• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.49-62
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• 2023

Background: Over the past three decades, gradual eustatic sea-level rise has been considered a primary exogenous factor in the increased frequency of flooding and biological changes in several salt marshes. Under this paradigm, the potential importance of short-term events, such as ocean storminess, in coastal hydrology and ecology is underrepresented in the literature. In this study, a simulation was developed to evaluate the influence of wind waves driven by atmospheric oscillations on sedimentary and vegetation dynamics at the Skallingen salt marsh in southwestern Denmark. The model was built based on long-term data of mean sea level, sediment accretion, and plant species composition collected at the Skallingen salt marsh from 1933-2006. In the model, the submergence frequency (number yr^-1) was estimated as a combined function of wind-driven high water level (HWL) events (> 80 cm Danish Ordnance Datum) affected by the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and changes in surface elevation (cm yr^-1). Vegetation dynamics were represented as transitions between successional stages controlled by flooding effects. Two types of simulations were performed: (1) baseline modeling, which assumed no effect of wind-driven sea-level change, and (2) experimental modeling, which considered both normal tidal activity and wind-driven sea-level change. Results: Experimental modeling successfully represented the patterns of vegetation change observed in the field. It realistically simulated a retarded or retrogressive successional state dominated by early- to mid-successional species, despite a continuous increase in surface elevation at Skallingen. This situation is believed to be caused by an increase in extreme HWL events that cannot occur without meteorological ocean storms. In contrast, baseline modeling showed progressive succession towards the predominance of late-successional species, which was not the then-current state in the marsh. Conclusions: These findings support the hypothesis that variations in the NAO index toward its positive phase have increased storminess and wind tides on the North Sea surface (especially since the 1980s). This led to an increased frequency and duration of submergence and delayed ecological succession. Researchers should therefore employ a multitemporal perspective, recognizing the importance of short-term sea-level changes nested within long-term gradual trends.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.438-453
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• 2019

Background: To investigate the trends of succession occurring at the Pinus thunbergii forests on the lowlands of Jeju Island, we quantified the species compositions and the importance values by vegetation layers of Braun-Blanquet method on the Pinus thunbergii forests. We used multivariate analysis technique to know the correlations between the vegetation group types and the location environmental factors; we used the location environment factors such as altitudes above sea level, tidal winds (distance from the coast), annual average temperatures, and forest gaps to know the vegetation distribution patterns. Results: According to the results on the lowland of Jeju Island, the understory vegetation of the lowland Pinus thunbergii forests was dominated by tall evergreen broad-leaved trees such as Machilus thunbergii, Neolitsea sericea, and Cinnamomum japonicum showing a vegetation group structure of the mid-succession, and the distribution patterns of vegetation were determined by the altitudes above sea level, the tidal winds on the distance from the coast, the annual average temperatures, and the forest gaps. We could discriminate the secondary succession characteristics of the Pinus thunbergii forests on the lowland and highland of Jeju Island of South Korea. Conclusions: In the lowland of Jeju Island, the secondary succession will progress to the form of Pinus thunbergii (early successional species)→Machilus thunbergii, Litsea japonica (mid-successional species)→Machilus thunbergii (late-successional species) sequence in the temperate areas with strong tidal winds. In the highland of Jeju Island, the succession will progress to the form of Pinus thunbergii (early successional species)→Neolitsea sericea, Eurya japonica (mid-successional species)→Castanopsis sieboldii (late-successional species) sequence in the areas where tidal winds are weak and temperatures are relatively low. However, local differences between lowland and highland of Jeju Island will be caused by the micro-environmental factors resulting from the topographic differences and the supply of tree seeds. From the characteristics of succession study, we could properly predict and manage the Pinus thunbergii forest ecosystem on lowland and highland of Jeju Island.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.15-29
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• 1995

북한산 국립공원 우이령계곡, 하루재계곡, 구기계곡, 송추계곡 도봉산계곡의 식물군집구조분석을 위하여 각 지역에 38, 40, 26, 28, 36개씩의 조사구(조사구면적 100$m^2$)를 설치하고 식생조사를 실시하였으며, 조사된 자료를 종합하여 TWINSPAN에 의한classification과 DCA에 의한 ordination기법을 적용하였다. 전체 조사구는 TWINBPAN에 의하여 서어나무군집 (I), 신갈나무군집 (II), 소나무군집 (III), 신갈나무-소나무군집(IV), 신갈나무-졸참나무-산벚나무군집 (V), 신갈나무-굴참나무군집 (Ⅵ), 아까시나무-상수리나무군집 (Ⅶ), 리기다소나무-졸참나무군집(Ⅷ), 신갈나무-굴참나무-쪽동백나무군집(Ⅸ) 등 9개의 군집으로 분리되었다. 본 조사지의 천이계열은 자연림의 교목층에서는 소나무$\longrightarrow$신갈나무, 인공림에서는 아까시나무, 리기다소나무$\longrightarrow$상수리나무, 물푸레나무 순이었으며, 아교목층과 관목층에서는 바위말발도리, 개옻나무, 산철쭉, 참회나무$\longrightarrow$당단풍, 함박꽃나무, 생강나무 순이었다. 기왕의 연구와 비교하여 인간의 간섭과 대기오염으로 인한 토양산성화 등으로 인해 천이가 진행되지 못하는 것으로 추측되었다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.79-90
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• 1994

