• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.91-112
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• 2020

In Ethiopia, dry land vegetation including the fairly intact lowland and western escarpment woodlands occupy the largest vegetation resource of the country. These forests play a central role in environmental regulation and socio-economic assets, yet they received less scientific attention than the moist forests. This study evaluated the woody plant species composition, population structure and carbon sequestration potential of the A. senegal woodland across three distance gradients from the settlements. A total of 45 sample quadrants were laid along a systematically established nine parallel transect lines to collect vegetation and soil data across distance gradients from settlement. Mature tree dry biomass with DBH>2.5 cm was estimated using allometric equations. A total of 41 woody plant species that belong to 20 families were recorded and A. senegal was the dominant species with 56.4 IVI value. Woody plant species diversity, density and richness were significantly higher in the distant plots compared to the nearest plots to settlement (p<0.05). The cumulative DBH class distribution of all individuals had showed an interrupted inverted J-shape population pattern. There were 19 species without seedlings, 15 species without saplings and 14 species without both seedlings and saplings. A significant above ground carbon (5.3 to 12.7 ton ha^-1), root carbon (1.6 to 3.6 ton ha^-1), soil organic carbon (35.6 to 44.5 ton ha^-1), total carbon stock (42.5 to 60.7 ton ha^-1) and total carbon dioxide equivalent (157.7 to 222.8 ton ha^-1) was observed consistently with an increasing of distance from settlement (p<0.05). Distance from settlement had significant and positive correlation with species diversity and carbon stock at 0.64^⁎⁎ and 0.78^⁎⁎. Disturbance intensity may directly influence the variation of species composition, richness and density along the A. senegal woodland. The sustainability of the A. senegal woodland needs urgent protection, conservation and restoration.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.347-355
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• 2011

Effects of forest thinning on community level properties have not been understood yet in Korea. We investigated regeneration patterns and trajectories after a disturbance by applying a chronosequence approach. Light availability, litter and woody debris cover, and species composition were determined for twenty 50 m line-transect samples representing a disturbance duration gradient (within 11 years). Environmental factors such as light availability and coverage of woody debris and litter changed abruptly after thinning and then returned to the pre-disturbance state. Although species richness was gained at shrub and ground layer in a limited way in both forests, cover of various functional types revealed diversity in their responses. Notably, Alnus firma stands exhibited a larger increment of cover in woody plants. Ordination analysis revealed different regeneration trajectories between natural and planted stands. Based on ordination analysis, rehabilitated stands showed movement to alternative states compared with natural ones, reflecting lower resilience to perturbation (i.e., lower stability). Our results suggest that community resilience to artificial thinning depends on properties of the dominant species. But to get more explanatory ecological information, longer-term static observations are required.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제76권1호
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• pp.27-32
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• 1987

강원도(江原道) 원주시(原州市) 우산동(牛山洞)에 소재(所在)한 상지대학(尙志大學) 구내(構內)에 생육중(生育中)인 8종(種)의 조경수목(造景樹木)을 대상(對象)으로 기공형질(氣孔形質)(기공형(氣孔型), 밀도(密度) 및 기공장(氣孔長))을 조사(調査)하였다. 개나리, 수수꽃다리, 느티나무 및 모과나무의 기공(氣孔)은 irregular-celled type(anomocytic)이며, 백당나무, 튜울립나무 및 목련의 기공(氣孔)은 parallel-celled type(paracytic)이었다. 개나리의 경우, 엽신장(葉伸長)에 따른 기공장(氣孔長)의 변화(變化)는 거의 없었고, 단위엽면적당(單位葉面積當) 기공수(氣孔數)는 크게 감소(減少)했으며, 개체엽당(個體葉當) 기공수(氣孔數)는 증가(增加)하였다. 주목의 경우, 침엽신장(針葉伸長)에 따라 기공장(氣孔長)은 계속 증가(增加)했으며, 단위엽면적당(單位葉面積當) 기공수(氣孔數)는 감소(減少)하였다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.619-624
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• 2011

The calorific value is the most significant factor in woody biomass utilization. We measured the calorific value by the wood parts (debarked parts and bark) and moisture content for 3 major tree species (Larix kaempferi, Pinus koraiensis, and Pinus rigida). Results showed that the calorific value decreased exponentially as the moisture content increased regardless of tree species and the wood parts. The bark had higher calorific values than woody parts (de-barked parts). In addition, Pinus koraiensis had the highest calorific values among 3 study species.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제86권1호
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• pp.69-79
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• 1997

