• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.551-558
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• 2013

Ethanol extracts from Rhododendrom brachycarpum and Abies koreana were investigated for their anti-allergic activities using RBL-2H3 cell line. After treatment with ethanol extracts of various concentrations on the immune response induced mast cell by concanavalin A (Con A), the expressions of cytokine interleukin-4 (IL-4), interleukin-13 (IL-13) were determined by using RT-PCR and the degranulation of mast cells was determined by measuring ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase release. Expression level of IL-4 was decreased by the extract from Rhododendrom brachycarpum in $10^{-7}$, $10^{-5}$ and $10^{-3}%$ concentrations. Expression level of IL-13 was also decreased by both extracts. ${\beta}$-Hexosaminidase release by RBL-2H3 cells was inhibited at the $10^{-5}$ and $10^{-3}%$ concentration of extracts from Rhododendrom brachycarpum and Abies koreana, respectively. These results demonstrate that ethanol extracts of Rhododendron brachycarpum and Abies koreana exert anti-allergic effects by regulating the reduction of IL-4 and IL-13 genes expression and also the secretion of ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase.

• Proceedings of the Korea Forestry Energy Research Society Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.36-41
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• 2007

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.97 no.6
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• pp.565-569
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• 2008

Geographic variation of characteristics of cone, seed and bract morphology were examined in 8 populations of rare endemic Abies nephrolepis (Trautv.) Maxim and A. koreana Wilson. Additionally we studied classification index to distinguish between the species by the method of discriminant analysis. Nested ANOVA showed that there were statistically significant differences among populations as well as among individuals within populations in all 13 morphological traits. In the seed length, seed index, bract width, and bract index of A. nephrolepis and the bract width and index of A. koreana, variance components among populations were larger than those among individuals within populations. In discriminant analysis, three traits (cone width, length of seed wing, and bract length) were found to be useful in discriminating A. nephrolepis from A. koreana. The optimal classification results of stepwise selection were discriminated length of seed wing and bract length.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.5-6
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• 1970

Abies koreansa Wilson grows at the upper part of Mts. Halla, Chiri, Mudung, Kaji and Dokyu. It was at first collected by Father U. Faurie on the May of 1907 from the Mt. Halla, Quelpaert. Cone colour of this species varies from green to black purple and the typical colour of it is violet purple. A form of black purple was named by Hatushima in 1934. Green and reddish brown or reddish purple colours of this species were discovered recently at the Mt. Halla. All these forms can be identified as the following. for. koreana - Abies koreana Wilson in Journ. Arn. Arb. 1, 188(1920) ; Mori, En. 27(1922) ; Uyeki, Timb. Tr. 117(1926) et Woody Pl. 5(1940) ; Chung et al, Comm. Nam. 12(1937) ; Handb. Kor. Manch. For. 71(1939) ; Kawamoto, III. For. P1. 16(1940) ; T. Lee, Arb. Kor. 12(1947) et Billiogr. Woody P1. 233(1966) ; Nakai, Synopt. 23(1952)-A. nephrolepis sensu Nakai, Rep. Veg. Chirisan 23, no. 27(1915) et Rep. Veg. Quelpaert Isl. 13, no. 142 (1915), non Max. (1866) Strobili violaceo-purpurei, bracteis viridibus juvenilibus vel stramineis matureis. Mt. Halla ( Lee, no. 970527K. ) for. chlorocarpa, forma nova ; Strobili et bracteae viridi sed rubescent in apice juvenili inflerescentiae. Mt. Halla ( Lee, no. 970527C. ) for. rubrocarpa, forma nova ; Strobili et bracteae rubro-purpurei vel rubro-fusui Mt. Halla ( Lee, no. 970527R. ) for nigrocarpa Hatushima, Rep. Exp. For. Kyushu U. 40(1934) ; T. Lee, Arb. Kor. 12(1947) et Bibliogr. Woody P1,233(1966). Strobili et bracteae nigro-purpurei. Mt. Halla (Lee, no. 970527N. )

