• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.365-369
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• 2002

We had 18 eggs artificially hatched in a mass breeding place of black-tailed gulls and examined the individual recognition between young siblings in a laboratory environment. The results of the experiment showed that the young gulls selectively responded to their siblings and non-siblings at an early stage after hatching. It was shown that they began to recognize the begging call among the voice signals of siblings and non-siblings 15-16 days after hatching, and the chirirah call 11-12 days after hatching. Also, more significant results were shown with the chirirah call than with the begging call. In an experiment of visual recognition between siblings and non-siblings, the young black-tailed gulls approached their siblings significantly 9-10 days after hatching. The recognition between young siblings in a mass breeding place provides an important evolutionary indicator in terms of their social behaviors.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.85-92
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• 2022

The amphibian breeding habitat is confirmed by mating call. In some cases, the researcher directly identifies the amphibian individual, but in order to designate the habitat, it is necessary to map the mating call region of the amphibian population. Until now, it has been a popular methodology for researchers to hear mating calls and outline their breeding habitats. To improve this subjective methodology, we developed a technique for mapping mating call regions using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The technology uses a UAV, fitted with a sound recorder to record ground mating calls as it flies over an amphibian habitat. The core technology is to synchronize the recorded sound pressure with the flight log of the UAV and predict the sound pressure in a two-dimensional plane with probability density. For a demonstration study of this technology, artificial mating call was generated by a potable speaker on the ground and recorded by a UAV. Then, the recorded sound data was processed with an algorithm developed by us to map mating calls. As a result of the study, the correlation coefficient between the artificial mating call on the ground and the mating call map measured by the UAV was R=0.77. This correlation coefficient proves that our UAV recording system is sufficiently capable of detecting amphibian mating call regions.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.295-300
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• 2004

In the breeding colony of black-tailed gull, as nests of conspecific neighbors are very closely located, chicks are permanently exposed by sound and visual stimuli produced by adult conspecifics approaching their nests. The chicks, therefore, may need to learn ways to appropriately respond to their parents approach. In this study we experimentally manipulated sensory stimulation that is potentially provided by the parents to the offspring. Chicks incubated in the laboratory were exposed to a mew call of the conspecific adult. Then they were tested in three situations differing in sensory stimulation: 1) visual stimulation only, 2) auditory stimulation only, and 3) Simultaneous visual and auditory stimulations. We observed occurrence of different response of the chicks, which were categorized into three behaviors (begging call response, chirirah call and pecking behavior). We also investigated intensity of the chicks call in response to the different stimulations and the degree of response with age. The chicks exposed to only auditory stimulation made significantly more chirirah calls. The intensities (dB) of the mew call and chicks chirirah call were directly correlated. On the other hand, when chicks just saw the stuffed adult gull, they responded significantly more with a begging call and pecking behavior. In the situation of costimulation, the chicks responded with a begging call and pecking, but less frequently than visual stimulation only. The results suggest that young black-tailed gulls use call repertories to properly respond to parents behavior. Such results suggest an evolutionary process for uncreasing their survival rate in a group breeding site.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.565-569
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• 1997

Vocal repertoires of the B1ack-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris) were studied at established reproductive colonies. The Black-tailed gull has eleven different vocal signals which can be grouped into three different call classes according to behavioral functions: contact call, alarm call (attention call), and aggressive call. The contact call or mew call is the most frequently used and functions as means of recognition among individuals, particularly between parents and youngs. Our results show that each call plays .an important role in particular social relationships in a high- density breeding colony.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.289-294
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• 2012

This study was conducted from April 2012 to June 2012 to analyze breeding status of Black woodpeckers (Dryocopus martius) in the Gayasan National Park. Nest height, tree diameter which a nest built and altitude at the nest site of Black woodpeckers were 17.4 m, 63.8 cm and 587 m, respectively. A pair of Black woodpeckers completed a clutch in 4 eggs on 7 May and 3 of eggs hatched on 24 May 2012. Both female and male incubated eggs and never left eggs without one of parents. A male more contributed to build a nest than a female. Incubation duration was higher in a male than in a female. Nestlings made a begging call in a nest during the growing period. Begging frequency of nestlings increased from 11 days up to 20 days after hatching. After then, nestlings reduced begging and fledged a nest 24 days after hatching. This study provided information of breeding ecology to protect and manage population of Black woodpeckers which are endangered species in South Korea.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2007

