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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2019.33.4.378

Analysis of Environmental Factors and Change of Vascular Plant Species along an Elevational Gradients in Baekdansa, Mt. Taebaeksan National Park  

An, Ji-Hong (Baekdudaegan Biodiversity Conservation Division, Baekdudaegan National Arboretum)
Park, Hwan-Joon (Division of Restoration Research, National Institute of Ecology)
Lee, Sae-rom (Plant Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources)
Seo, In-Soon (Plant Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources)
Nam, Gi-Heum (Plant Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources)
Kim, Jung-Hyun (Plant Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.33, no.4, 2019 , pp. 378-401 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study generated a list of plants in eight sections from the Baekdansa ticket office (874m) to Cheonjedan (1,560m) divided in the interval of 100m above sea level to examine the species diversity patterns and distribution changes of the vascular plants at different altitudes in Taebaeksan National Park. Four site surveys found a total of 385 taxa: 89 families, 240 genera, 345 species, 5 subspecies, 34 varieties, and 1 form. A result of analyzing the change of species diversity along elevational gradients showed that it decreased with increasing elevation and then increased from a certain section. A result of analyzing habitat affinity types showed that the proportion of forest species increased with increasing elevation. On the other hand, the ruderal species appeared at a high rate in the artificial interference section. A result of comparing the proportion of woody and herb plants showed that the woody plants gradually increased with elevation and rapidly decreased in the artificial interference section. On the other hand, the herb plants showed the opposite trend. A result of analyzing the change of distribution of species according to altitude with the DCA technique showed that the vascular plants were divided into three groups according to the elevation in order on the I axis with the boundaries at 900m and 1,300m above sea level. The arrangement of each stand from right to left along the altitude on the I axis with a significant correlation with warmth index (WI) confirmed that the temperature change along the altitude could affect the distribution of vascular plants, composition, and diversity. Therefore, the continuous monitoring is necessary to confirm ecological and environmental characteristics of vegetation, distribution ranges, changes of habitat. We expect that the results of this study will be used as the basic data for establishing the measurement measures related to the preservation of biodiversity and climate change.
Keywords
FUNCTIONAL TRAIT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTRIBUTION CHANGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS;
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