• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.133-139
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• 2004

This study was conducted to clarify the preference and habitat condition of small mammals at the Hyeongsan river in Ulsan, Gyeongju, and Pohang from January 2003 to July 2003. In the study sites, total 111 individuals of Apodemus agrarius, Rattus norvegicus, and Micromys minutus were captured in study sites. The most abundant species were Apodemus agrarius, 79.2 percent, among the captured small mammals. Density of habitation was significantly higher in agricultural land than in either private house or woods. However, they were more abundant in paddy Weld area than in agricultural land. A number of captured small mammals were higher in herbaceous rather than three other vegetation types. Existent of river embankment and its type were important factors affecting the spatial distribution of the individuals. Preference of small mammals were significantly lower in revetment block area rather than in none or nature-stone mat area. There was significantly correlationship between the depth of water and the number of captured small mammals. A number of captured small mammals were clearly increased in reference to decreasing depth of water in study site, in conclusion, the following factors such as the vegetation structure, depth of water, types of land use and types of river dike could be affected the spatial distribution of small mammals in the study sites.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.139-151
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• 2017

The habitat preference of roe deers(Capreolus pygargus) in Jeju island, South Korea was analyzed by using their occurrence probability in MaxEnt model in this study. Totally 490 surveying data were gathered and 15 environmental variables were chosen for the model in which 6 variables out of 15 ones were filtered and finally removed because of there being higher correlation(over 0.7 in correlation coefficient). According to the modeling, roe deers were known to prefer the area ranging from 200 to 700 meter and over 1,500 meter in sea level, where there were not many dominant tree and/or dominant vegetation with low density so that understory vegetation can grow well with plentiful sunlight and can be used as a food of herbivore like roe deers. Otherwise, the region ranging from 700 to 1,500 meter was mostly covered with high density vegetation which cut off sunlight trying to penetrate through the dominant vegetation. It can cause a lower density of vegetation on surface, which can not attract to roe deers.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.184-184
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• 2011

하천과 같은 생태계와 생물 서식지 들은 생물학적 요소와 무생물학적 요소간의 다양한 상호작용을 포함하는 복잡한 관계를 맺고 있다. CASiMiR 모델은 선정된 특정종의 서식지 적합도를 결정하기 위해 하천시스템의 수리학적 및 지형학적 특성을 사용하는 모듈형식의 조합으로 모의를 실시하는 프로그램으로 입력되는 자료로는 수심, 유량 등의 수리학적 자료와 하저구성물의 크기 토지피복의 종류 등의 지형학적 자료 등이 필요하다. 또한 어류의 서식지 적합도 지수를 제공하기 위해 선호도 함수를 사용하거나 Fuzzy 모형을 사용한다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 CASiMiR-Fish 모형을 이용해 피라미 종의 Fuzzy 함수로 수통 수위표 지점 상하류 3km 구간에 대한 어류 서식지 모의를 실시하였다.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.322-332
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• 2012

The objectives of this paper were to investigate home range, habitat selection, and threat factors of leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) living in rural area of Korea. The results based on radio tracking of three leopard cats (two males and one female) can be summarized as follows. First, the average home range of leopard cats were $2.64{\pm}1.99km^2$ (Kernel 95) and $3.69{\pm}1.34km^2$ (MCP 100), and the average size of core areas was $0.64{\pm}0.47km^2$ (Kernel 50). The home range of a male leopard cat that radio-tracked in winter was the largest ($5.19km^2$, MCP 100). Second, the Johnson's habitat selection model based on the Jacobs index showed that leopard cats preferred meadows and paddy fields avoiding forest covers at the second level, whereas they preferred meadows adjacent to streams and avoided paddy fields at the third level. Finally, roadkill could be prime threat factor for the cat population. Therefore, habitats dominated by paddy fields, stream corridors with paved roads, and human settlements with insufficient forest patches could threaten the long-term viability of leopard cat populations. Thus the habitat managements for the leopard cat conservation should focus on the prevention of road-kill and the installation of wildlife passages in rural highways adjacent to stream corridors.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.191-203
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• 2006

To understand the effect of forest fragmentation on forest-dwelling birds, it is more effective to analyze on the selected specialists than on the whole bird community. We investigated the edge preference of forest-dwelling birds to discriminate habitat specialist species in the interior and on the edge of temperate deciduous forests in central Korea. Point count and line transect census were conducted at Gwangneung forest from February to October. Our result shows that there was no consistent tendency in abundance of birds between in the interior and on the edge because of the different landscape characteristics and the high proportion of habitat generalists. Five habitat specialists in 73 bird species were identified by the differences in both population densities; three forest interior and two forest edge specialists. Asian Stubtail Warblers (Urosphena squameiceps), Pale Thrushes (Turdus pallidus) and Coal Tits (Parus ater) were included in the forest interior group, but Black-billed Magpies (Pica pica) and Black-naped Orioles (Oriolus chinensis) were classified as the forest edge group. We suppose that a selective monitoring on patterns and changes in spatial use of these five habitat specialists is needed to estimate the effects of forest fragmentation in temperate deciduous forests. And, moreover, systematic monitoring methods for field survey should be established based on the point count method and line transect census to ensure the equality of data.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.38-39
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• 2008

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.402-406
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• 2015

