• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.69-74
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• 2006

The captive breeding biology of the Oriental white stork (Ciconia boyciana) was studied over 3 breeding periods. Both the male and female participated in nest building, but the male started to build the nest earlier and spent much time. Time used to build the nest was steadily increased to the egg laying. The copulations were observed $30{\pm}10.53$ (n=3) times in a breeding period. Both male and female incubated their eggs but the female spent more time than the male did. The chicks were hatched $32{\pm}1.29$ (n=6) days after egg laying. Not only the male but also the female took part in the rearing chicks. The male spent more time than the female as chicks grew. The results of this study are useful to assess the ecological soundness of the breeding pair and facilitate the breeding environment in captive breeding of the Oriental white stork.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.191-196
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• 2010

The Oriental White Stork (Ciconia boyciana) and the Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) are wetland species listed as "Endangered" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The two species were once common on the Korean peninsula, but have experienced a severe population reduction in the past decades. Currently, they are officially extinct in Korea. At present, reintroduction programs to release the birds to the wild are in progress in Korea as well as in Japan. In this study, we surveyed the historic breeding sites of the two species using the literature and face-to-face interviews with local people as a step toward determining appropriate breeding habitats for reintroduction. We found 26 historic breeding sites for the Oriental White Stork in Chungcheong-do and Gyeonggi-do, but did not find any breeding sites for the Crested Ibis. These findings suggest that the Oriental White Stork was resident, while the Crested Ibis was a winter visitor to Korea. Based on these results, we discuss the possibilities for successful reintroduction of the two species in Korea.

• 환경생물
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.307-313
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• 2012

The Oriental White Stork (Ciconia boyciana) is a representative wetland species distributed across East Asia. The species has been declined to face the threat of species extinctions with estimation of at about 3000 individuals. In order to re-introduce the endangered storks in the field, we developed a baseline model using the program VORTEX, performed sensitivity test, and finally suggested an ideal model based on results of the sensitivity test. The baseline model predicted 12.5% extinction probability with mean time to first extinction of 82.0 year. Sensitivity test revealed that two demographic variables (first-year mortality and percent of adult female breeding) had the greatest impacts on population persistence. Thus, corrected model improved the population persistence, where the extinction probability decreased to 1.0% in 100 years by changing values of two variables within a range of applicable to the population. Our models for stork re-introduction suggest this population will be stable by improving first-year mortality and adult female fecundity.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.659-665
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• 2016

We intended to describe a case of chaunocephalosis and morphological characteristics of its causative agent, Chaunocephalus ferox, recovered from an oriental white stork, Ciconia boyciana, in the Republic of Korea. An oriental white stork was referred to the Wildlife Center of Chungbuk in Korea in February 2014 for severe depression with cachexia and it died the next day. At necropsy, the stomach was severely expanded and 7 thick-walled nodules were observed in the upper part of the intestine. Although the stomach was filled with full of foreign materials, the intestine was almost empty. The nodules were globular and total 9 flukes were recovered. They were $8,030-8,091{\mu}m$ in length and $3,318-3,333{\mu}m$ in maximum width. Because the flukes had bulbous forebody with short narrow subcylindrical hindbody, 27 collar spines, and vitelline follicles not reaching to the posterior end, the specimens were identified as being C. ferox. The cyst formation induced thickening of the intestinal wall with narrowing of the lumen that could have contributed to the gastric impaction to the death of the host. This is the first described case of chaunocephalosis and its causative agent C. ferox found from an oriental white stork in Korea.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2012

Rice paddy fields have been recognized as an alternative habitat for avian wetland foragers, and fish-rice farms have become a new tool in improving the abundance of aquatic animals. However, the use of the habitats by avian foragers, particularly by oriental storks ($Ciconia$ $boyciana$), was not well understood. In the present study, we investigated how a fish-rice farm influenced the abundance of aquatic animals and documented the foraging behavior of the two captive bred oriental storks in a closed semi-natural paddy field. Our results showed that the fish refuge pond (water depth 40 cm) had a higher abundance of fish whereas the areas planted with rice (water depth 20 cm) had more tadpoles and some aquatic insects. The two captive bred oriental storks captured mostly fish and aquatic insects in the rice-planted area and mostly fish in the fish refuge pond. The two oriental storks had higher foraging success and spent more time for foraging in the rice-planted area than in the fish refuge pond. This result suggests that the oriental storks might prefer foraging in the area with fish, aquatic insects, and amphibians under a greater success rate presumably due to shallow water depth in the paddy fields with a fish-rice farm.

