• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제108권3호
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• pp.296-301
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• 2019

This study was conducted to measure litterfall and nutrient (P, K, Ca, Mg) inputs under varying degrees of disturbance by pine wilt disease in pine forests in southern Korea. Litterfall was collected to evaluate nutrient responses at different intensities of disturbance (various levels of basal area) by pine wilt disease across 2 years. Phosphorus, Ca, and Mg concentrations in needle litterfall were positively correlated (p < 0.05) with decreased disturbance intensities (increased basal area) depending on the time of sampling, whereas the nutrient concentrations in other litterfall components (branches, bark, reproductive organs, and miscellaneous litterfall) were not significantly correlated (p > 0.05) with the intensity of pine wilt disease disturbance. Dry weight and nutrient inputs through litterfall components decreased linearly with increasing intensity of disturbance by pine wilt disease (p < 0.05), except for the nutrient inputs of branch (K, Ca, Mg) and reproductive organ (K, Ca) litterfall. These results indicate that decreased litterfall across different levels of disturbance may be related to the reduced soil nutrients in pine wilt disease forests.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.359-375
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• 2018

The long term ecological effects have been reported in natural forest ecosystem due to various anthropogenic disturbances, especially in tropics of the world. The present study was carried out in the sanctuary area of central India to assess the changes on litter biomass, litterfall pattern and soil attributes under different disturbance regimes. The study area includes three forest circles i.e., Bhoramdeo, Jamunpani and Salehwara each comprising three disturbances regimes viz., high, medium and low severity of biotic pressure. A noticeable variation and impact were recorded in different sites. The impact varies significantly from least disturbed sites to highly disturbed sites across the circle and among different disturbances level. The seasonal mean total forest floor biomass across the forest circles varied from 2.18 to $3.30t\;ha^{-1}$. It was found highest under lightly disturbed site and lowest under heavily disturbed site. Total litterfall varied from 5.11 to $7.06t\;ha^{-1}\;yr^{-1}$ across the forest circle. Lowest litterfall was recorded at heavily disturbed site while highest in lightly disturbed site. Annual turnover of litter varied from 69-73% and the turnover time ranged between 1.37-1.45 years. The turn over time was higher for heavily disturbed site and lower for lightly disturbed site. The heavily disturbed site of all the circle showed the sandy loam soil texture, whereas moderately and lightly disturbed site comprised of sandy loam, sandy clay loam and clay soil texture, respectively. The bulk density decreases from heavily disturbed site to lightly disturbed site and the pH of soils ranged from 5.57-6.89 across the circle. Across the circle the total soil nitrogen ranged from 0.12-0.21%, phosphorus from 10.03-24.00 kg and Potassium from $139.88-448.35kg\;ha^{-1}$, respectively. Our results demonstrate that anthropogenic disturbances regime significantly influences forest floors in terms of mass, composition and dynamics along with litterfall rate and soil properties.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제102권2호
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• pp.210-215
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• 2013

산림생태계 낙엽낙지량에 대한 정량적 평가는 장기생태 연구의 물질순환 기작 해석에 중요한 요인이다. 본 연구에서는 우리나라 남부지방에 위치한 금산 장기생태연구 조사지의 낙엽활엽수림을 대상으로 2004년부터 2010년 사이에 낙엽낙지량의 계절적 연년 변화를 조사하였다. 낙엽낙지량중 낙엽 및 생식기관(숫꽃)은 계절적 변동을 보였으나, 침엽, 수피, 가지, 기타 물질 등은 계절별 변화가 뚜렷하지 않았다. 낙엽량의 경우 졸참나무와 서어나무는 유의적인 연변화가 있었으나, 까치박달, 편백, 곰솔의 낙엽량은 차이가 없었다. 조사기간 동안 낙엽낙지량은 2004년 4,110 kg/ha/yr로 가장 낮은 값을 보였으며, 최대 생산량은 2007년 6,002 kg/ha/yr로 2004년 기준 46% 차이가 있었고 7년 동안의 평균낙엽낙지량은 5,223 kg/ha/yr이였다. 낙엽량은 졸참나무 2,323 kg/ha/yr, 서어나무 442 kg/ha/yr, 까치박달 157 kg/ha/yr, 당단풍나무 131 kg/ha/yr, 기타 활엽수 390 kg/ha/yr, 곰솔 74 kg/ha/yr, 편백 37 kg/ha/yr 순으로 나타났다. 7년 평균 가지, 기타 물질, 생식기관, 수피는 각각 672, 515, 44, 54 kg/ha/yr로 조사되었다. 본 연구 결과에 따르면 금산 장기생태연구 조사구의 낙엽낙지량은 유의적인 연변화가 발생하였으며 태풍 같은 교란이 발생하지 않을 경우 연평균 온도와 유의적인 선형관계가 있었다. 또한 금산 장기생태연구 조사지의 낙엽낙지량은 타 장기생태연구 조사지에 비해 낮게 나타났다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.83-88
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• 2000

