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http://dx.doi.org/10.14578/jkfs.2020.109.2.124

A Synecological Study of the Alnus japonica Forests in Korea  

Cho, Joon-Hee (Nature and Forest Research Institute)
Bae, Kwan-Ho (Ecology & Environmental System, Kyungpook National University)
Oh, Seung-Hwan (Forest Biodiversity Division, Korea National Arboretum)
Kim, Jun-Soo (Nature and Forest Research Institute)
Cho, Hyun-Je (Nature and Forest Research Institute)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.109, no.2, 2020 , pp. 124-135 More about this Journal
Abstract
Alder (Alnus japonica) forests are representative of the wetland in East Asia, including Korea. In the past, alder forests were relatively common in various habitats such as mountains, riversides, back marshes, and alluvial plains. However, this plant community has recently become rare due to increasingly arid habitats and the influence of various land uses. In this study, we identify the synecological characteristics of alder (A. japonica) forests distributed naturally in the mountainous wetlands of Korea and provide basic data for their systematic conservation and management in the future. Based on vegetation survey data collected from 66 alder forests, community types were classified using the methods of the Zürich-Montpellier School of Phytosociology and two-way indicator species analysis. There were eight community types: Styrax obassia, Weigela subsessilis-Fraxinus mandschurica, Spiraea fritschiana, Viola verecunda, Impatiens textori-Spiraea salicifolia, Glyceria leptolepis, Molinia japonica, and Lindera obtusiloba-Quercus acutissima. These community types constituted a vegetation unit hierarchy of two communities, four subcommunities, and eight variants. In addition, the ecological characteristics of each community type were compared (including total coverage per 100 square meter, importance value index, constancy class, life-form composition, diversity indices, community similarity coefficient, and indicator species).
Keywords
alder forests; wetland forests; vegetation unit hierarchy; $Z{\ddot{u}}rich$-Montpellier(ZM) School of Phytosociology; ecological characteristics;
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