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http://dx.doi.org/10.14578/jkfs.2015.104.3.368

Classification of Forest Types and Estimation of Succession Index in the Natural Forest of Jirisan(Mt.)  

Lim, Seon-Mi (Kangwon National University)
Kim, Ji-Hong (Kangwon National University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.104, no.3, 2015 , pp. 368-374 More about this Journal
Abstract
On the basis of vegetation data by point quarter sampling method, the natural forest of Jirisan(Mt.) was classified into eight forest types by cluster analysis. They were Quercus mogolica forest type, Fraxinus mandshurica - Betula costata forest type, Mixed mesophytic forest type, Abies koreana forest type, Carpinus laxiflora forest type, Quercus serrata forest type, Pinus densiflora forest type, and Quercus variabilis forest type. Then, succession index was estimated for each forest type so as to evaluate succession process comparatively among forest types. The results showed that Carpinus laxiflora forest type had highest succession index of 219.7, followed by Mixed mesophytic forest type with little difference of the index of 218.3. Pinus densiflora forest type had lowest index. Succession indices were hardly correlated with species diversity indices of forest types. We presumed that the higher value of succession index a forest type had, the closer toward the climax forest. However, the estimated index was not supposed to be absolute level of successional stage, but it could play a role of comparative assessment in the position of the seral stage among forest types.
Keywords
forest type classification; forest succession; Jirisan; succession index; species diversity;
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