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http://dx.doi.org/10.13087/kosert.2014.17.2.109

Development of Habitat Suitability Index for Habitat Restoration of Narrow-mouth Frog(Kaloula borealis)  

Shim, Yun-Jin (NEXUS Environmental Design Centre)
Cho, Dong-Gil (NEXUS Environmental Design Centre)
Park, Sohyun (NEXUS Environmental Design Centre)
Lee, Dong-Jin (NEXUS Environmental Design Centre)
Seo, Yun-Hee (NEXUS Environmental Design Centre)
Kim, Sang-Hyuk (NEXUS Environmental Design Centre)
Kim, Duck-Ho (NEXUS Environmental Design Centre)
Ko, Sang-Beom (Jeju amphibian ecology institute)
Cha, Jin-Yeol (Korea National Park Service)
Sung, Hyun-Chan (Dept. of Green & Landscape Architecture, Dankook University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology / v.17, no.2, 2014 , pp. 109-123 More about this Journal
Abstract
Kaloula borealis is the species of Amphibia which belongs to Kaloula genus and it is the only species inhabiting in Korea. The population size and habitat of Kaloula borealis have been significantly decreased on a national scale due to the diversified developments and the uses of agricultural pesticides. Accordingly, the Ministry of Environment has designated and managed them as the class II of endangered species, in accordance with "Endangered Species Protection and Management Act"; however, a particular study focused on the ecological restoration of Kaloula borealis is desperately needed to prevent their extinction. This study was conducted to propose the HSI (Habit Suitability Index) of Kaloula borealis based on literature survey on ecology and habitats of Kaloula borealis, as well as their HSI. Factors to be investigated in HSI include: space, feed, cover, water(breeding) and threatening factors and the variables of each factor were also proposed. The distance from wetland, grassland, farm, stream and rice paddy, as well as the altitude of spawning pond were proposed as the variables of space, whereas the bed structure of forest and low-rise grassland were proposed as the variables of feeding. The variables of water (breeding) include the area of permanent and temporary wetlands, coverage of emerged pants (ratio of open water), water depth, water temperature, water quality, pH level, etc., whereas the presence of predator, distance from street and pollutants were proposed as the variables of threatening factor. The sub-standards by HSI factor of Kaloula borealis have been drawn from in-depth consultation with experts and based on this, the final HSI of Kaloula borealis was developed.
Keywords
Endangered Species; Amphibians; Habitat Evaluation Procedure; Ecological Restoration;
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