• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.343-352
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• 2015

The landscape setting of a habitat strongly influences the distribution, abundance, and species composition of waterfowl. Thus, habitat assessment is very important to understand the habitat characteristics that sustain waterfowl assemblages. In this study, we hypothesized that the excessive use of artificial materials when new wetlands are constructed negatively influences wintering waterfowl. To test this hypothesis, we measured environmental factors, assessed habitat, and investigated waterfowl at 13 artificial wetlands in the Nakdong River Basin. There were greater numbers of waterfowl species and individuals in artificial wetlands with high habitat assessment scores. In contrast, environmental factors did not affect waterfowl distribution. In particular, features of natural habitats, such as macrophytes and sandbars, and the surrounding land-use patterns were important factors for sustaining waterfowl assemblages in each created wetland. Our results show that promoting naturalness in wetlands and surrounding areas would increase the species diversity and abundance of waterfowl. Further, complex habitats, such as wetlands and some terrestrial habitats, support both aquatic and terrestrial species because mixed habitats feature a larger array of food sources than more limited habitats do.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제99권5호
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• pp.762-769
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• 2010

The composition of minerals and amino acids in Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum tissues collected from different habitats in Ulleung Island and Mt. Hambeak of the Korean Peninsula is investigated. The mineral composition of A. victorialis stem was high compared to that of bulb in all population samples. The most abundant mineral found in all the samples was potassium (K). The mineral composition was variable in garlic population of Ulleung Island in a habitat dependent manner. The A. victorialis stems and bulbs showed significant differences in their amino acid compositions according to varying habitats of Ulleung Island and Mt. Hambeak. Among the amino acids the most abundant amino acid in A. victorialis bulb tissue was arginine, followed by leucine and valine. The amino acids leucine, valine, and phenylalanine were abundant in stem tissues. The total amino acids of the A. victorialis stem tissue from Teawha pass peak sample (837 mg/100 g dry wt) were higher than the mean of other population samples (355-824 mg/100 g dry wt). However, content of amino acids in the bulb was high in A. victorialis from Nari basin (1,919 mg/100 g dry wt).

• Plant Resources
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.138-147
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• 2000

This examination of vegetation is conducted from June to Oct. 1999 through on the spot survey, centering on the habitat of Abies koreana around Imgeolryeong, Jangteomok, and Jeseokbong in Mt Jiri and Yeongsil path and Seongpanak path in Mt. Halla. Species composition tables of the Abies koreana community by altitude and slope in Mt. Jiri and Mt. Halla are made based on the community composition tables examined in quadrat. The Abies koreana-Saso quelpaertensis community in a west slope of Mt. Halla is found that Abies koreana of 4-6m in height forms subtree layer and that of 8-9m in height the tree layer and it reflects a difference between community structure by slope and main composition species. While the tree layer of Abies koreana community is 12-14 in height around the area of 1,290-1,560m above the sea of Imgeolryong and path from Baekmudong to Jangteomok, it is 8-12m in height in the area of 1,680-1,780m above the sea of path from Jangteomok to Jeseokbong. It means that community structure depends on area and attitude. This study finds out that commonly appearing composition species similar to coverage and presence are Lepisorus thunberianus, Quercus mongolica, Solidago virga-aurea var. asiatica, Ligularia fischeri, Carex lanceolata, Clintonia udensis, Magnolia sieboldii, Betula ermani, Acer pseudo-sieboldianum. As soil environment of surveyed area, pH of surveyed spots is similar in Mt. Jiri and Mt. Halla, electrical conductivity is higher in Mt Jiri, and contents of organic matter is relatively higher in a west slope of Mt. Jiri and Mt. Halla and lower in their south and west slopes. Contents of organic matter and total nitrogen show that the area of 1,550m above the sea in a west slope of Mt. Halla is some higher. For pH and contents of total nitrogen and organic matter, Mt. Halla is higher than Mt. Jiri but for electrical conductivity, Mt. Jiri is relatively higher than Mt. Halla.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.269-278
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• 2011

Carabid beetle community changes in paddy fields, abandoned paddy fields, and mountains were investigated to understand differences in species diversity and composition of different habitat types in small agricultural landscapes in South Korea. A total of 2,938 individuals from 37 species were identified and classified from the studied habitats. Diversity in the mountains was higher than that in abandoned paddy fields. As the number of years since abandonment increased, the diversity and stability of the carabid beetle community also increased. Abandoned paddy fields in some paddy field areas and adjoining mountainous areas, left with preconditions for management and control, have provided the opportunity to improve the diversity and habitat of small agricultural landscapes. Species composition changed continuously from the paddy fields to the mountains, in accordance with individual species habitat preferences. Abandoned paddy fields in small agricultural landscapes are believed to play an important role as transitional buffer zones between paddy fields and the adjacent mountainous areas.