Black-tailed gulls (Larus crassirostris) produce alarm calls apparently related to their anti-predator behaviors, but the hypothesis that the calls are actually used as functionally referential alarm signals has not yet been tested. In this study, we performed a series of experiments using visual (a stuffed goshawk: Accipiter gentilis) and acoustic (alarm calls and a control vocalization) stimuli at 15 sites in Sinjindo-ri and Dowhang-ri, Taean-gun, Chungnam province to examine anti-predator responses of the gulls to alarm calls in playback trials. We found that the gulls' visual recognition of a perched hawk model in the absence of alarm vocalizations was weak or absent because the model was noticed in only two out of 16 trials. The gulls' responses to playbacks of the alarm call only and the alarm call with a visual stimulus differed from responses to the control vocalization in latency to approach, time mobbing, and the percentage of gulls responding, while the responses to alarm call only differed from alarm call with a visual stimulus in latency to first fly, latency to call, and time mobbing. The results of this study suggest that alarm calls of black-tailed gulls are used to elicit appropriate anti-predator behaviors that are intensified when a predator is detected visually.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 1988

자매종 R.nigromaculate(참개구리)와 R. plancyi(금개구리)간의 생식적 격리기작을 구명하기 위하여 전라남도 광주시에서 발견된 자연집중 1개체를 포함한 두 종의 형태, 유전적 변이 및 번식시기 등을 조사한 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 두 종은 형태,유전,mating call 및 번식시기 등에 뚜렷한 차이가 있었고, 약 350만년 전에 남방계인 R. plancyi에서 R.nigromaculate가 분화되었을 것으로 추정되었다. 잡종 1개체는 전기영동 결과 일대잡종으로 확인되었으며 포란한 정상 난소를 갖고 있는 점으로 미루어 보아 생식이 간으하다고 여기지며, 따라서 postmating isolating mechanism은 불완전하게 생성되었다고 추측된다.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.698-708
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 한국 중부지방 도시와 산림에 서식하는 매미종을 대상으로 번식울음 패턴과 번식울음에 영향을 미치는 종간영향 및 기상요인을 규명하여 번식울음 특성 차이를 밝히는데 있다. 연구대상지는 도시는 서울시 방배동 경남아파트로 산림은 원주시 치악산국립공원으로 선정하였다. 연구방법은 현장에 녹음기를 설치하여 24시간 녹음하고 그 결과를 분석하였다. 기상요인은 기상청 자료를 이용하였다. 연구기간은 2017년 6월 19일부터 9월 30일이었다. 연구 결과 두 대상지는 출현종에 차이를 보였다. 공통적으로 털매미(Platypleura kaempferi)와 참매미(Hyalessa fuscata), 애매미(Meimuna opalifera), 유지매미(Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata), 늦털매미(Suisha coreana)가 관찰되었으며, 도시에서는 말매미(Cryptotympana atrata)가 출현하였고 산림에서는 소요산매미(Leptosemia takanonis)가 출현하였다. 두 대상지는 매미 출현 시기에서도 차이를 보였다. 산림에서는 털매미와 소요산매미의 활동이 두드러지게 나타났으나 도시에서는 소요산매미가 관측되지 않고 털매미의 활동이 짧았다. 도시에서는 말매미가 출현하여 매우 오랜 기간을 울었으며 참매미, 애매미, 유지매미가 산림에 비해 빨리 나타났다. 늦털매미는 도시보다 산림에서 더 빠르게 출현하였다. 일주기 분석 결과 같은 매미종이라도 지역에 따라 일주기에 큰 차이를 보였으며 서로 다른 매미간의 종간영향과 도시와 산림의 환경적 차이가 매미의 울음에 영향을 주고 있었다. 각 매미 번식울음 여부와 각 대상지별 기상요인 간 상관분석 결과는 털매미와 늦털매미를 제외한 대부분의 매미가 온도에 양의 상관관계를 보였고, 동일 출현종은 산림 서식 매미가 일사량 등 더 다양한 기상요인에 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 로지스틱 회귀분석 결과 울음시기가 겹치는 매미들은 종간 번식울음에 유의미한 양의 영향을 미치고 있었다. 도시에만 출현한 말매미는 같은 시기에 우는 참매미, 애매미, 유지매미의 울음빈도에 양의 영향을 미쳤다. 산림에만 출현한 소요산매미는 같은 시기에 우는 털매미와 서로 양의 영향을 미쳤고 산림에서는 애매미가 참매미와 유지매미의 울음빈도에 양의 영향을 미치고 있었다. 기상요인의 경우 매미 울음빈도는 도시와 산림의 평균기온에 양의 영향을 받고 있었으며 산림에서 출현한 매미는 일사량에도 양의 영향을 받고 있었다. 통계분석 결과를 종합하면 활동 시기가 비슷한 도시 매미들은 도시 우점종 말매미를 중심으로 종간영향을 주고 받으며, 산림 매미들은 산림 우점종 애매미를 중심으로 종간영향을 주고 받고 있었다. 기상영향 분석결과는 상관분석 결과와 유사하게 기온에 주로 영향을 받았고, 산림에서 일사량의 영향력이 더 늘어나는 것을 확인하였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1483-1503
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• 2011

