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A Study on the Characteristics and Changes of Vegetation Structure of the Plant Community in Mt. Kwanak  

Jang, Jae-Hoon (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School, Univ. of Seoul)
Han, Bong-Ho (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, College of Urban Sciences, Univ. of Seoul)
Lee, Kyong-Jae (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, College of Urban Sciences, Univ. of Seoul)
Choi, Jin-Woo (Environmental Ecosystem Research Foundation)
Noh, Tai-Hwan (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School, Univ. of Seoul)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.27, no.3, 2013 , pp. 344-356 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is a continuation of the 22 year consecutive study (1972~1993) to monitor community dynamics of forest in Mt. Kwanak. This study was intended to provide basic data for urban forest management in the future by analyzing actual changes in vegetation structure of forest in Mt. Kwanak caused by urban environmental changes. For the past 39 years (1972~2010), average temperature increased by approximate between 1.1 and $1.7^{\circ}C$ and soil acidification (pH $5.40{\rightarrow}4.50$) and contents of $K^+$ ($0.67{\rightarrow}0.25$) and $Ca^{{+}{+}}$ ($3.20{\rightarrow}0.87$) apparently tended to decrease. According to analysis importance percentage and DBH class of community types classified based on DCA, the succession stopped at Quercus mongolica for 39 years. In addition, the succession was expected to be held at Q. mongolica or to shift from Pinus densiflora to Q. mongolica and from Q. acutissima to Q. serrata. Size of trees growing in forest of Mt. Kwanak increased but the number of species and population of trees showed a downward trend for the 39 years and Styrax japonica and Sorbus alnifolia, which are indicator species, increased their dominance continuously. Decrease in contents of $K^+$, $Ca^{{+}{+}}$, and $Mg^{{+}{+}}$ and soil acidification for the past 39 years was found to affect degradation of vegetation structure in Mt. Kwanak.
Keywords
MONITORING; CHANGE OF URBAN ENVIRONMENT; URBAN FOREST; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; Quercus serrata; SUCCESSION;
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