• 환경생물
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.30-39
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• 2010

남해안 고흥, 해남, 완도, 보길도지역에 분포하는 황칠나무개체군 생육지의 군락구조와 종조성, 그리고 입지환경 등을 조사하였으며, 자생지의 기상요인을 분석하여 생육가능지역을 추정하였다. 황칠나무군락은 종조성의 차이에 의해 구실잣밤나무군과 서어나무군으로 구분되었다. 상대기여도에 의한 우점도값은 전체적으로 동백나무(100.0), 붉가시나무(88.6), 구실잣밤나무(55.8), 황칠나무(41.4), 마삭줄(23.8), 사스레피나무 (19.9), 광나무(11.5) 등 상록활엽수의 분포가 높게 나타났다. 개체군 분포는 서어나무군이 흉고직경 5 cm 미만의 개체가 전체의 94.2%로 구실잣밤나무군(54.2%)에 비하여 대부분 소경목과 유목의 개체로 구성되어 있었다. 생육지의 토양환경은 약산성의 토양산도, 유기물과 토양함수량이 양호하며 배수성이 좋은 지역인 것으로 나타났다. 생육지의 분포 범위는 대체로 연평균기온이 $13^{\circ}C$ 이상, 일 최저기온이 $7.4^{\circ}C$ 이상, 온량지수(WI) $100^{\circ}C{\cdot}month$ 이상, 그리고 연강수량은 1,344 mm 내외로서 우리나라 서남부 도서와 해안에 인접한 상록활엽수림대 지역들이 해당되는 것으로 분석되었다. 황칠나무의 자연생육지에서 확인된 연평균기온 $13^{\circ}C$를 토대로 한 생육가능 등치선은 군산-정읍-광주-진주-포항-영덕을 잇는 선으로 나타났다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.47-62
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• 1969

풀망둑 Synechogobius hasta(TEMMINCK et SCHLEGEL)의 식성 조사와 먹이생물 상호간의 생물학적 변화를 조사하기 위하여 낙동강 유역의 선암, 가락, 성산, 하단의 4개 지점에서 총 1,295개체의 풀망둑을 월별로 채집하였다. 위 내용물은 3가지 방법에 의해 구분하였으며, 이 방법은 수정된 Nilsson의 방법(Dahl 1962)을 다시 약간 수정하여 사용하였다(Table 2). 1) 위 내용물의 각 먹이종목별 수를 계산하여 한 계절동안 전체 풀망둑이 먹은 먹이생물의 총 개체수에 대해 Percentage를 낸 것을 Table 2에 "N"(Numerical)로 표시하였다. 2) 한 계절동안 채집한 풀망둑 수에 대한 각 먹이종목(Food Item)이 발생하는 풀망둑 수의 출혈빈도수를 Table 2에 "O"(Frequncy of Occurrence)로 표시하였다. 3) Predominant한 먹이종목을 선택하여 그것의 총 개체수에 대한 각 Predominant한 먹이수의 Percentage를 "D" (Dominance)로 표시하였다. 먹이생물은 50개의 먹이종목으로 되고 이것을 13가지의 Main Group로 나누고 (Fig. 2-1), 이것을 다시 먹이 생물을 제공하는 Habitat내의 Animal Community의 조건에 따라 Obligatory Bottom Animal, Organic Drift 와 Actively Swimming Form로 나누었다. 풀망둑의 식성은 Table 2에서 보는 것과 같이 먹이생물의 평균 $94.6\%$가 Obligatory Bottom Animal인 것으로 보아 풀망둑은 전형적인 Bottom Feeder였다. 그리고, 이들의 먹이생물은 일반적으로 이들이 살고 있는 Habitat 내의 Benthic Fauna의 Local Composition에 의해 Dominant Food Organism이 결정되고, 계절별로 먹이생물들 사이에 생물학적 상호 작용으로 인한 Seaeonal Rhythm을 나타내고 있었다. 선암 지역과 가락 지역은 동일한 먹이생물들 사이에 Habitat의 종적 구분에 의해 그 Population의 천이가 반대 현상으로 나타나는 Locality Variation을 보이며, 성산, 하단 지역은 먹이생물의 계절적 변화와 하구성 생물상이 동일한 점으로, 동일한 조건의 Habitat로 생각된다. 이상의 것을 간추려 보면, 1) 풀망둑은 주로 저생동물을 먹이로 하며, 그 먹이생물은 Habitat 내의 Food Composition에 의해 결정된다. 2) 먹이생물의 계절적 변화는 Population내의 생물학적인 변화의 상호 작용에 의해 Seasonal Rhythm을 나타낸다. 3) 풀망둑의 식성은 비편식성이고 먹이생물의 종류 변화가 많다. 4) 가장 중요한 먹이생물은 Polychaeta, Palaemon modestus, Isopoda, Gammaridea, Insecta (nymphs and larvae), Ilyoplax deschampsi, Paratye compressa로 나타난다. 5) 성산, 가락, 선암의 Community내에서 먹이생물은 종적천이 (Longitudinal Succession) 현상이 나타난다 6) 풀망둑은 수은이 상승($20^{\circ}C$이상)하는 4월경부터 하구로 이동하고, 9월부터 상류로 이동하는 Seasonal Movement를 하는 어류이다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.198-205
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• 2008