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2019.04a
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• pp.73-73
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• 2019

전나무속(Abies Miller, 1754)은 지구상에서 북반구를 중심으로 50여 종이 현존하고 있다. 전나무속은 주로 높은 고도의 산지 또는 수목 한계선 주변에 자연적 분포지를 형성하고 있으며, 국내에는 전나무(A. holophylla), 분비나무(A. nephrolepis) 및 구상나무(A. koreana), 총 3종이 자생하고 있다. 하지만 국내에 자생하는 3종의 경우도 쇠퇴가 급격히 진행되고 있다. 특히 대한민국 특산식물인 한라산의 구상나무는 IUCN Redlist 상의 'Threatened species' category 종으로 등재되어 있을 뿐만 아니라 구상나무 어린 나무(치수)의 수가 급격히 줄어 우리 사회에서 문제가 직면한 '저출산 고령화 사회'와 유사하다고 할 수 있다. 하지만, 구상나무의 어린 나무에 관한 연구가 미비한 실정이다. 게다가 선행연구에서도 어린 나무의 기준이 모호하다. 따라서 본 연구는 구상나무 등 국내 자생하는 구상나무 천연묘의 기준을 정립하여 추후 진행되는 구상나무 등 전나무속 어린 나무에 관한 연구에 표준화를 유도할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 우선, 국내.외 소나무과 어린나무에 관한 논문을 정리 및 분석하였고, 구상나무 어린나무가 자생하는 숲의 구조(제주조릿대 등) 및 환경(암석노출도) 등)에 적절한 높이와 아린흔의 갯수를 참고로 기준안을 제시해 보고자 한다. 본 연구의 기준안은 선행연구에서 조사된 구상나무 어린나무 3,138개체의 높이 및 아린흔 갯수를 토대로 구분해볼 수 있었다. 우선, 높이에 대한 기준은 1년생묘(당해묘, 5cm 미만)-유묘(5cm~10cm 미만)-성묘(대묘, 10cm~30cm 미만)-치수(30cm~100cm 미만) cf.전생치수-유목(100cm 이상) 5단계로 구분되었다. 아린흔 갯수에 대한 기준도 또한 1년생묘(1개)-유묘(2개~6개)-성묘(대묘, 7개~15개)-치수(16개~20개) cf.전생치수-유목(21개 이상) 5단계로 구분되었다.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.49 no.3
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• pp.236-243
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• 2016

It was a case study to use as a basic data for efficient the preservation and management of subalpine coniferous forest in national parks. It is based on inhabitation condition of 210 individuals of Abies koreana Wilson that was found through local investigation in the sub-alpine zone of Jirisan National Park and Songnisan National Park. It analyzed the effect of the geographical location and topographical features, which are the basics of location environment, on the growth of A. koreana. The variables related to the growth of A. koreana are tree height and diameter at breast height. Topographical features include geographical longitude, altitude above sea level, slope of the mountains, aspect that describes the direction in which a slope faces and topographical wetness index. Topographical features were extracted through GIS spatial analysis. It used canonical correlation analysis to estimate whether the two variables groups have related to each other and how much they are related, if any, and estimated the effect of the geographical and topographical features on the growth structure of A. koreana using multiple regression analysis. The tree height and diameter at breast height that represent the growth structure of A. koreana show greater relation to geographical latitude distribution than topographical feature and the geographical and topographical factors show greater relation to diameter at breast height than tree height. The growth structure's variable and geographical and topographical variable of A. koreana have meaningful relation and the result shows that geographical and topographical variables explain 18.1% of the growth structure. The variables that affect the diameter at breast height of A. koreana are geographical latitude, topographical wetness index, aspect and altitude, which are put in order of statistical significance. The higher the latitude is, the smaller the diameter at breast height. Depending on the topographical feature, it becomes bigger. The variable that affects the tree height is topographical wetness index, which was the only meaningful variable. Overall, the tree height and diameter at breast height that are related to the growth structure of A. koreana are affected by geographical and topographical feature. It showed that the geographical feature affected it the most. Especially the effect of water among the topographical features is expected to be bigger than the other topographical factors. Based on the result, it is expected that geographical and topographical feature is an important factor for the growth structure of A. koreana. Even though it considered only the geographical and topographical features and used spatial analysis data produced by GIS, the research results will be useful for investigating and researching the growth environment of coniferous forest inhabiting in sub-alpine zone of national parks and are expected to be used as basic data for establishing measures to efficiently manage and preserve evergreen needleaf tree such as A. koreana.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.358-371
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• 2020

