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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2021.35.3.223

Sequential Changes in Understory Vegetation Community for 15 Years in the Long-Term Ecological Research Site in Central Temperate Broad-leaved Deciduous Forest of Korea  

Kim, Min-Su (Forest Ecology Division, National Institute of Forest Science)
Yun, Soon-Jin (Forest Ecology Division, National Institute of Forest Science)
Park, Chan-Woo (Forest Ecology Division, National Institute of Forest Science)
Choi, Won-Il (Forest Ecology Division, National Institute of Forest Science)
Chun, Jung-Hwa (Forest ICT Research Center, National Institute of Forest Science)
Lim, Jong-Hwan (Forest Ecology Division, National Institute of Forest Science)
Bae, Kwan-Ho (Department of Ecology Environment System, Kyungpook National University)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.35, no.3, 2021 , pp. 223-236 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to provide basic data for the systematic conservation and efficient management of forest ecosystems by analyzing changes in understory vegetation of temperate broad-leaved deciduous forests. One-hectare permanent survey plot, consisting of 100 subplots sized 10 × 10 meters, was installed in Gwangneung forest in Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do in 2003. The state of stands and the understory vegetation in the permanent survey plot were examined at a 5-year interval from 2003 to 2018. The vascular plants found in the survey area were 56 families, 128 genera, 176 species, 18 variants, 4 varieties, and 1 subspecies, for a total of 199 taxa. The number of species in both the shrub layer and the herbaceous layer showed a tendency to decrease with time. The MRPP-tests showed a significantly differing species composition of the shrub layer in all years except 2008-2013, whereas significant differences were found in all years concerning the herbaceous layer. As for the average importance value, Euonymus oxyphyllus (18.23%), Acer pseudosieboldianum (16.48%), and Callicarpa japonica (13.85%) were dominant in the shrub layer, while Ainsliaea acerifolia (23.41%), Disporum smilacinum (9.45%), and Oplismenus undulatifolius (5.62%) were dominant in the herbaceous layer. In the shrub layer, the richness of Smilax china, Lonicera subsessilis, and Philadelphus schrenkii was high when the basal area and the stand density of an upper layer were high. By contrast, smaller basal area and stand density were associated with the richness of Acer pseudosieboldianum, Deutzia glabrata, Morus bombycis, and Cornus kousa. Furthermore, it was found out that the impact of the basal area and the stand density on the herbaceous layer decreased over time, while the herb layer's species composition was greatly affected by cover degrees of Euonymus oxyphyllus and Acer pseudosieboldianum in the shrub layer. In conclusion, the number of species in the understory vegetation in Gwangneung forest is continuously decreasing, thus implying that species diversity, basal area, and stand density of an upper layer can influence the species composition in understory vegetation.
Keywords
GWANGNEUNG; SUCCESSION; SPECIES-AREA CURVE; IMPORTANCE VALUE; NMS, CCA; MRPP-TEST;
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