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Ecological Niche of Quercus acutissima and Quercus variabilis  

Kim, Hae-Ran (Department of Biology, Kongju National University)
Jeong, Heon-Mo (Department of Biology, Kongju National University)
Kim, Hyea-Ju (Institute of Landscape Planning Hyea-Ju Kim)
You, Young-Han (Department of Biology, Kongju National University)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.26, no.4, 2008 , pp. 385-391 More about this Journal
Abstract
In Korea, Quercus acutissima distributed in good condition with high nutrients and moisture content, but Quercus variabilis in dry soil or rock habitate. In order to understand this ecological distribution of Q. acutissima and Q. variabilis, we cultivated the seedlings of two oak species treated with light, soil moisture and nutrient gradients each four level, from May to October in glass house. Then we measured the ecological niche breadth and niche overlap of the two species, and analyzed the relationship of competition using cluster analysis and PCA ordination. Ecological niche breadths of Q. acutissima under moisture and nutrient treatments were slightly wider than those under light one. Among 14 characters measured, 6 characters related with length items were wider in all the environmental treatments, but 8 characters connected with weight terms narrower in light treatment. Ecological niche breadths of Q. variabilis under moisture and nutrient treatment were wider than those of light one. Ecological niche of Q. acutissima was wider than those of Q. variabilis in all the environmental treatments. Ecological overlap between two species was higher with a range of 0.87$\sim$0.92, especially higher in soil moisture factor. These results means that Q. acutissima is more competitive than Q. variabilis, especially in soil moisture condition. Two species were ordinated with distinct group based on 9 characters. From these results, it can be explained that what Q. variabilis distributed in bad soil condition is due to the escape strategy, because of its low competitive ability to Q. acutissima in natural communities.
Keywords
ecological niche; environmental factor; distribution; Q. acutissima; Q. variabilis;
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