• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.169-174
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• 1998

This is the review of vegetational history of the post-glacial period in Korea. most of studies for vegetational changes are located in the lowland alluvial plain, especially below the hilly zone of western and eastern coastal regions of Korea. A couple of methods, pollen analysis and radiocarbon dating, have been employed in these studies. These results lead us to establish the pollen zonation in Korea as the followings. Yasuda et al.(1980) classified six period in Yongrang lake of sokcho. These are as follow I. 17,000-15,000yr B.P.: Picea, Abies, Pinus(Haploxylon), Larix stage, II.15,000-10,000yr B.P:Herb, Pteridophyta stage, III.10.000-6,700yr BP.:Quercus stage, IV.6,700-4,500yr B.P.:Pinus, Quercus, Carpinus stage, V.4,500-1,400yr B.P.:Quercus. Pinus stage, VI.1,400yr B.P.-present: Pinus, Herbs stage. Jo(1979) also divided the period into two stages from the outcomes of analysis done in Jumoonjin and other sites I.10,000-6,000yr B.P.:Quercus stage, II.6,000-present: Pinus-Quercus stage, and three substages: IIa.6,000-3,400 yr B.P.:lower Pinus stage, IIb.3,400-2,000yr B.P.:Pinus-Quercus stage, IIc.2,000-present: Pinus stage. Choi(1993, 1996) divided the period into three stages: I.6,000-5,000yr B.P.:Alnus, Quercus stage, II.5,000-4,000yr B.P.: Alnus, Quercus, Pinus stage, III.4,500-2,600yr B.P.: Alnus, Pinus stage. In the period around 6,000yr B.P. distinct dominant species clearly occupied the lowland of the eastern and western coasts. Thus, this strongly supports the fact that even if Korea experienced its warm and wet climate after the lateglacial, it underwent a different environmental change, dry climate, compared to the regions of Japan.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.29-38
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• 1999

Three kinds of soil surface applied herbicides and three kinds of foliage applied herbicides were used to study weed control effect, appropriate concentration, phyto-toxicity against trees and economical efficiency of weed control on trees, Pinus thunbergii, Picea abies, Chamaecyparis obtusa, Quercus accutissima, and Fraxinus rhynchopylla in a nursery. The results were obtained as follows; 1.The control effect of the soil surface applied herbicides showed that the three herbicides; Alachlor, Pendimenthalin and Simazine were alike in their holding effect of weed development, and the sensibility of weed spp. on the herbicides was different. The mean control effect was 58~89%. 2. The weed control effect of the foliage applied herbicides demonstrated that Paraquat dichloride was the best of 84~95% and followed by Glufosnate ammonium and Glyphosate. Especially when the half of its standard amount was treated, the effect of Paraquat dichloride was higher than the other herbicides. 3. Generally, the weed control effect became better as the concentration of the herbcide getting higher. As the concentration of the herbicide got higher, the restraining effect of weed development was continued for a long time in the soil surface applied herbicides, while the weed control effect appeared earlier in the foliage applied herbicides. 4. As the result of the soil surface treatments, 20% of short seedings of Fraxinus rhychopylla treated with twice amount of standard Alachlor died and the rest seeding showed low growth. In the other treatments, there was neither harmful effect of herbicides on the seedings nor growth decrease of them compared to those weeded by men. 5. When treated with foliage applied herbcides, leaves were partially of and discolorated in most treatments. About 0.4~6.2% of Fraxinus thynchopylla, which had short seedings died, and there was no difference in growth with the other treatments. 6. The herbicides showed better economical efficiency over 68% than weed control by men. Especially, Alachlaor of the soil surface applied herbicides showed the highest efficiency(77.6%), while Paraquat dichloride of the foliage applied herbicides was the best(70.3%)..

