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Long-term impacts of Argentine ant invasion of urban parks in Hiroshima, Japan

  • Park, Sang-Hyun;Hosoishi, Shingo;Ogata, Kazuo
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • 제37권3호
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    • pp.123-129
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    • 2014
  • Ant communities are well suited for monitoring changes in ecosystems. Although numerous studies have examined the responses of ant communities to environmental disturbance, relatively few long-term studies on ant communities have been undertaken in urban environments. We examined species richness in nine urban parks in Hiroshima, Japan, and compared the survey results with data collected at the same sites by using the same methods in 1999. In both surveys, total of 25 species was recorded: 23 species in 1999 and 20 species in 2012. Non-metric multidimensional scaling analysis revealed that the ant communities consisted of two distinct groups, which could in turn be characterized by three patterns of ant community changes in between the two groups. The first of these community change patterns was characterized by a shift within group 1, but the number of species remained constant (approx. 10 species). The second pattern was characterized by a shift within group 2, but the number of species remained low (approx. 4 species). The third pattern was characterized by a shift from group 1 to group 2 as the abundance of Linepithema humile (Mayr) increased over time. Unlike the first and second patterns, the number of ant species in communities of the third type decreased significantly. These findings suggest that L. humile has a marked effect on the species diversity of indigenous ant communities in urban environments.

산불이 난 산림에서의 개미군집: 회복과정과 복원방법 (Ant Assemblages in a Burned Forest in South Korea: Recovery Process and Restoration Method)

  • 권태성
    • 한국응용곤충학회지
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    • 제54권4호
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    • pp.327-333
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    • 2015
  • 산불 후에 일어나는 개미군집의 변화양상을 파악하기 위해 산불이 난 산림에서 자연적으로 식생복원이 이루어진 곳, 인위적으로 조림한 곳, 산불이 나지 않은 곳의 3개 조사지에서 2005년부터 8년간 함정트랩으로 개미를 조사하였다. 모두 24종이 채집되었고 스미스개미(Nylanderia flavipes)가 가장 풍부하였다. 산림을 선호하는 개미종(예, 일본장다리개미, 민냄새개미, 노랑잘록개미)들은 산불이 나지 않은 조사지와 자연적으로 식생이 복원되는 조사지에서 많이 발생한 반면, 개활지를 선호하는 종(예, 곰개미, 일본왕개미, 주름개미)들은 인위적으로 조림된 곳에서 많이 나타났다. 다변량분석 결과는 인위적으로 조림된 곳이 자연적으로 식생이 복원된 곳 보다 개미군집이 산불 후에 더 많이 달라지는 것을 보여준다. 자연 복원된 조사지에서는 개미군집이 산불이 난 5-6년후에 산불 이전으로 회복되는 데 비해, 인공복원된 조사지에서는 회복에 약 25년이 소요될 것으로 추정되었다.

유아의 주의력 수준에 따른 창의성의 차이 (The Differences of Creativity according to Level of Attentional Abilities in Young Children)

  • 김형재;윤정진
    • 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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    • 제22권3호
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    • pp.395-406
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study was to identity the differences of creativity according to levels of attentional abilities in young children. The participants of this study were 204 5-year-old children from the kindergarten or daycare center in Busan. The tests was conducted by using ANT and TTCT for young children. The study used two independent t-tests to find out the differences of creativity between high and low young children of degrees of alertness, orientation and executive control. The results of the study are as follows; first, there was a significant difference in creativity, abstractness of titles, and elaboration between high and low young children of varying degrees of alertness. Second, there was not a significant difference in creativity between high and low young children of orientation. Third, there was a significant difference in creativity; fluency, originality, elaboration and resistance to premature closure between high and low young children of the executive control. Therefore, there was a close relation between attentional control abilities, especially the executive control and creativity of young children.

한국 3개 서해연안에 서식하는 톡토기와 개미 개체군 분석 (Springtail and Ant Population from Three Western Seashore Areas of Korea)

  • Park, Kyung-Hwa;Kim, Ki-Gyong;Park, Seong-Joon;Kim, Byung-Jin;Lee, Byung-Hoon
    • 환경생물
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    • 제18권4호
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    • pp.411-424
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    • 2000
  • 연안생태계의 호염성 톡토기와 개미군집의 생물다양성정도와 변동에 대해 알아보기 위해, 주변환경과 식생이 다른 세지역에서 정량채집을 실시하였다. 종조성이나 분포에 영향을 주는 요인을 찾기 위해 pH, 염도 및 전기전도도를 측정하였다. 연구결과 톡토기의 종조성 이나 분포에는 pH와 식생보다도 토성과 염도가 더 큰 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 개미의 경우는 집을 지을 적당한 장소를 제공해 줄 수 있는 식생과 조수에 의한 침수에 더 큰 영향을 받는 것으로 사료된다. 모든 조사지역에서 조상대가 조간대보다 다양도가 높았으며 조간대중에서는 모래함량이 높은 동호의 상조대에서 가장 높게 나타났다