Benthic macroinvertebrates were examined to elucidate community structures of a set of 9 shallow ponds from a total of 6 parks located in Seoul metropolitan area, Korea. The result showed that macroinvertebrates were diverse and abundant, and aquatic macrophyte provide habitat diversities in ponds. The differences among benthic macroinvertebrate community compositions seemed to be attributed to local biotic and abiotic interactions. We surveyed benthic macroinvertebrate, biotic (macrophyte), abiotic (turbidity, nutrient concentrations, conductivity, heavy metal concentration) and morphometric (area, depth) of the lentic systems. Generally, the benthic macroinvertebrates were dominated by Cloeon dipterum or Coenagrion sp.. Distribution of the aquatic macrophyte community was correlated with the species composition of macroinvertebrates. The result demonstrated a significant and positive relationship between habitat quality and macroinvertebrate composition.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.73-85
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• 2005

Natural disturbance and environmental pressure on natural ecosystems are gradually increasing, and the cause is significantly related to large-scale environmental pollution, global warming, decreasing biodiversity and habitat fragmentation. Environmental impact assessment(EIA) in Korea has been focused on distribution and composition of fauna and flora as major evaluation aspects in ecosystem assessment. It is well known that those characteristics of flora and fauna strongly depend on characteristics and quality of habitat and ecosystem. However, there is no items to assess habitat and ecosystems of spatial ecological system in EIA. Many countries are trying to develop the EIA items to consider the spatial characteristics of habitat and ecosystem and those ecological dynamics as well as species level. In this stream, landscape ecology is emerging discipline to examine spatial pattern and ecological process within/between habitats and ecosystems. Landscape ecological analysis, as a special tool for ecosystem evaluation, has been appropriately adopted to the EIA system in the advanced countries. This review paper tries to introducing the possibilities of landscape ecological concept into the Korean EIA system.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.195-206
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• 2022

Gaining an understanding of bird communities in different habitat types is essential for the conservation of ecologically important habitats. Wetlands possess different types of habitats and provide an important environment for wintering waterbird communities. This study compares avian communities in five different habitat types in the Moeyungyi Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary (MWWS), Myanmar. From December 2014 to the first week of February in 2015, bird and habitat data were collected from representative areas of five habitat types (i.e., short grassland, tall grassland, lotus fields, open water areas, and rice fields) at MWWS. We established nine sampling plots in each habitat type, and used the point quadrat method to survey habitats and the point count method to survey birds in the habitats. Simple one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and post-hoc tests were used to determine differences between bird communities. We made 95 detections during 19 daily visits to each of the five habitat types. During the survey period, we recorded a total of 10,389 individuals belonging to 52 different bird species, based on 7-min observations at each of the 45 point count stations. Furthermore, we detected significant differences by habitat structure (i.e., vegetation coverage, height, and density; water depth; and plant species diversity) as well as bird communities (i.e., species richness, abundance, and diversity indices). In addition, the detailed analysis of 52 avian species revealed significant differences among 45 species with respect to the mean numbers of observed individuals in the survey habitats. The findings of this study revealed significant differences in the structure and composition of waterbird communities among the five assessed habitat types. Because natural marshes provide preferable habitats for a larger number and greater diversity of birds, relative to rice fields, natural marshes should be prioritized for conservation and restoration in Moeyungyi Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.79-89
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• 2012

This study was compared to the differences in the habitat, species composition and community structure of revegetation and nature area in Korea. Plant number in plot of revegetation and nature area was 10.3 and 15.0 taxa, respectively, and coverage was 90.6 and 88.1%, respectively. Revegetation and nature area was very heterogeneous, due to low similarity index (0.38) and less common plants. Festuca arundinacea frequency (56.7%) was highest in revegetation area, and Oplismenus undulatifolius frequency (66.7%) was highest in nature area. Plant appearing of revegetation and nature area was 111 and 136 taxa, respectively. Herb appearing of revegetation and nature areas was 93 (83.3%) and 72 (52.9%) taxa, respectively, tree was 18 (16.2%) and 64 (47.1%) taxa, respectively. Plant communities of revegetation area was classified into Lespedeza bicolor, Indigofera amblyantha, Alnus sibirica, Festuca arundinacea, Eragrostis curvula, Miscanthus sinensis, Humulus japonicus, Setaria faberii, Rudbeckia bicolor, Pueraria lobata community. Plant communities of nature area was classified into Pinus densiflora, Quercus aliena, Quercus acutissima, Quercus variabilis, Quercus serrata, Castanea crenata, Pinus rigida, Robinia pseudoacacia, Populus tomentiglandulosa, Phyllostachys bambusoides community. Habitat, species composition and community structure of revegetation and nature area showed a large difference.