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http://dx.doi.org/10.11614/KSL.2017.50.1.126

Oak Forests of the Daegok-cheon Petroglyphs Area in Ulsan, South Korea  

Lee, Gyeong-Yeon (School of Biological Sciences, Keimyung University)
Kim, Jong-Won (School of Biological Sciences, Keimyung University)
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Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment / v.50, no.1, 2017 , pp. 126-136 More about this Journal
Abstract
We describe characteristics of diversity and distribution of oak forests on the Daegok-cheon gorge of the Southeastern Korean Peninsula, the oldest prehistoric site, in view of a sort of food resources of acorns. The $Z{\ddot{u}}rich$-Montpellier School's method was adopted for field investigation on the oak dominant stands. A total of 20 phytosociological $relev\acute{e}s$ composed of 193 taxa were analyzed by syntaxonomy and ecological flora. The Daegok-cheon's oak forests occupied 36.9% ($513,374m^2$) of the surveyed area, and its 99% ($507,677m^2$) was Quercus variabilis and Q. serrata stands. Oak forests of the Daegok-cheon gorge are a kind of regional vegetation type characterizing by the high relative net contribution degree (r-NCD) of Platycarya strobilacea and Sapium japonicum, which are an edaphic type of the xerophilous and thermophilic oak forests. The region of the Daegok-cheon petroglyphs is defined as an ecoregion with rich acorn supply and abundant water resources, and the warmer environment, which attracts prehistoric man.
Keywords
acorn food supply; Korean Peninsula; prehistoric site; Quercus variabilis; xerophilous and thermophilic oaks;
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