This survey was ocnducted to investgate changes of the plant community structure from 1972 to 1993 in forest of Mt. Kwanak and thirty-five plots that the size of each plot was 10m${\times}$10m(100㎡) were set up and the vegetation analysis was caried out. By the TWINSPAN analysis, the plant community of survey area were divied into Quercus mongolica, Q. mongolica-Pinus densiflora(1), Q. mongolica-P. densiflora(2), Q. acutissima community. The successional trends of the woody species were seemed to be from P. densiflora, Sorbus alnifolia to Q. mongolica in the canopy layer. But the successional trends in the understory and shrub layer were difficult to suppose. The forest vegetation of Mt. Kwanak from 1972 to 1993 was severely decreased in species number and individuals. The sensitive species for the environmental pollution were selected, and the tolerant plants for the acid soil were increased. In comparision with the DBH class distribution from 1972 to 1993, it shows that the ecological succession has stopped. In the analysis of soil characteristics, soil acidification has taken place over last twenty-two years(from pH=5.40 to pH=4.53). The concentration of K+, Ca++ was severly decreased(from K+=0.60m.e./100g to K+=0.06m.e./100g, from Ca++=3.20m.e./100g to Ca++=0.63m.e./100g), which also could seemed to be cause of plant community decline.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제103권4호
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• pp.537-546
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• 2014

본 연구는 지리산 서부권역의 천연림을 대상으로 7가지로 분류된 산림피복유형(신갈나무 순림형, 신갈나무-졸참나무림형, 중생혼합림형, 구상나무-신갈나무림형, 들메나무림형, 졸참나무림형, 서어나무림형)별로 생태적 특성을 설명하고, 각 유형별로 천이경향을 추정하였다. 고도가 높은 능선에 분포하는 신갈나무 순림형과 구상나무-신갈나무림형의 종다양성지수가 가장 낮게 나왔으며, 계곡에 주로 분포하는 중생혼합림형과 들메나무림형의 종다양성지수가 높게 나타났다. 종다양성과 지형조건을 바탕으로 추정한 산림피복유형들의 천이경향은 다음과 같다. 1) 능선부의 신갈나무 순림형과 구상나무-신갈나무림형은 신갈나무-구상나무림형으로, 2) 능선부과 산복부 사이의 신갈나무-졸참나무림형은 신갈나무-서어나무-까치박달림형으로, 3) 산복부의 졸참나무림형은 졸참나무-신갈나무-서어나무림형으로 천이가 진행 될 것이라 예상된다. 4) 주로 계곡에 분포하고 있는 중생혼합림형, 들메나무림형, 서어나무림형은 현재의 상태를 계속적으로 유지할 것으로 파악되었다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.83-95
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• 2013

To understand natural regeneration and stand development after fire in mixed broadleaved-coniferous forests of Sikhote-Alin Mountains, ten sample plots of $50m{\times}50m$ size were established in 1975 and 1983 at the stands burned by wildfires in 1973 and 1982, respectively. And, the number of naturally regenerated seedlings were monitored in two $50m{\times}4m$ subplots in each plot. The most fire-sensitive conifer species is Abies nephrolepis, while Betula costata is the most fire-sensitive broadleaved tree species. The most fire-resistant species were Q. mongolica, T. taquetii and A. mono. The results of 20 and 30 years after the fire showed that pioneer tree species, e.g. Populus, Salix, and Betula, were regenerated immediately at the early stage of stand development and grew where there is a mono canopy layer with high density. On the other hand, the densities of successors, e.g. Pinus koraiensis, Picea jezoensis, Abies nephrolepis, Acer mono and Tilia taquetii, which were present in the study plots before the fire, increased gradually. Naturally regenerated tree species after forest fire by the growth rate were divided into three groups according to their annual height growth. The seral tree species (Betula costata, Betula platyphylla, Padus maackii, Populus tremula and Sarix caprea) belong to the first group and have the highest growth rate (from 40 to 96 cm per year). The late successional broad-leaved trees (Tilia taquetii, Acer mono and Quercus mongolica) belong to the second group and have intermediate annual height growth (from 3.7 to 13.5 cm per year). The late successional coniferous species (Picea jezoensis, Pinus koraiensis and Abies nephrolepis) form the third group and have the least annual height growth (from 1.4 to 3.5 cm per year).

