• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.130-141
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• 2020

National parks in Korea are subject to a survey of natural resources every five years, according to the Natural Parks Act. This study analyzed the insect diversity in each of the 21 national parks conducted as part of the Third Nature Resource Survey of National Parks (2010~2018). It compared insect diversity in each national park national biodiversity with insect diversity in all national parks and analyzed the uncollected sub-taxonomic groups of each taxonomic group and the legally protected species. The Third Nature Resource Survey identified 5,584 species in 456 families in 21 orders in all national parks, and they accounted for 31.3% of 17,848 species in the national insect diversity. By taxonomic group, Lepidoptera was the most frequently found with 2,195 species, followed by beetles (1,495 species), fellings (712 species), and stink bugs (515 species). By national park, Odaesan national park showed the highest insect diversity with 1,963 species, followed by Sobeaksan national park (1,511), Hanryeohaesang national park (1,321), Gayasan national park (1,282), Juwangsan national park (1,265), Dadohaehaesang national park (1,264), Woraksan national park (1,251), and Jirisan national park (1,240). The legally protected species included 3 species of endangered species rank I, 11 species of endangered species rank II, 12 climate change indicator species, 139 endemic species, and 532 species requiring approval for cross-border transfer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.10d
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• pp.238-240
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• 2002

진화 가능한 하드웨어의 개발은 유전자 알고리즘의 새로운 가능성을 열어주었고 이에 적합한 다양한 방법이 제시되어 왔다. 하지만 일반적인 유전자 알고리즘으로는 Genetic drift가 생기거나 지역해에 빠지는 등 한계가 있기 때문에 이를 해결하기 위한 방안으로 종분화 알고리즘이 도입되고 있다. 현재까지 다양한 종분화 알고리즘이 소개되었는데 이들은 이전의 알고리즘과 비교하였을 때 높은 다양성을 유지하면서 더 좋은 해를 찾아낸다. 이 논문에서는 진화 하드웨어상에서 이러한 종분화 알고리즘들의 장단점 및 특징을 여러 비교기준을 통해 제시한다. 실험결과 Deterministic Crowding과 Struggle GA가 가장 좋은 성능을 나타내었다.

• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.62-73
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• 2005

Evolvable Hardware is the technique that obtains target function by adapting reconfigurable digital' devices to environment in real time using evolutionary computation. It opens the possibility of automatic design of hardware circuits but still has the limitation to produce complex circuits. In this paper, we have analyzed the fitness landscape of evolvable hardware and proposed a speciation technique of evolving diverse individuals simultaneously, proving the efficiency empirically. Also, we show that useful extra functions can be obtained by analyzing diverse circuits from the speciation technique.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.110 no.4
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• pp.577-589
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• 2021

Soil seed bank community contributes to the long-term conservation of plant diversity and vegetation dynamics, and their decreasing diversity and density with soil depth provide critical perspectives (deterministic and stochastic) for understanding the community disassembly process. We analyzed changes in species composition and diversity and structuring patterns by soil layer (top and bottom), including surface vegetation, in Gwangneung Forest, a mature forest with a vegetation climate in the temperate central part of the Korean Peninsula. From two layers of soil collected with a vertical difference of 10 cm, 934 specimens of 27 families, 40 genera, 44 species, three varieties, and 47 taxa, germinated. Although species diversity and germination density decreased in most comparative characteristics, including growth type, there was no statistical significance due to large deviations. Within-group variability of species composition was similar in the upper and lower soils, as was the decline pattern in co-occurred species (ζ-diversity) and change in species retention probability. The structuring process of the community composition in the two soil layers was fitted with an exponential correlation rather than a power function, demonstrating the dominance of the stochastic process. The pattern in diversity and species turnover according to soil depth in Gwangneung Forest was discovered to be structured by stochastic random events, such as seed vertical movement rather than interaction with trait characteristics.

• Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.875-901
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• 2017

Although some skeptical views arguing that the impact of organic farming is quite limited to sustainable biodiversity, the organic agriculture has been generally accepted to have positive effects on various properties of soils not only on biophysical and ecological properties but also on biodiversity of the field. Therefore, this field investigation has been conducted to examine the effect of organic farming, relative to conventional agriculture, through a comparative investigations of the two systems for conserving local biodiversity of invertebrate animals. For this research, organic and conventional farming locations matched with both of a paddy field and a upland fields in Goesan-gun province (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea) were selected to compare the species richness of invertebrate biodiversity as follows: location OP (Organic Paddy field), location OU (Organic Upland field), location CP (Conventional Paddy field), and location CU (Conventional Upland field). Among 249 species collected, the numbers of species collected in the locations practicing organic farming were greater than the locations practicing conventional farming both in paddy fields (104 vs. 84 species) and upland fields (108 vs. 77 species). Changes in species richness can be shown in the selected locations depending on the agriculture system with organic (50 species) or conventional (44 species) farming systems in the paddy fields, similarly with organic (42 species) or conventional (35 species) farming in the upland fields, respectively. Our present research clearly shows that a wide range of taxa, including insects, spiders and other invertebrates, benefit from organic management through increases in abundance or species richness. It has been also identified that four orders (Hemiptera, Diptera, Hynemoptera, and Araneae) that are largely intrinsic to organic paddy field, and another three orders (Hemiptera, Coleoptera, and Araneae) that are particularly beneficial for organic crop field regime.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.19-27
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• 2019

We extracted arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) spores from rhizospheres of three plants from Upo Wetland, Korea. We identified the isolated AMF spores based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of partial 18S rDNA nucleotide sequences. The species diversity of AMF spores was calculated among the study sites and host plants. Consequently, nine species from six genera of AMF spores were identified. We confirmed the species diversity of the AMF spores in rhizospheres affected by host plants in the wetland. In the course of this study, we confirmed a previously unreported AMF species in Korea: Diversispora epigaea. We described the morphological features and molecular characteristics of this previously unreported AMF species.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.17-37
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• 2001

2000년 6월부터 2000년 10월까지 정읍근교의 정읍 천연림에서 많은 균류를 채집하여 동정하였다. 그 결과 균류다양성은 2문, 3아문, 4강, 14아강, 10목, 31과, 110종을 확인하였다. 그 중에서 미기록종은 이끼귀버섯(Crepidotus epibryus), 황금바퀴버섯(Orbilia xanthostigma)등 이었다. 우점과는 송이과와 광대버섯과였다. 생태적 자원은 식용버섯은 43종, 재배종은 8종, 독버섯은 15종, 약용버섯은 13종, 항암버섯은 15종, 균근형성균은 17종 그리고 목재부후균은 31종이었다.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.51 no.1
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• pp.71-85
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• 2018

A recent topic of interest within ecology is ecosystem services that are importantly connected with biodiversity. Biodiversity is a fundamental component of ecological studies and has been the subject of many studies worldwide. However, studies on the diversity and distribution of freshwater fish were not undertaken in earnest until 2000, and the number of internationally available studies is therefore still limited. In this study, we used data from "The Survey and Evaluation of Aquatic Ecosystem Health (hereafter SEAEH)" within the framework of which whole water systems on the Korean peninsula are annually monitored to investigate and determine the current status of the diversity and distribution of freshwater fish, as well as to elucidate major factors impacting freshwater fish. A total of 130 species from 28 families were identified at around 953 sites in the SEAEH investigation of 2014. The species Zacco platypus (relative abundance: 28.2%) and Z. koreanus (19.3%) were identified as the most abundant species on the Korean peninsula, and besides these 20 endangered species, 51 endemic species and 4 exotic species were also collected. Highest (96 species) and lowest (72 species) diversity were identified in the Han River Watershed and the Yeongsan/Seomjin River Watershed, respectively. The mean endemic rate was 32.7%, which is higher than the previous rate determined in 1995. The exotic species Micropterus salmoides, Lepomis macrochirus and Carassius cuvieri were found in the whole river system except north Yeongdong, whereas Oreochromis niloticus occurred only at three sites due to the cold water temperatures in winter. Totally, 28 species were found to be translocated to different water systems not connected with known original habitats, most translocations occurring in the Nakdong River and the Yeongdong region. Among the translocated species, Opsariichthys uncirostris amurensis, and Erythroculter erythropterus were dominantly distributed in the mid- to lower reaches of Nakdong River where they may be harmful to the native fish assemblages due to their strong predation. The construction of weirs in connection with the "4 River Project" generated changes in fish assemblages before, during and after the project, resulting in altered habitat condition. Especially, a decrease in the number of endemic species and an increase in the abundance of lentic species were seen. Human-induced global warming will allow exotic species requiring high water temperatures to adapt to the environmental conditions of the Korean peninsula, which may enhance the diversity of native fishes and create changes in distribution. For the establishment of realistic and efficient management and protection strategies for Korean freshwater fish, SEAEH, which produces fundamental and quantitative data for Korean streams, is an important and necessary tool.

• Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.93-107
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• 2011

This research was carried out to investigate invertebrate fauna with organic and conventional pear orchards, which used four collected methods; soil sampling for soil microorganism, pitfall, malaise, and black light trap for over ground species. Collected species were 37 species, 1,184 individuals in organic and 28 species, 501 individuals by soil sampling in conventional pear fields. Those were 38 species, 646 individuals and 29 species, 440 individuals by pitfall trap, 55 species 650 individuals and 47 species, 508 individuals by malaise trap, and 23 species, 201 individuals and 9 species, 42 individuals by black light trap. Collembola was collected 389 individuals in organic which was 5 times than in conventional in soil sampling. In pitfall trap, that was 183 individuals which was 3 times. The diversity indices of organic pear orchards were 1.956 in May, 2.638 in August and those of conventional was 1.426 in May, 2.011 in August in soil sampling. In pitfall trap, the dominant species were spiders, collembollan, and coleopteran. Among Coleoptera, indicator insects for the evaluation of agricultural environment suggested were Eusilpha jakowelewi as organic pear orchard and Anisodactykus punctatipennis and Pheropsophus jessoensis as conventional. Malaise trap was collected dominant species as Diptera and Hymenoptera of Braconidae and Ichneumonidae. The diversity indices of organic pear orchards were 2.952, 3.120, and 2.010 in pitfall, malaise and black light trap in over ground invertebrate sampling. The highest diversity was in malaise trap. The higher diversity indices, the lower dominance indices.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2019.04a
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• pp.24-24
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• 2019

DMZ 및 접경지역은 지난 60여 년간 인간의 간섭을 받지 않아 세계적으로 우수한 생태계의 보고이며, 백두대간, 도서연안과 함께 한반도 3대 핵심생태축의 하나로서 한반도생태계보전을 위한 가장 중요한 지역이다. 이러한 DMZ 및 접경지역에 대하여 국내적 중요성 인식 제고뿐만 아니라 국제적으로도 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs)으로서의 가치인식을 위해 IUCN에서 제시하는 평가기준을 검토하고 이의 기준을 적용하여 DMZ의 생물다양성에 대한 국제적 가치정도 판단 및 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs)으로서의 보전방안을 수립하고자 한다. 첫째, DMZ 일대를 대상으로 서식하는 자생식물의 분포지역을 파악하여 DMZ 및 접경지역의 식물상은 18과 139속 367종 1아종 44변종 10품종 422분류군으로, 총 138과 613속 1,517종 8아종 217변종 58품종으로 총 1,800분류군으로 확인되었다. 본 연구대상지의 동부지역에서 가장 많은 1,482분류군, 중부지역은 1,225분류군, 서부지역은 1,080분류군으로 가장 적은수의 식물이 확인되었다. 둘째, DMZ 및 접경지역을 대상으로 객관적이고 정량적인 방법을 통한 DMZ 및 접경지역의 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs) 지정기준을 적용하여 개느삼, 금강초롱, 모데미풀 3종을 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs) 후보종으로 선정하였다. 후보종별로 분포예측 결과 전체 면적 $5,270.5km^2$ 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs) 지정을 제안하였다. 셋째, 지정기준을 통하여 선정된 DMZ 및 접경지역에 서식하는 주요 식물에 대한 국제적 가치를 판단하여 우리나라 상황에 맞는 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs)을 적용함으로써 효과적인 관리방안으로 투명하고 체계화된 국제적 기준으로 해당 지역 내의 생물종 다양성을 지속가능하게 보호하기 위한 구체적인 방향 설정 및 관리를 위한 노력이 이루어질 수 있도록 유도 할 수 있다. 수집된 자료를 통하여 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs)에 적합한 종을 중심으로 보호구역을 지정하고 국내적으로 중요한 지역적 멸종위기종에 대한 적용을 추가적으로 진행하여 식물다양성이 중요한 지역의 보호를 위한 우선순위 및 구체적 접근계획을 수립할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 국가적인 차원에서 DMZ 및 접경지역의 지속적인 조사를 통하여 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs)기준 적용에 필요한 기초자료를 충분히 수집하고 국내 환경에 부합하는 중요생물다양성지역(KBAs)기준 적용을 통하여 꾸준히 재평가하여 후속연구의 발판을 마련하여야 한다.