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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2020.34.5.358

Review Forty-year Studies of Korean fir(Abies koreana Wilson)  

Koo, Kyung Ah (Korean Environment Institute, Water and Land Research Group, Division for Natural Environment)
Kim, Da-Bin (Korean Environment Institute, Water and Land Research Group, Division for Natural Environment)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.34, no.5, 2020 , pp. 358-371 More about this Journal
Abstract
As climate change is expected to lead to a severe reduction of biodiversity, studies to investigate the reasons for habitat loss, growth decline, and death of Korean fir (Abies koreana Wilson), endangered alpine/subalpine species in Korea, have been conducted for years but found no clear answer yet. This study reviewed previous studies on Korean fir published in the journals in the past 40 years, 1980 through 2020, into 10-year units, examined the study trend by period, region, and subject with a focus on ecological studies, and analyzed the study results. The ecological studies were categorized into evolutionary ecology, physiological ecology, population ecology, and landscape ecology. Based on the results, we suggested the required research fields in the future. We found a total of 73 papers published in the past 40 years and 48 (65.8%) of them published in the past 10 years. In terms of region, Mt. Halla accounted for the most as 41 papers were on it. In terms of ecological subjects, the physiological ecology accounted for the most with 38, and the evolutionary ecology accounted for the least with 10. The review of the study results showed that many studies identified water stress caused by the water resource imbalance due to temperature increase and spring precipitation reduction following climate change as the main reason for the decline and habitat loss of Korean fir. However, recent studies suggested other factors, such as soil environment, disturbing organisms, and climatic events. The cause of the decline and death of the Korean fir not yet being clearly identified is that most of the studies dealt with the basic content, were carried out intermittently, and were concentrated in some regions. Therefore, we need long-term studies with advanced technology in each study subject at a local scale to find the cause of Korean fir decline and present sustainable management and conservation. Moreover, it is necessary to extend our study subjects to ecosystem ecology and systems ecology to integrate the results from various study subjects for a comprehensive understanding of the reason for Korean fir declines. The results of comprehensive studies could provide clearer answers for Korean fir's declines and the alternatives of conservation management and practices.
Keywords
KOREAN FIR(ABIES KOREANA WILSON); FIR DECLINES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL; SPATIAL AND THEMATIC RESEARCH TRENDS; FUTURE RESEARCH;
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