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http://dx.doi.org/10.7732/kjpr.2011.24.5.549

Plant Phenology of Threatened species for Climate change in Sub-alpine zone of Korea - Especially on the Summit Area of Mt. Deogyusan -  

Kim, Hyuk-Jin (Department of Life Science, Kyungwon University)
Hong, Jeong-Ki (Department of Life Science, Kyungwon University)
Kim, Sang-Chul (Department of Life Science, Kyungwon University)
Oh, Seung-Hwan (Korea National Arboretum)
Kim, Joo-Hwan (Department of Life Science, Kyungwon University)
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Korean Journal of Plant Resources / v.24, no.5, 2011 , pp. 549-556 More about this Journal
Abstract
We investigated the plant phenology on the threatened species for climate change in the summit area of Mt. Deogyusan which is a representative sub-alpine zone in Korea. We had performed the monitoring survey of plant phenology on 38 species including 20 trees and 18 herbs from May 2009 to November 2010. The investigated phenological charateristics were five dates for leafing, flowering, floral abscission, autumn leaf colors and leaf abscission on each plant species in sub-alpine region. The climate data were measured from November 2009 to December 2010. The range of temperature was from 30.4 to -$20.3^{\circ}C$ at Hyangjeokbong to Jungbong region, and the relative humidity was 100% to 3.4%. The leafing dates in 2010 were similar to 2009 or were 6-20 days delayed in most of the investigated species except Veratrum oxysepalum and Sanguisorba hakusanensis which showed 8 days earlier leafing dates in 2010. The biggest difference among phenological characters was found in flowering dates. The flowering dates of early Spring blooming species such as Heloniopsis koreana, Rhododendron yedoense for. poukhanense and Viola orientalis showed 13-20 days earlier in 2010, and the several summer flowering species as Viburnum opulus var. calvescens, Smilacina japonica and Bupleurum longeradiatum showed 6-10 days delay in 2010. The dates for floral abscission and autumn leaf colors in 2010 were delayed about 10-18 days, and leaf abscission dates were similar to 2009. The effects of climate change on the phenology for the threatened species in sub-alpine zones of Korea are occuring especially on flowering, floral abscission and autumn leaf colors.
Keywords
Plant Phenology; Threatened plant; Climate change; Sub-alpine zone; Mt. Deogyusan;
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