To advance the effectiveness of the current Hanwoo improvement system, we developed a general simulation that compared a series of breeding schemes under realistic user circumstances. We call this system the Integrated General Model (IGM) and it allows users to control the breeding schemes and selection methods by manipulating the input parameters. The Current Hanwoo Performance and Progeny Test (CHPPT) scheme was simulated with a Modified Hanwoo Performance and Progeny Test (MHPPT) scheme using a Hanwoo Breeding Farm cow population of the Livestock Improvement Main Center (LOMC) of the National Agricultural Cooperatives Federation (NACF). To compare the two schemes, a new method, the Simple Hanwoo Performance Test (SHPT), which uses ultrasound technology for measuring the carcass traits of live animals, was developed. These three models, including the CHPPT, incorporated three types of selection criteria: phenotype (PH), true breeding value (TBV), and estimated breeding value (EBV). The simulation was scheduled to mimic an actual Hanwoo breeding program; thus, the simulation was run to include the years 1983-2020 for each breeding method and was replicated 10 times. The parameters for simulation were derived from the literature. Approximately 642,000 animals were simulated per replication for the CHPPT scheme; 129,000 animals were simulated for the MHPPT scheme and 112,000 animals for the SHPT scheme. Throughout the 38-year simulation, all estimated parameters of each simulated population, regardless of population size, showed results similar to the input parameters. The deviations between input and output values for the parameters in the large populations were statistically acceptable. In this study, we integrated three simulated models, including the CHPPT, in an attempt to achieve the greatest genetic gains within major economic traits including body weight at 12 months of age (BW12), body weight at 24 months of age (BW24), average daily gain from 6 to 12 months (ADG), carcass weight (CWT), carcass longissimus muscle area (CLMA), carcass marbling score (CMS), ultrasound scanned longissimus muscle area (ULMA), and ultrasound scanned marbling score (UMS).

• 환경생물
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.94-99
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• 2007

청주시와 청원군 내 금개구리 (Rana chosenica) 개체군의 지역적인 분포를 밝히고 금개구리 울음소리의 시간적 변이를 알아보고자 1/50,000 지도상에 $2{\times}2km^2$의 총 226개 격자를 만들고, 이 중 53개 (총 격자의 23.5%) 격자를 선정하여 모니터링을 실시하였고, 가장 많은 개체를 포함하는 하나의 개체군을 선정하여 저녁 8시부터 다음날 오전 7시까지 울음소리 개체의 빈도를 조사하였다. 53개 격자 중 4곳에서 1번 이상 울음소리를 청취하였다. 프로그램 Presence를 이용하여 모니터링 데이터를 분석한 결과 점유율은 0.170로 다른 종에 비하여 아주 낮았으며, 발견율은 0.66으로 최소한 3번 방문하여야 그 지역에 금개구리가 없다는 것을 확신할 수 있었다. 또한 금개구리는 저녁 9시부터 새벽 2시까지 가장 활발하게 울음소리를 내며 울음소리 빈도는 수온과 습도와 높은 상관관계를 보여주었다. 이 연구를 통하여 청주시와 청원군 내 금개구리의 현재 위치를 확인하였고, 얻어진 결과를 토대로 효율적인 모니터링 방법을 제시하였다.