유목(流木) 대책(對策)에 필요한 기초 자료를 얻기 위해 산지급류소하천(山地急流小河川)에 있어서 유목(流木)의 발생, 이동 및 체류(滯留)에 영향을 미치는 하상미지형(河床微地形)의 특성과 유목(流木)의 본수, 크기, 형태, 부후도(腐朽度), 체류(滯留) 방향(方向) 및 종류 등의 유목(流木) 특성(特性)을 파악하였다. 1. 유목(流木)의 체류(滯留) 본수(本數)는 하폭(河幅)에 비례하여 증가하는 경향이 나타났으나 하천의 종단 물매에는 크게 영향을 받지 않았다. 특히 확폭부(擴幅部)에서도 복수(複數) 유로(流路)가 발달된 구간을 중심으로 다량의 유목(流木)이 체류(滯留)하고 있었으며, 현유로(現流路)보다는 하상퇴적지(河床堆積地)에 주로 체류(滯留)하고 있었다. 2. 조사 대상인 직경 10cm 이상, 길이 2m 이상의 유목(流木)은 총 402개로 100m당 체류(滯留) 본수(本數)는 35.3개였다. 또한 유목(流木)의 평균 길이와 흉고직경은 각각 4.0m, 14.0cm였으며, 구간별 유목(流木)의 크기는 하류로 갈수록 길이가 짧아지고 직경이 커지는 경향이 나타났다. 3. 유목(流木)이 이동할 때에는 토석류(土石流)나 조도(粗度)가 큰 하상(河床) 재료(材料)와 접촉되기 때문에 하류(下流) 구간(區間)과 일부 상류(上流) 구간(區間)에서 뿌리가 없는 유목(流木)이 다수 발견되었으며, 상류(上流) 구간(區間)에서도 유목(流木)의 원형이 크게 손상된 경우가 많았다. 또한 유목(流木)의 부후도(腐朽度)는 하류로 갈수록 심했으며, 하류의 일부 구간에는 부후(腐朽)가 상당히 진행된 유목(流木)이 발견되어 이전에도 유목(流木)이 체류(滯留)하고 있었던 것이 확인되었다. 4. 유목(流木)의 체류(滯留) 방향(方向)은 유심(流心)에 평행하여 체류(滯留)하는 경우와 직각으로 체류(滯留)하는 경우가 각각 276 : 126으로 유심(流心)에 평행하여 체류(滯留)하는 경우가 많았다. 그러나 일부 구간에는 유심(流心)에 직각 방향으로 체류(滯留)하는 유목(流木)이 다수 분포하여 유목(流木) 자체가 불안정할 뿐 아니라 이동(移動) 토사(土砂)가 체류(滯留)되기 쉬우므로 이에 대한 대비책이 마련되어야 할 것이다. 5. 유목(流木)의 종류는 침엽수인 일본잎갈나무가 전체 유목(流木)중 약 2/3에 해당하는 256본을 차지하고 있었다. 그러나 일본잎갈나무의 경우 지상부에 비해 지하부가 빈약하기 때문에 하상(河床) 재료(材料)의 작은 충격이나 소규모의 하상변동(河床變動)에 의해서도 유출되기 쉬우므로 하안림(河岸林)의 수종으로 선택할 경우에는 신중을 기해야 할 것이다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제96권2호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2007

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of thinning on changes in stand characteristics and understory vegetation in a silvopasture practiced Japanese larch plantation in the Research Forest of Kangwon National University, Korea. Three different thinning intensities (64%, 35%, and control) were applied. Before and after thinning, the understory plant species increased its number from 48 (7 tree species, 7 shrubs species, 28 herbaceous species, and 6 woody climbers) to 100 (11 tree species, 15 shrub species, 67 herbaceous species, and 7 woody climbers). Thinning made plants invade easily on the forest floor, and plot A (325 stems/ha) had much higher number of undersory species than those Of plot B (575 stems/ha) and control plot (1,150 stems/ha). In three years after thinning, understory aboveground biomass (kg/ha) of herbs were 523 for control, 1,230 for plot B, and 1,288 for plot A. The canopy coverage had remarkable influence on the understory biomass production, resulting in relatively small amount of herbage production on control plot. The differences were statistically significant between thinned plots and unthinned plot, but there were no significant differences among the thinned plots (p<0.05).

