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http://dx.doi.org/10.5532/KJAFM.2011.13.3.123

Effects of Climate Change on C4 Plant List and Distribution in South Korea:A Review  

Kim, Myung-Hyun (Climate Change and Agroecology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Han, Min-Su (Climate Change and Agroecology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Kang, Kee-Kyung (Climate Change and Agroecology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Na, Young-Eun (Climate Change and Agroecology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Bang, Hea-Son (Climate Change and Agroecology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.13, no.3, 2011 , pp. 123-139 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is expected that identification and lists of $C_4$ plants in specific regions are useful not only for the ecological researches that are related to vegetation phenology and succession but also as an index of climate change. In this review, $C_4$ plants growing in South Korea were listed and their life forms were investigated. In addition, we discussed the influences that climatic change and the $C_4$ plants exerted on plant ecosystem. Photosynthetic pathway types ($C_3$ and $C_4$) for the plant species in South Korea were determined by reviewing the scientific literatures published between 1971 and 2010. Of the total 4476 species in 1123 genera and 197 families, 206 species (4.6%) in 84 genera (7.5%) and 21 families (10.7%) were identified as $C_4$ plants (including $C_3$-$C_4$ intermediate plants). Among the identified $C_4$ species, 53 species (25.7%) in 26 genera and 15 families were classified as Dicotyledoneae, while 153 species (74.3%) in 58 genera and 6 families were classified as Monocotyledoneae. The majority of the $C_4$ species belong to four families: Chenopodiaceae (15 species), Amaranthaceae (13 species), Gramineae (102 speceis) and Cyperaceae (45 species). With respect to life form composition of 206 $C_4$ species, Th-$R_5$-$D_4$-t was most dominant: 95 species (46.1%) were included in Th, 123 species (59.7%) in $R_5$, 179 species (86.9%) in $D_4$, and 122 species (59.2%) in t. The projected increase in temperature due to climate change may provide better conditions for the growth of $C_4$ plants. Such a result will have considerable impacts on the interspecific competition between $C_3$ and $C_4$ plants, the distribution of $C_4$ plants, plant phenology, and plant diversity.
Keywords
Climate change; $C_4$ plant; Life form; Photosynthetic pathway;
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