• 한국제4기학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2001

한반도 내륙지역의 제4기 후기의 식생변천 과정을 밝히기 위하여, 충북 청원군 옥산면 소로리 유적지($36^{\circ}41'3"N$, $127^{\circ}24'49"E$)의 퇴적물을 대상으로 화분분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 이 지역 일대는 \circled1OS-1의 아고산성 침엽수림(만빙기;약 15,000yr.B.P.~10,000yr.B.P.)$\longrightarrow$\circled2OS-2의 침엽ㆍ낙엽 활엽수혼합림(후빙기 초기;약 10,000yr. B.P.경)$\longrightarrow$\circled3OS-3의 냉온대성 낙엽활엽수림(후정기 중기;약 10.000yr.B.P.~2,000yr.B.P.)$\longrightarrow$\circled4OS-4의 침엽수림(후빙기 후기;약 2,000yr.B.P.) 이후)로 변천하였음을 알 수 있었다.을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.401-414
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• 2017

Vegetation and landscape characteristics at the three highest summits of Republic of Korea, i.e. Seoraksan, Jirisan and Hallasan, are analyzed on the basis of species composition, physiognomy, vegetation distribution and structure of alpine plants, along with landform, geology, soil and habitat conditions. Dominant high mountain plants at three alpine and subalpine belts contain deciduous broadleaved shrub, Rhododendron mucronulatum var. ciliatum (31.6%), and evergreen coniferous small tree, Pinus pumila (26.3%) at Seoraksan, deciduous broadleaved tree, Betula ermanii (35.3%), evergreen coniferous tree, Picea jezoensis (23.5%) at Jirisan, and evergreen coniferous tree, Abies koreana (22.6%), deciduous broadleaved shrub, Rhododendron mucronulatum var. ciliatum, and Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii (19.4%) at Hallasan, respectively. Presence of diverse landscapes at the peak of Seoraksan, such as shrubland, grassland, dry land along with rocky areas, and open land may be the result of hostile local climate and geology. High proportion of grassland and wetland at the top of Jirisan may related to gneiss-based gentle topography and well developed soil deposits, which are beneficial to keep the moisture content high. Occurrence of grassland, shrubland, dry land, conifer vegetation, and rocky area at the summit of Hallasan may due to higher elevation, unique local climate, as well as volcanic origin geology and soil substrates. Presences of diverse boreal plant species with various physiognomy at alpine and subalpine belts, and wide range of landscapes, including rocky, grassland, shrubland, wetland, and conifer woodland, provide decisive clues to understand the natural history of Korea, and can be employed as an relevant environmental indicator of biodiversity and ecosystem stability.

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.465-476
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• 2016

This study was conducted to elucidate the ecological characteristics of sub-alpine coniferous forest on Banyabong, Mt. Jiri. Soil pH was 4.20. The contents of organic matter, total N, available P and CEC were 14.15%, 0.43%, 10.1 ppm and $17.17cmol^+/kg$, respectively. Sub-alpine coniferous forest had a relatively soil moisture content with 22.9%. According to the results of importance value analysis, Picea jezoensis (42.7) and Abies koreana (34.0) for tree layer, Rhododendron schlippenbachii (25.5) for subtree layer and Tripterygium regelii (18.4) and Rhododendron mucronulatum (16.6) for shrub layer were high, respectively. Shannon's diversity ranged from 0.3560 to 1.050. Evenness and dominance ranged from 0.398 to 0.733 and 0.267 to 0.601, respectively. A. koreana population had a reverse J-shaped DBH distribution, while P. jezoensis population had a normal DBH distribution. Height growth according to DBH of A. koreana was higher than that of P. jezoensis, which indicate than A. koreana have more effective water use efficiency than P. jezoensis. Annual mean tree ring growth of P. jezoensis and A. koreana showed up 1.792, 1.652, 1.389 mm/yr and 2.081, 1.921, 1.576 mm/yr for small, middle and large diameter tree, respectively.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.62-71
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• 2021

The climate is changing rapidly, and this may pose a major threat to global biodiversity. One of the most distinctive consequences of climate change is the poleward and/or upward shift of species distribution ranges associated with increasing temperatures, resulting in a change of species composition and community structure in the forest ecosystems. The Baekdudaegan mountain range connects most forests from the lowland to the subalpine zone in South Korea and is therefore recognized as one of the most important biodiversity hotspots. This study was conducted to understand the distribution range of vascular plants along elevational gradients through field surveys in the six national parks of the Baekdudaegan mountain range. We identified the upper and lower distribution limits of a total of 873 taxa of vascular plants with 117 families, 418 genera, 793 species, 14 subspecies, 62 varieties, two forms, and two hybrids. A total of 12 conifers were recorded along the elevational gradient. The distribution ranges of Abies koreana, Picea jezoensis, Pinus pumila, and Thuja koraiensis were limited to over 1000 m above sea level. We also identified 21 broad-leaved trees in the subalpine zone. A total of 45 Korean endemic plant species were observed, and of these, 15 taxa (including Aconitum chiisanense and Hanabusaya asiatica) showed a narrow distribution range in the subalpine zone. Our study provides valuable information on the current elevational distribution ranges of vascular plants in the six national parks of South Korea, which could serve as a baseline for vertical shifts under future climate change.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2003