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.62-68
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• 2015

In order to get basic data for flood plain restoration, we surveyed the woody vegetation in Korean natural rivers and analyzed the species' characteristics with regards to patterns of richness and diversity. These characteristics were higher in hard wood forests than those in soft wood forests, such as Salix spp. community. Futhermore, they were the highest in the Prunus sargentii-Pinus densiflora community(H' 1.095), and the lowest in the Carpinus laxiflora community(H' 0.118) among the hard wood forests. Species' richness diversity were the highest in the Salix gracilistyla community, but the lowest in the S. koriyangi community or S. koreensis community among the soft wood forests. With regards to the dominant index, just one community is over 0.9, 13 communities are between 0.3-0.7 and 15 communities are less than 0.3. The Salix koreensis community was the highest at 0.931, and Prunus sargentii-Pinus densiflora community was the lowest at 0.13. Species' richness and diversity was significantly correlated with tree layer coverages and degree of slope. These results mean that in order to increase plant species diversity in flood plains planted hard woody trees, such as oaks and fir, are needed to suit environmental conditions with steeper slope and lower canopy coverage.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.251-258
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• 1997

Few attempts have been made to discover the ecological function of coarse woody debris (CWD) despite its importance to small mammal population. Twenty-five pitfall traps and a hundred live traps were placed in three sites with high amounts of CWD and three sites with low amounts of CWD. Eleven species were caught, and Peromyscus maniculatus was the most abundant (45.6%, n=605). Among 11 speices, abundance of Tamias townsendii and Clethronomys gapperi were higher in sites with high amounts of CWD than in sites with low amounts of CWD. Home range size was larger in breeding season than in non-breeding season indicating mating search. Resident time of Peromyscus maniculatus was longer in sites with high amounts of CWD implying better stability in population. The increasing amount of coarse woody debris (CWD) enhanced the habitat use by small mammals, and animals in high amounts of CWD were more abundant and stable in population fluctuation. This study, therefore, concludes that CWD is a critical habitat element for small mammals in forest ecosystem.

• 아시안잔디학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.65-85
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• 1994

This study was carried out to develope DBMS program and use CAD for flower, leaf and fruit characteristics of deciduous woody landscape plants in Suwon, Korea from January 1, 1992 to March 20,1993. The results were as follows : 1. The flower, leaf and fruit characteristics of 211 species which were anthesis, flowering period, flower color, leaf spreading, leaf color before fall leaf coloring, fall leaf color, fruiting, fruit period, fruit color and trunk color were investigated through field survey. 2. DBMS program for flower, leaf, fruit and trunk characteristics of deciduous woody landscape plants was developed with data through field survey. And the DBMS program might contribute to the decision of appropriate times for planting design for flowers, fall foliage color, fruit color and hark color. 3.During this procedure, CAD software was used to demonstrate the deblossom before leaf spreading and leaf spreading in flowering, fall foliage color, fruit color after leaf falling, and hark color for planting design as well as seasonal color change of deciduous woody landscape plants.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.270-279
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• 2016

This study explained vertical distributions and growth environments for woody vegetation. It had been degenerated by long-term volcanic activity of Sakurajima; vegetation and thicknesses of tephra layers and forest soils were investigated at 5 sites (250-700 m in altitude) with different altitudes localized at the northwestern-northern flanks of Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture. The results in 2015 were compared with the vertical distribution of woody vegetation in 1963, when the volcanic activity of Sakurajima was relatively moderate. Thus, we investigated temporal changes in the vertical distribution of woody vegetation owing to volcanic activity over about 50 years (1963-2015). We indicated altitude decreased, the number of woody vegetation, number of species, sum of cross-sectional area of tree diameter at breast height, Fisher-Williams's diversity index ${\alpha}$, and forest soil thickness increased. However, these values were found to be degenerated when compared to climax forest values, and succession was incomplete. It seems that because the woody vegetation of the flank was affected by volcanic activity for a long time, exposing them to severe growth environments, areas with lower altitudes became distant from the craters of Sakurajima, thereby weakening the effect of volcanic activity in these areas at lower altitudes. a at the same altitudes over about 50 years (1963-2015) decreased by about 31-72%, and the sum of the cross-sectional area in tree diameter at breast heights decreased by about 14-62%. Thus, comparative growth environments for woody vegetation in 2015 were more severe than that of 1963, with respect to tephra layer thickness. In addition, for vegetation succession in the flank of Sakurajima, vegetation restoration should be promoted through the introduction of artificial woody plants covered by symbiotic microorganisms or organic materials.