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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2014.28.6.697

Monitoring of the Butterfly Communities inhabited of Mt. Hallasan, Jeju island, Korea  

Kim, Do-Sung (The Institute for Conservation of Wild Species)
Park, Seong-Joon (National Institute of Ecology)
Kim, Dong-Soon (Faculty of Bioscience and Industry, College of Applied Life Science, SARI, Jeju Nat'1. Univ.)
Cho, Young-Bok (Natural History Museum, Hannam University)
Lee, Yeong-Don (World Heritage and Mt.Hallasan Research Institute, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province)
Ahn, Nung-Ho (National Institute of Biological Resources)
Kim, Ki-Gyoung (National Institute of Biological Resources)
Seo, Hong-Yul (National Institute of Biological Resources)
Cha, Jin-Yeol (National Institute of Ecology)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.28, no.6, 2014 , pp. 697-704 More about this Journal
Abstract
Mt. Hallasan in Jejudo has been well known as a habitat for both northern and southern limited butterflies and attracts the interests of many lepidopterists. In this study, the line transect method was used to monitor the community and similarity of butterflies monthly monitoring from May to September 2013, and the results were compared with the previous data. Through monitoring, 3,397 individuals in 26 species of 5 families were found in the present study. The monitored individuals belonging to 4 species (Aphantopus hyperantus, Eumenis autono, Lethe diana and Melanargia epimede) was 2,578 (75.9%), showing the prevalent species among the butterflies observed in the grassy area of the Mt. Hallasan. The butterflies inhabiting Mt. Hallasan showed higher similarity in the area where the open grassy space and the crowns of tree layer coexist than in landscape consisting of solely the tree layer or open grassy space. The habitation of butterflies by heights showed the altitudes between 1,665 to 1,700 m, located beneath the Baekrokdam (the crater) of Mt. Hallasan, possessed the most species and individuals. And it was also observed that the species that previously inhabited the subalpine zone moved to the area of higher altitudes together with the species that previously inhabited rather lower altitudes than the subalpine zone.
Keywords
CLIMATE CHANGE; ALTITUDE CHANGE; LINE TRANSECT METHOD;
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