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.471-484
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• 1994

The forest vegetation types and their structural characteristics in Mt. $Mud\v{u}ng$ were investigated by classification method and ordination method. The forest was classified into 7 communities by ristic composition table: Quercus monogolica community, Q. serrata community, Q.acutissima community, Q.variabilis community, Q.dentata community, Pinus densiflora community and Frainus mandshurica community. Considering the moisture gradient, two kinds of distributuin pattern were shown as follows; F. mandshurica, Q. acturissima, Platycarya strobilacea and Staphylea bumalda were distribute at moist habitats, while Q. monogolica, P. densiflora and Q.variabilis at dry habitats. In continuum analysis, each population occupied different distribution area but it was continuously overlapped. On the successional trends of tree species, it is postulated that Q. mongolica species might dominate the altitudinal zone over 700m.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.173-182
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• 1990

To investigate the structure of the plant community structure of Mt. Yongmun in Kyonggi-do, fifty-four plots were set up by the clumped sampling method. The classification by TWINSPAN and DCA ordination were applied to the study area in order to classify them into several groups based on woody plant and environmental variables. By both techniques, the plant community were divided into two groups by the aspect. the dominant species of south aspect were Pinus densiflora, Quercus aliena, Q. mongolica, Carpinus laxiflora and of north aspect were Q. ongolica, Fraxinus rhynchophylla. The successional trends of tree species in south aspect seem to be from P. densiflora through Q. serrata, Q. aliena, A. mongolica to C. laxiflora. As a result of the analysis for the relationship between the stand scores of DCA and environmental variables, they had a tendency to increase significantly from the P. densiflora and Q. mongolica community to C. laxiflora and F. rhynchophylla community that was the soil moisture, the amount of soil humus and soil pH.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.177-185
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• 1995

To investigate vegetation structure and succession of forest in the Deokyusan National Park, field survey was performed from July to September, 1992 and the results were as follows; The forest vegetation of Deokyusan National Park was classified into four communities by the factor of altitude. The successional trends of tree species by DCA ordination seem to be from Pinus densiflora to Carpinus laxiflora and Betula schmiatii and also, Quercus spp. through Cornus walter and Platycarya strobilacea to Q. mongolica, Abies holophylla and Taxus cuspidata. The diversity indices seemed to be affected by the factors of altitude. Especially, evenness showed several difference according to altitude. Comparing vegetation structure of lower layer for the recess system and one others, more number of species and species diversity were observed.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제89권5호
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• pp.655-665
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• 2000

산림의 지형적 위치에 따라 수종 구성에 차이가 있을 것이라는 가정 하에, 점봉산 일대 천연활엽수림의 세가지 지형적 위치(계곡, 산복, 능선)에 대한 천이 경향을 비교 분석하였다. 계곡, 산복, 능선에서 각각 20개씩 총 60개의 $20m{\times}20m$ 표본구를 설정하여 현재 상층 임관을 형성하는 상층목들의 수종, 수고. DBH를 조사하고 상층목 밑에서 자라는 하층목의 수종을 조사했다. 시간이 지나면서 상층목이 그 밑에서 자라는 하층목에 의해서 대치되는 천이 경향을 Markov chain의 통계학적 이론을 응용한 추이행렬 모델을 사용하여 예측했다. 연구 결과, 계곡에서는 현재 우점 수종인 신갈나무와 물푸레나무가 각각 약 23%와 약 21%의 구성 비율에서 약 200년 후에 이르게될 안정상태에 가면 두 수종 모두 약 4% 정도로 현저히 감소할 것으로 추정되었다. 반면에, 전나무, 고로쇠나무, 피나무, 난티나무 동은 안정상태에서 증가할 것으로 예측되었다. 산복에서는 약 250년 후에 이르게될 안정상태가 되면, 현재 우점 수종인 가래나무, 음나무, 피나무가 현재의 구성 비율인 15%, 8%. 15%에서 각각 2%, 1%, 5%로 현저히 감소할 것이 괄목할 만한 결과였다. 능선에서는 현재의 절대 우점 수종인 신갈나무가 58%의 구성 비율에서 약 200년 후에 이르게될 안정상태에서는 8%로 상당히 감소하고, 고로쇠나무와 피나무가 현재의 4%와 3% 의 구성 비율이 각각 20%와 40%로 증가할 것으로 예측되었다. 전반적으로 연구대상 산림은 극상 군집이 아닌 천이가 진행 중인 상태이며, 입지 조건과 식생 발달 상황에서 여러 가지의 변수가 작용하겠지만, 상층 임관의 수종 구성 상 안정상태에 도달하려면 약 200년 이상의 기간이 소요될 것으로 추정되었다.