The enzymatic isolation of residual lignins obtained from spruce and beech pulps (obtained by sulfite, kraft, ASAM and soda/AQ/MeOH pulping processes) and their characterization was described in previous publications. Here, the residual lignins have been submitted to potassium permanganate oxidation (KMnO₄ degradation), and 9 aromatic carboxylic acids (3 of them are dimeric) were identified after methylation with diazomethane by GC/MS. The analytical challenge during qantification by the internal standard methods was the partly high protein content of the samples, which resulted in elevated anisic acid yields in the degradation mixture of sulfite residual lignins. The results are compared with the KMnO₄ degradation of the corresponding MWLs and discussed in terms of S/G ratios and degrees of condensation. The latter was calculated as a quotient between the aromatic carboxylic acids derived from condensed and non-condensed lignin structures. Typical degradation patterns for the various processes have been observed. Among other parameter, the relative compositions between iso-hemipinic acid (which is for condensation in pos. 5 of the aromatic ring) and meta-hemipinic acid and 3,4,5-trimethoxyphthalic acid (both are for condensation in pos. 6 of the aromatic ring) was found to be process specific. Kraft and soda/AQ/MeOH residual lignins yielded higher amounts of iso-hemipinic acid. In contrast, the relative yields of meta-hemipinic acid and 3,4,5-trimethoxyphthalic acid (the latter in beech lignins) are higher in sulfite and particularly in ASAM residual lignin. In case of beech residual lignins the amount of acids originated from non-condensed syringyl type lignin units was surprisingly high. The condensation degree of residual lignins was shown to be generally higher than that of MWLs. This was especially true for the G units. ASAM residual lignin exhibited very high S/G ratios and degrees of polymerization. Causality between condensation degree and total yield of degradation products was demonstrated.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.319-330
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• 2024

The present study aimed to investigate the death years of conifers to verify the time difference between landslide occurrence in 2011 and tree mortality near Chibanmok and Jangteomok shelters in the Jirisan National Park. Furthermore, abrupt growth reduction was also investigated to verify the living conditions when they were living. For the study, tree-ring analysis was conducted by selecting 14 living Abies koreana near the landslide area and 7 dead ones in the landslide area in the Chibanmok site, and 13 living conifers (7 Picea jezoensis, 5 A. koreana, and 1 Pinus koraiensis) near landslide area and 4 dead ones (2 P. jezoensis and 2 A. koreana) in landslide area in the Jangteomok site. Using the tree-ring samples from living A. koreana 137-year long chronology (1885-2021) was established for the Chibanmok site and 364- and 65-year long P. jezoensis (1658-2021) and A. koreana (1957-2021) chronologies was built for the Jangteomok site. Through the synchronization test between the tree-ring time series from dead conifers and the corresponding chronologies, it was verified that the death of conifers in the landslide areas occurred after 2011, when the landslide happened, except for only one tree. It was further verified through the abrupt growth reduction test that the growth condition of dead conifers before the landslide in 2011 was satisfactory.