• 한국임상수의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국임상수의학회 2009년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.269-269
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• 2009

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.125-137
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• 2008

본 연구는 향후 황새 복원예정지역을 선정하기 위한 서식지 적합 모델을 개발하는데 기초 자료로 활용하기 위한 목적으로 과거 황새 번식지역의 환경적 변인의 특성을 분석하였다. 청문조사를 통해 6곳의 번식지점을 추가적으로 확인하고, 문헌에 기록된 4개 지역을 포함하여 총 10개 번식지점의 환경적 특성을 분석하였다. 1970년대 토지이용현황도(1:50,000)를 이용하여 황새 번식지 선택에 중요한 환경 변인인 농경지, 하천, 저수지, 도시취락을 분석하였고, 위성영상(Landsat MSS; 1974년) 분석을 통해 번식지점으로부터 5km 반경 내에 포함되는 산림, 수역, 농경지, 초지, 도시화 지역으로 분류하여 면적을 산출하였다. 그리고 무작위지점(random points) 93개 지역과 황새 번식지점 10개 지역의 5km 반경 내에 포함된 5가지 토지피복 유형별 면적의 평균을 비교 검정하였다. 분석결과, 과거 황새 번식지점은 도시취락, 농경지와 인접하여 위치하였으며, 10개 지역 중 7개 지역에서 하폭 30m 이상의 하천이 반경 1km 내에 위치하고 있었다. 황새가 둥지를 튼 영소목의 해발고도는 40~116.38m이었고, 평지나 경사도가 30도 이하인 사면에 영소목이 위치하였다. 인공위성영상으로 분석된 황새 번식지점으로부터 5km 반경 내의 토지피복 유형별 구성비율은 산림(53.7%), 농경지(28.3%), 초지(16.7%), 수역(0.8%), 도시화지역(0.6%)으로 나타났다. 무작위 지점(random point)과 번식지점의 토지유형별 면적의 평균을 비교 검정한 결과, 유의미한 차이를 보이는 토지유형은 산림, 농경지, 초지, 도시화지역이었다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.659-662
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• 2009

한국교원대학교 황새복원센터에서는 한국내 야생 황새 복원을 위해 인공적인 황새 사육을 진행중이다. 세 마리의 황새가 식욕부진과 침울을 보여 충북대학교 동물의료센터에 진료 의뢰되었다. 두 마리는 내원 전 사망하였으며, 한 마리는 내원 후 수액요법을 실시하였으나 1일 후 사망하였다. 부검시 salmon-color의 피하 및 내장지방이 전체 황새에서 관찰되었다. 간 표면의 다발성 국소 괴사병소도 확인되었다. 근육위 내강에는 많은 양의 풀과 자갈이 뭉쳐져 큰 덩어리를 형성하고 있었으며, 유문부는 이것에 의해 폐색되어 있었다. 수액요법을 받은 황새의 소장 분절은 유착되어 있었다. 조직병리학적 검사상 염증을 동반하지 않은 괴사병변이 전체 황새의 간, 근육위, 장에서 관찰되었다. 간에서는 담즙정체도 관찰되었다. 이 검사 결과들에 기초하여 황새들은 이식증에 의한 사낭 경색증으로 최종 진단되었다.

• 환경생물
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.121-127
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• 2008

멸종위기종 황새의 보존와 복원 계획을 진행하는 과정에서 황새의 섭식행동과 서식지 환경을 이해하기 위하여 연구를 시작하였다. 이를 위하여 충북 청원군 미원면 화원리에 있는 산지형 습지 일부에 울타리를 치고 황새 암수의 한 쪽 날개의 첫째날개깃 일부를 잘라 방사하여, 6월 16일부터 7월 11일까지 25일간 일일 그리고 시간에 따른 섭식 행동 변화, 먹이 종류 및 양, 먹이 서식지 선택을 관찰하였다. 황새 암수의 하루 중 시간에 따른 섭식 시간과 휴식 시간은 이차함수적인 관계를 보여주었으나 이런 경향성은 25일간에 걸쳐 암수 간 큰 차이를 보여주지 않았다. 또한 황새는 다른 유형의 서식지 및 같은 유형의 연구지역 끝 쪽에 위치한 습지(습지 2)보다 연구지역 중간에 있는 습지 (습지 1)를 더 많이 이용하였다. 습지 1에 대한 이용 정도는 25일간 큰 변화를 보이지 않았으나 두 번째로 많이 이용된 논은 연구 기간 후반부로 갈수록 줄어들었고 반면에 습지 2와 통로의 이용 정도는 후반부로 갈수록 증가하였다. 암컷은 수컷보다 섭식에 보다 많은 시간 소비하였으나 섭식효율성은 암수 간 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 추후 서식지 조성 및 관리적 측면에서 황새의 섭식행동과 생태에 대한 의의를 논의에서 다루었다.

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.82-96
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• 2010

Currently, biodiversity conservation is regarded as one of the most important environmental issues in the 21st century. However, The educational approaches on biodiversity conservation is not actively developed. This study was conducted to develop the educational program on biodiversity conservation related with endangered species conservation for improving elementary and middle school girl students' knowledge on biodiversity, inspiring the value and importance of biodiversity, and improving the attitude toward the conservation of biodiversity. Because the biodiversity loss of wetlands such as rice-fields, rivers, marshes has made the breeding population of Oriental White Stork(Ciconia boyciana) endangered in Korea, this subject was very effective for students to learn the cause and effect of biodiversity loss realistically. The education program was conducted to 68 local elementary and middle girl students from 2007 to 2009 and consists of three main activities such as feeding on storks in captivity, sampling living organisms in rice-fields, and designing the future stork living village. The results didn't show a positive effect on improving the knowledge on the biodiversity, but a positive effect on improving the attitude toward the conservation of biodiversity. And the number of taxa that students noticed in rice-fields has increased significantly. In conclusion, this educational program promoted students to concern about and take up a positive attitude on the biodiversity conservation issue.