대한 기후 및 서식지 인자의 상대적 중요성을 분석하기 위해 단순최소제곱 회귀모형, 다수준모형 및 변이분할을 수행하였다. 분석결과, 반야사 구간의 고도별 종풍부도 패턴은 감소형 패턴을 나타내었으며, 보현사 구간의 종풍부도 패턴은 역단봉형 패턴을 나타내었다. 비록, 고도별 식물종풍부도 패턴은 조사구간 별로 서로 다른 양상을 나타내었으나, 백화산 지역 본 연구 조사 구간에 있어서 고도별 식물 종다양성 패턴에 영향을 미치는 인자들의 상대적 중요성은 서식지 인자가 기후 인자보다 큰 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 동일한 산악 생태계 내에 위치하는 인근 조사구간에서 조차 고도별 식물 종 풍부도 패턴은 다를 수 있다는 것을 나타낸다. 하지만, 동시에 동일 산악 생태계 내에서의 상이한 패턴에도 불구하고 그 패턴을 제어하는 인자는 동일할 수 있음을 나타낸다.

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