As climate change is expected to lead to a severe reduction of biodiversity, studies to investigate the reasons for habitat loss, growth decline, and death of Korean fir (Abies koreana Wilson), endangered alpine/subalpine species in Korea, have been conducted for years but found no clear answer yet. This study reviewed previous studies on Korean fir published in the journals in the past 40 years, 1980 through 2020, into 10-year units, examined the study trend by period, region, and subject with a focus on ecological studies, and analyzed the study results. The ecological studies were categorized into evolutionary ecology, physiological ecology, population ecology, and landscape ecology. Based on the results, we suggested the required research fields in the future. We found a total of 73 papers published in the past 40 years and 48 (65.8%) of them published in the past 10 years. In terms of region, Mt. Halla accounted for the most as 41 papers were on it. In terms of ecological subjects, the physiological ecology accounted for the most with 38, and the evolutionary ecology accounted for the least with 10. The review of the study results showed that many studies identified water stress caused by the water resource imbalance due to temperature increase and spring precipitation reduction following climate change as the main reason for the decline and habitat loss of Korean fir. However, recent studies suggested other factors, such as soil environment, disturbing organisms, and climatic events. The cause of the decline and death of the Korean fir not yet being clearly identified is that most of the studies dealt with the basic content, were carried out intermittently, and were concentrated in some regions. Therefore, we need long-term studies with advanced technology in each study subject at a local scale to find the cause of Korean fir decline and present sustainable management and conservation. Moreover, it is necessary to extend our study subjects to ecosystem ecology and systems ecology to integrate the results from various study subjects for a comprehensive understanding of the reason for Korean fir declines. The results of comprehensive studies could provide clearer answers for Korean fir's declines and the alternatives of conservation management and practices.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.315-322
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• 2021

The aim of this study was to investigate the sensitivity to environmental stress, and changes in the photosynthesis capacity in Abies koreana seedlings by age and to suggest the most effective age for restoration. To identify these physiological characteristics of A. koreana, the chlorophyll fluorescence and photosynthetic capacity of 1-, 2-, 3-, 5- and 6-year-old A. koreana seedlings were observed from June 2020 to June 2021. The maximum quantum efficiency of Photosystem II (Fv/Fm), a chlorophyll fluorescence measurement parameter, was strongly positively correlated with the monthly average temperature (1-year-old seedling: r=0.8779, 2-year-old seedling: r=0.8605, 3-year-old seedling: r=0.8697, 5-year-old seedlings: r=0.8085, and 6-year-old seedlings: r=0.8316). The Fv/Fm values were the lowest in winter (November 2020-March 2021). In addition, the Fv/Fm values of 1-, 2-, and 3-year-old seedlings in winter were lower than that of 5- and 6-year-old seedlings, while the Fv/Fm values in summer were relatively higher than those in winter. Further, the Fv/Fm values of seedlings of all ages decreased in August 2020, when the monthly average temperature was the highest. In particular, 1-year-old to 3-year-old seedlings showed Fv/Fm values less than 0.8. Further, the photosynthetic capacity measured in August 2020 increased with increasing seedling age. The analysis of variance results for summer Fv/Fm values showed significant differences in age-specific averages (p<0.05), and Duncan's multiple range test showed significant differences between 5- and 6-year-old seedlings and 1-, 2-, and 3-year-old seedlings (p<0.05). These results suggested that the 5- and 6-year-old seedlings were less sensitive to environmental stress and showed better photosynthetic capacity than the 1-, 2-, and 3-year-old seedlings. Therefore, 5-year-old or older A. koreana seedlings can be used as restoration materials because they can show increased adaptability and stable growth during transplantation due to their relatively high environmental resistance and photosynthetic capacity.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2019.04a
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• pp.36-36
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• 2019