• 한국제4기학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.9-21
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• 2002

한국의 후기 구석기 유적 중에서 하성기원의 한데유적은 주로 하상 비고 약 30m 이내의 저평한 구릉지와 곡간지, 그리고 충적평야를 이루고 있으며, 이런 지형은 옛사람의 생활공간으로 널리 이용되었다. 본 연구는 집현 장흥리 후기 구석기 유적지의 제4기층의 분포, 입도분석, 연대측정, 화분분석, 지화학과 점토광물, 박편분석, 대자율 분포 등의 연구를 통하여, 장흥리 유적의 제4기말 고토양층과 퇴적층 형성환경과 식생활환경을 규명하는데 목적이 있다. 유적지층 분류와 형성시기 연구결과, 장흥리 구석기 유적지는 하부로부터 (1) 사면기원퇴적층/하부 고토양층, (2) 신기하성사력층과 유기질 점토층, (3) 신기 고토양층으로 3대분할 수 있다. 이 중 신기 고토양층은 홀로세 동안 하성범람과 범람 기간 사이의 정지기 동안 형성된 건열(desication cracks)을 포함하고 있다. 장흥리 유적의 신기 하성사력층과 유기질 니층은 최종빙기 최성기 이후에 형성된 지층이다. 약 17Ka 이후에는 신기하성사력층과 유기질 점토층의 형성이 활발했으며, 장흥리 유적에서 약 15,000yrsB.P와 11,000yrsB.P에 걸치는 것으로 나타났다. 신기 하성퇴적층은 플라이스토세 최말기인 B$\Phi$lling, Older Dryas, Allerod, 그리고 Younger Dryas에 걸쳐서 유기질 니층이 현저히 발달되고 있다. 장흥리 유적 일대의 약 14만년전 이후에서 약 1만년전 까지 고기 남강의 주기적 범람이 잇었으며, 배후 습지에는 유기질 니층을 형성시켰다. 화분연구 결과, 약 만년전까지 목본류(Abies/Picea-Betula)와 초본류(Ranunculaceae, Compositae, Cyperaceae) 들이 번성했던 것으로 판단된다. 장흥리 유적의 하부 고토양층에서는 석기유물이 출토되고 있으며, 후기 구석기 유적들의 입지환경을 검토해 볼 때, 하천주변과 자연 제방 위에 범람으로 인하여 후기 구석기인들의 생업활동이 매몰되었음을 시사한다. 장흥리 유적의 하부 고토양층의 형성시기는 약 22,170yrsB.P(구덩-R35)에서 18,730yrsB.P(구덩-K17)에 걸치며, 장흥리 유적 일대는 고기 남강의 하상변동이 심했다. 특히, 장흥리 유적 남쪽에서 북쪽으로 지형삭박이 활발했으며, 최종빙기 최성기 초기에서 약 17,000yrsB.P까지 활발히 일어났던 것으로 해석된다.

• 한국가구학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.486-498
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• 2010

서울역사박물관 소장 후기 조선시대 (주로 19세기) 목가구 82점에 사용된 수종을 목재해부학적으로 식별한 결과, 총 22종의 수종이 나왔다. 침엽수는 소나무류, 잣나무류, 전나무속, 은행나무, 가문비나무속, 비자나무, 편백나무속, 외래산소나무로 8종이 분석되었으며, 활엽수는 느티나무, 피나무속, 오동나무속, 오리나무속, 참죽나무, 가래나무속, 감나무속, 배나무속, 자작나무속, 밤나무속, 사시나무속, 느릅나무속, 음나무 등 13종이, 그리고 외떡잎식물로 대나무 1종이 확인되었다. 수종의 점유율로 보면 소나무류(43%), 느티나무(9%), 오동나무속(7%), 피나무속(7%) 순이었다. 한 수종만 쓰인 가구가 37점(45%)으로 가장 많았으며 최대 6수종까지 한 가구를 제작하는데 사용되었다. 지역별 반닫이에 사용된 수종의 특징을 조사한 결과, 북부지방에서 제작된 반닫이는 피나무속과 소나무류가, 중남부지역에서 제작된 반닫이는 모두 공통적으로 소나무류와 느티나무가 사용되었다. 부재 용도에 따라 골재와 판재에는 소나무류, 느티나무, 참죽나무 등 대체로 단단하고 강도가 강한 목재가, 그리고 화장재로는 아름다운 무늬를 가지거나 독특한 재색을 가지거나, 가공하기 용이한 산공재 등 다양한 수종이 사용되었다. 서랍재의 재료는 가볍고, 변형이 적어야 하므로 비중이 낮고, 변형률이 적은 오동나무속 또는 피나무속이 사용되었다. 황해도 반닫이와 박천 반닫이에는 추운 지역에서 자라는 피나무속이 사용되어 산지가 북한임이 제시되었다.