When interpreting change over time in forest ecosystems, distinguishing the effects of forest succession from the effects of environmental stress can be difficult. The result may be a simplistic interpretation. citing a specific successional or environmental cause of forest change when both types may be occurring. We present two case studies of changes in the forest floor in northern hardwoods. First, the belief that 50% of soil organic matter is lost in the first 20 years after logging was based on a study comparing northern hardwood stands of different ages. We resampled a series of 13 such stands after an interval of 15 years, and found that the young stands were not, in fact. losing organic matter as rapidly as predicted from the original chronosequence study. The pattern of higher organic matter content in the forest floors of older stands compared to young stands could be equally well explained by changes in logging practices over the last century as by the aging of the stand. The observed pattern of forest floor organic matter as a function of stand age was previously interpreted as a successional pattern, ignoring changes in treatment history. In the second case study, observed losses of base cations from the forest floor were attributed to cation depletion caused by acid rain and declining calcium deposition. We found that young stands were gaining base cations in the forest floor; losses of base cations were restricted to older stands. Differences in litter chemistry in stands of different ages may explain some of the pattern in cation gains and losses. In this case, the contribution of successional processes to cation loss had been overlooked in favor of environmental stress as the dominant mechanism behind the observed changes. Studies of environmental stress use repeated measures over time. but often don't consider stand age as a factor. Studies of successional change often assume that environmental factors remain constant. We were able to consider both forest succession and external factors because we repeatedly sampled stands of different ages.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.627-633
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• 2014

국가장기생태사업(LTER)의 일환으로 한라산 아고산대 구상나무림의 물질생산과 탄소분포의 특성을 밝히고자 2009년부터 2013년까지 현존량, 유기탄소분포, 낙엽생산, 임상낙엽량과 토양 유기탄소 축척량을 조사하였다. 식물현존량은 상대생장법에 의해 보고된 물질생산 식을 이용하여 측정하고 이를 이산화탄소의 고정량으로 환산하였다. 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 와 2013년의 현존량은 각각 98.88, 106.42, 107.67, 108.31 와 $91.48ton\;ha^{-1}$였다. 이 기간 동안의 유기탄소는 지상부 생물량에 35.95, 38.69, 38.96, 39.46, $33.2ton\;C\;ha^{-1}$, 지하부 생물량에 8.54, 9.2, 9.49, 9.28, $7.97ton\;C\;ha^{-1}$이 각각 분포하였다. 5년 동안 낙엽 생산을 통해 1.09, 1.80, 1.32, 2.46 와 $1.20ton\;C\;ha^{-1}$의 유기탄소가 생태계로 유입되었다. 2010, 2011, 2012와 2013년의 임상낙엽층의 유기탄소량은 2.74, 2.43, 2.00 와 $1.16ton\;C\;ha^{-1}$였고, 토양 20cm깊이까지의 유기탄소 축적량은 55.77, 54.90, 50.69, 44.42 와 $41.87ton\;C\;ha^{-1}20cm^{-1}$였다. 이와같이 현존량과 유기탄소량이 2009~2012년까지 매년 증가하였지만 태풍이 있었던 2013년에는 감소하였다. 이러한 현상은 자연적 교란이 한국의 아고산대 생태계에 크게 영향을 미친다는 것을 의미한다.