본 연구는 한라산국립공원 동사면에 위치한 구상나무숲 장기생태 모니터링 5ha 조사지역 ($20{\times}20m$, 125개 방형구)에서 구상나무의 유묘 및 치수 발생 현황을 파악하기 위하여 수행되었다. 조사는 2016년 6~8월 사이에 $5{\times}5m$ 방형구 125곳에 대해 계통추출법을 적용하여 실시하였다. 조사한 전체 125개 방형구 중에서 54개에서만 유묘가 관찰되었으며, 그 내용은 유묘 615개체 및 치수 1개체로 총 616개체가 발견되었다. 그러나 과반수의 71개 방형구에서 치수뿐만 아니라 유묘도 출현하지 않았다. 심지어 전체 125개 방형구에서 유묘가 가장 많이 관찰된 방형구(2-6지역, 95개체)를 제외하면, 나머지 124개 방형구의 평균 유묘 개체수는 4.2개로 매우 적었고 높이도 35cm 이하에 불과했다. 이와 함께 장기생태 모니터링 조사 지역 내에서 $1{\times}1m$ 방형구 183곳에 대해 단순 무작위 추출법으로 발생지 조사를 수행하였다. 발생지 조사 결과 유묘 2,518개체, 치수 2개체 및 유목 2개체 등 총 2,522개체가 발견되어 계통추출법을 적용한 조사와 유사한 결과가 나타났다. 본 연구를 통해 한라산국립공원 동사면 구상나무숲 내에서 구상나무 유묘의 발생은 어느 정도 이루어지고 있으나, 교란으로 인하여 치수로의 발달이 제한되는 것으로 판단된다. 여러 교란 요인 중에서 조사된 총 3,138개체 중 12.1%, 381개체에서 유제류인 노루에 의한 섭식이 확인되어 노루의 섭식이 유묘 발생 및 치수 발달에 교란을 야기하는 가장 중요한 요인으로 추정해볼 수 있다. 한반도 특산식물 구상나무의 보전 대책 수립을 위한 유묘 및 치수 교란 원인에 대한 지속적인 모니터링이 진행되어야 한다고 사료된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.135-149
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• 2015

Korean fir(Abies koreana E.H.Wilson 1920), endemic tree species of Korean peninsula, is considered as vulnerable and endangered species to recent rapid environmental changes such as land use and climate change. There are limited activities and efforts to find natural habitats of Korean fir for conservation of the species and habitats. In this study, by applying SDMs (Species Distribution Models) based on climate and topographic factors of Korean fir, we developed Korean fir's predicted distribution model and explored novel natural habitats. In Mt. Shinbulsan, Youngnam region and Mt. Songnisan, we could find korean fir's two novel habitat and the former was the warmest($13^{\circ}C$ in annual mean temperature), the driest(1,200mm~1,600mm in annual rainfall) and relatively low altitude environment among Korean fir's habitats in Korea. The result of SDMs did not include mountain areas of Gangwon-do as habitats of A. nephrolepis, because there were different contributions of key habitat environment factors, summer rainfall, winter mean temperature and winter rainfall, between A. koreana and A. nephrolepis. Our results raise modification of other distribution models on Korean fir. Novel habitat of Korean fir in Mt. Shinbulsan revealed similar habitat affinity of the species, ridgy and rocky site, with other habitats in Korea. Our results also suggest potential areas for creation of Korea fir's alternative habitats through species reintroduction in landscape and ecosystem level.