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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2022.36.5.507

Characteristics and Restoration Strategies of Warm-Temperate Forests Vegetation Types in Island Area on the Korean Peninsula  

Kang, Hyun-Mi (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Mokpo National Univ.)
Kang, Ji-Woo (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School, Mokpo National Univ.)
Sung, Chan-Yong (Dept. of Urban Engineering, Hanbat National Univ.)
Park, Seok-Gon (Division of Forest Resources and Landscape Architecture, Sunchon National Univ.)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.36, no.5, 2022 , pp. 507-524 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we revealed the location environment and community structural characteristics after extensively investigating Korea's warm-temperate island areas and categorizing vegetation through TWINSPAN analysis. Based on it, this study aims to suggest the direction of the vegetation restoration plan for warm-temperate forests by deriving a restoration strategy for each vegetation type. The vegetation types were clearly divided into eight types, and communities I through IV were good evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Machilus thunbergii and Castanopsis sieboldii. On the other hand, communities V through VIII were Pinus thunbergii forest, deciduous broad-leaved forest, and artificial forest, and retrogressive succession vegetation in the warm-temperate areas. The environmental factors derived from the DCA analysis were altitude (average temperature of the coldest month) and distance from the coastline (salt tolerance). The distribution pattern of warm-temperate forests has been categorized into M. thunbergii, C. sieboldii and Cyclobalanopsis spp. forest types according to the two environmental factors. It is reasonable to apply the three vegetation types as restoration target vegetation considering the location environment of the restoration target site. In communities V through VIII, P. thunbergiiand deciduous broad-leaved formed a canopy layer, and evergreen broad-leaved species with strong seed expansion frequently appeared in the ground layer, raising the possibility of vegetation succession as evergreen broad-leaved forests. The devastated land where forests have disappeared in the island areas is narrow, but vegetation such as P. thunbergii and deciduous broad-leaved forests, which have become a retrogressive succession, forms a large area. The restoration strategy of renewing this area into evergreen, broad-leaved forests should be more effective in realizing carbon neutrality and promoting biodiversity.
Keywords
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF THE COLDEST MONTH; SALT TOLERANCE; WARM-TEMPERATE FORESTS DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; SEED DIFFUSION POWER; RETROGRESSIVE SUCCESSION;
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