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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2016.30.3.386

Characteristics of Vegetation Structure in the Ridgeline Area of the Nakdong-Jeongmaek  

Park, Seok-Gon (Division of Forest Resources and Landscape Architecture, Sunchon National Univ.)
Kang, Hyun-Mi (Baekdudaegan Sup Research Institute)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.30, no.3, 2016 , pp. 386-398 More about this Journal
Abstract
To understand the vegetation structure in the ridgeline area of Nakdong-jeongmaek, six primary areas in Nakdong-jeongmaek were selected and their vegetation distribution was surveyed considering the environmental conditions and artificial influences. According to the results of community classification based on TWINSPAN, the vegetation in the surveyed region was categorized into 9 groups: Betula costata-Quercus mongolica community, Q. mongolica community, Pinus densiflora-Q. mongolica community, P. densiflora community, Deciduous oaks-P. densiflora community, Deciduous oaks community, P. thunbergii community, P. koraiensis-P. rigida community, and Chamaecyparis obtusa-Alnus firma community. In Baekbyeongsan(Mt.) located in Taebaek-si of Gangwon-do, Betula costata-Quercus mongolica community was found, reflecting the environmental characteristics of northern temperate climate. P. thunbergii community appeared in Gudeoksan(Mt.) of Busan metropolitan city, which is near the coast. Since Gudeoksan(Mt.) is near to the downtown and its altitude above the sea is relatively low, people visit the area often. Therefore, C. obtusa and P. thunbergii have been planted for producing forest trees and implementing anti-erosion afforestation. In the other primary survey areas, Q. mongolica-dominant communities, P. densiflora-dominant communities, and deciduous oak-dominant communities, which are representative forest vegetation types of Jeongmaeks in South Korea, were mainly distributed, showing no significant difference compared to the forest vegetation types of other Jeongmaeks. Since the Nakdong-jeongmaek from south to north, it shows clear characteristics of vegetation changes between the northern temperate climate and the warm temperate climate of the south.
Keywords
TWINSPAN; DECIDUOUS OAK TREES; FOREST VEGETATION TYPE; PINUS DENSIFLORA-DOMINANT COMMUNITY; QUERCUS MONGOLICA-DOMINANT COMMUNITY;
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