This study aims at favorable environmental conditions by river otter residing in Hongcheon river ecosystems using spraints along the river. Otter spraints were indicative of habitat use pattern and marking a territory in the areas. Nae-chon and Kuneob-chon river otter spraints were collected totaling 478 with 8 times during 2009-2011, and based on the number river use patterns were analyzed with the technique of index of dispersion. Results with larger than one indicated that river otter habitat use pattern were not random; instead they used preferred areas for habitat use. 'I' values greater than one indicate a clumped distribution and lower than one indicate random distribution. This study also demonstrated that we need a sophiscated linear model that should be developed to identify key habitat elements in river ecosystems.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.193-204
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• 2014

The distribution of animals is affected by habitat selection, and habitat type and prey resource are important factors affecting their survival. This study was conducted to investigate the distribution pattern of the Red-tongue viper snake (Gloydius ussuriensis) with respect to altitude, habitat type and distribution of potential prey resource in Cheon-ma mountain, Korea. The study area of Cheon-ma mountain was separated into three altitude categories (low, middle, and high altitude) and the habitat types were categorized according to presence or absence of aquatic ecosystem and the preferred habitat in relation to altitude was determined. The distribution pattern of Red-tongue viper snakes was significantly different according to altitude and habitat type: they were mainly distributed at low altitude and in the water valleys. The distribution pattern of the Red-tongue viper snake correlated with that of amphibians. The analyses of microhabitat use of the Red-tongue viper snake and amphibians showed that their microhabitat types were not different significantly in water valleys. In conclusion, Red-tongue viper snakes were mainly distributed in the water valleys at low altitude and this is because amphibians are important as potential prey of the Red-tongue viper snake in Cheon-ma mountain.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.482-482
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• 2018

우리나라의 대표 생태계 교란 외래어종인 배스와 블루길은 본래 식용 목적으로 유입되어 하천에서 빠르게 확산되고 있다. 그로 인해 우리나라 토종 어류의 개체수가 감소하고 토종 어류의 서식지가 사라지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 배스와 블루길을 대상으로 여러 환경적 요인에 따른 서식처 형성 특징을 관찰하고 분석하여 최종적으로 외래어종의 확산을 차단하는 것을 목적으로 수행하였다. 실험실 연구를 통해 외래어종이 서식처를 형성할 때 주변 환경을 관찰한 결과 특정 반응에 민감하고 장애물과 같은 지형적 요소를 선호하는 행동 특성을 발견하였다. 이에 따라 발견된 특성을 중점으로 하여 지형인자와 조명에 관련된 실험실 연구를 진행하고 분석하였다. 연구를 수행하기 위해 자연 상태에서 채집한 배스와 블루길을 길이 12 m, 깊이 0.6 m, 폭 1 m의 하천과 유사한 자연적 환경이 갖추어진 수조에 이식하였다. 첫 번째로 장애물에 대한 반응 실험은 세 가지 종류의 장애물을 환경 조건이 동일한 수조에 설치하여 어떤 장애물을 더 선호하는지를 관찰하는 방식으로 진행되었다. 그 결과 외래어종은 어류의 위쪽 시야를 차단하는 즉, 상단 벽 장애물을 가장 선호하였으며 이 장애물 밑에 주로 서식처를 형성하였다. 그 이유로는 자연 상태의 외래어종에게는 조류가 가장 큰 천적이므로 조류를 경계하는 습성에 의한 서식처 형성으로 판단된다. 또한 외래어종이 서식처를 형성할 때 크게 고려하는 수온과 장애물 중 어떤 독립변인에 더 민감하게 반응하는지도 관찰되었다. 실험은 춘계에 먼저 수온의 차이를 두어 외래어종이 서식처를 형성하게 만든 후, 서식처로 자리 잡지 않은 곳에 장애물을 설치하여 형성된 서식처를 옮기는지 지켜보았다. 그 결과 앞선 연구로 발견된 외래어종의 서식처 형성에 적당한 수온 $20{\sim}24^{\circ}C$가 아니어도 장애물이 설치된 곳 밑에 서식처를 형성하는 것을 발견하였다. 두 번째로 조명에 관한 실험에서는 외래어종이 수조 전체에 설치된 상단 조명의 아래에는 위치하지 않았으며, 외래어종이 자리 잡은 서식처에 간이 조명을 설치하여 비추거나 하면 피하는 특성을 보였다. 하지만 실험실이 아닌 실제 하천의 환경은 매우 다양한 변수를 포함하고 있어 실험실 수조와의 환경과는 다른 양상을 보일 수 있다. 이와 같은 실제 생태계와 실험실 수조의 환경 차이에서 오는 불확실성에 대한 개선을 위해 실험실에서 진행된 실험 결과를 바탕으로 향후 외래어종의 서식 환경 특성을 고려한 외래어종 확산 차단물을 설계하여 실제 자연 환경에서 외래어종이 어떻게 반응하는지에 관한 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.233-243
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• 2015

The ecosystem fragmentation due to transportation infrastructure causes road-kill phenomenon. When making policy for reducing road-kill it is important to select target-species in order to enhance its efficiency. However, many corridors installed in Korea have been raised issues about their effectiveness due to lack of considerations such as target-species selection, site selection, and management, etc. In this study, we are to grasp relationship between road-kill area and habitat patches and suggest that spatial location of habitat patches should be considered as one of the important factors when making policy for reducing road-kill. Habitat patches were presumed from overlying suitability index that chosen by literature review and road-kill hotspot was determined by Getis-Ord $G_i^*$ analysis. Afterwards, we performed a correlation analysis between $G_i$ Z-score and the distance from habitat patches to the roads. As a result, there is a negative correlation between two variables, It affects the $G_i^*$ Z-score going up if the habitat patches and the roads become closer.