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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2018.32.3.313

The Change of Seedling Emergence of Abies koreana and Altitudinal Species Composition in the Subalpine Area of Mt. Jiri over Short-Term(2015-2017)  

Kim, Ji Dong (Dept. of Forest Resources, Kongju National University)
Park, Go Eun (Forest Ecology and Climate Change Division, National Institute of Forest Science)
Lim, Jong-hwan (Forest Ecology and Climate Change Division, National Institute of Forest Science)
Yun, Chung Weon (Dept. of Forest Resources, Kongju National University)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.32, no.3, 2018 , pp. 313-322 More about this Journal
Abstract
To investigate the changing patterns of sub-alpine forest vegetation due to climate change requires accumulation of contiguous reference data and continuous monitoring. Furthermore, it is crucial to monitor short-term ecological change of lower level vegetation to understand the trend of long-term vegetation change. Therefore, this study carried out a vegetation survey and tree diameter measurement in 36 plots of Mt. Jiri inhabited by Abies koreana species from 2015 to 2017 to examine the short-term dynamics of Abies koreana seedling and the change of vegetation distribution according to altitude. We analyzed the importance value and MIV (mean importance value) of major species by each stratum as well as the importance value and species diversity index of major species and the change of seedling population by altitude. The results showed that Abies koreana had the highest importance value on tree layer, Rhododendron schlippenbachii on shrub layer and Tripterygium regelii on herb layer. MIV was high in the order of Abies koreana, Rhododendron schlippenbachii and Acer pseudosieboldianum. Regarding the species composition and species diversity index (H') along the altitudinal gradient, Sasa borealis showed high MI and low H' in the elevation less than 1,500 m, and IV of Tripterygium regelii and H' of herb layer were high in the elevation of 1,700 - 1,800 m. Abies koreana seedling decreased by 22.4% from 1,250 n/ha in 2015 to 970 n/ha in 2017 (p <0.05) throughout the investigated area. The decline rate along seedling and sapling height were 22.9% in less than 10 cm, 3.4% in 10-30 cm, 8.9% in 30-50 cm, 39.3% in 50-100 cm, and 55.1% more than 100 cm. Few of A. koreana seedlings appeared due to the dominance of Sasa borealis in the elevation of 1,500 m or less and due to the dominance and high species diversity of Tripterygium regelii in the elevation of 1,700-1,800 m. On the other hand, many of A. koreana seedlings appeared in the elevation of 1,600-1,700 m due to no distribution of S. borealis and T. regelii species in that altitude range. Therefore, we concluded that those seedlings and saplings of A. koreana could be more stable in the altitude of 1,600-1,700 m.
Keywords
ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; UNDERSTORY;
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