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가리왕산 지역의 개미 고도별 분포 (Altitudinal Distribution of Ants in Mt. Gariwangsan, Korea)

  • 조경연;김일권;류동표
    • 한국환경생태학회지
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    • 제34권2호
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    • pp.115-120
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    • 2020
  • 본 연구는 생물 다양성의 지표종인 개미류의 시기별 우점종 및 개체군 변동을 살펴보고, 추후 기후변화에 따른 개체군 변화의 기초자료를 확보하고자 수행되었다. 조사 기간은 2013년 6월부터 9월까지 고도별 조사 지점을 선정하고, 함정트랩을 사용하여 정방형조사법(10m×10m)으로 개미의 분포를 조사하였다. 고도별 조사 결과, 총 3아과 11속 14종 15,466개체가 채집되었다. 낮은 고도(700m)에서 13종 4,548개체의 분포가 확인되었으며, 우점종은 일본장다리개미(49.9%)로 나타났고, 중간 고도(900m)에서 8종 9,129개체가 채집되었으며, 우점종으로 극동혹개미(57.7%)의 분포가 확인되었으며, 높은 고도(1,100m)에서 10종 1,789개체가 확인되었으며, 우점종으로 코토쿠뿔개미(43.3%)가 확인되었다. 고도별로 일본장다리개미, 스미스개미, 극동혹개미는 폭넓게 분포하는 것으로 확인되었다.

이중 언어 경험과 선택적주의능력의 관계 (Relationship Between Bilingualism and Selective Attentional Ability in Young Children)

  • 이혜련;이귀옥
    • 아동학회지
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    • 제27권4호
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    • pp.55-64
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of bilingualism on children's selective attentional ability by comparing Korean-Chinese bilingual with Chinese monolinguals in China. The subjects were 71 children, 4 and 5 years of age, 38 of whom were bilingual while 33 were monolingual. Bilingual children spoke Korean at home but Chinese in the community and at preschool. The instrument used to measure children's selective attentional ability was DCCST (Dimensional Change Card Sorting Task) and ANT (Attentional Network Test). Results showed that bilingual children were more advanced than monolingual in selective attentional ability.

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한계농지개발사업의 개발전망과 활성화 방안 (An Activation Proposal for the Marginal Farmland Redevelopment Project in Korea)

  • 한경수;김영주;최수명
    • 농촌계획
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    • 제12권4호
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    • pp.33-42
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    • 2006
  • Recently, Korean government has been initiating various schemes for reactivation of the marginal farmland use. However, although about ten years have passed from the introduction of the marginal farmland redevelopment projects in 1995, there have been very few research works on their systematic and objective appraisal. Therefore, this study checked the statutory concept and development schemes of the marginal farmland, firstly. Ant through case studies on 5 completed project sites and questionnaire/interview surveys on local government officers/private developers, problems and suggestions on project implementation were analysed. Finally, in consideration with analysed results and suggestions together, tentative project directions and reaction schemes on marginal farmland development were proposed.

A Possible Explanation for the Dominance of Chlorophyll in Pico and Nano-size Fractions in the Waters Around the South Shetland Islands

  • Kawaguchi, So;Shiomoto, Akihiro;Imai, Keiri;Tsarina, Yoriko;Yamaguchi, Hitomi;Noiri, Yoshifumi;Iguchi, Naoki;Kameda, Takahiko
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • 제23권4호
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    • pp.379-388
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    • 2001
  • Ch1 a abundance, Ch1 a-specific productivity and phytoplankton growth rate in each size fraction (pico, $<2{\mu}m$; nano, $2-10{\mu}m$; micro, > $10{\mu}m$) in the waters around the South Shetland Islands (Ant-arctic Peninsula Area) were analysed. Although Ch1 a-specific productivity and growth rate were highest in micro-size fractions, ChI a abundance was highest in pico-size fractions. Selective removal of nano- and micro-size phytoplankton especially by krill and salp grazing, but not limitation of phytoplankton growth, seemed to be the major reason to explain this miss match between productivity and abundance of the phytoplankton community.

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A Study on The Effects of Aerobic and Foam Roller Exercise Programs on Body Balance in Senior Women

  • An, Seong Ja;Kwon, Hae Yeon
    • 국제물리치료학회지
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    • 제8권2호
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    • pp.1182-1189
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study was conducted with senior women of ages 65 in Community Center to identify effective exercise methods for preventing falling accidents by enhancing balancing skills through aerobic and foam roller exercise programs. There were 24 subjects : 11 aerobics group and 13 foam roller group. 30 minute exercise programs were conducted against both groups 12 times 6 weeks. Various tests, including Time up and go test, Forward reach test, One-leg standing with eyes open/closed and Y-Balance were conducted prior to commencing the exercise program. Wilcoxon's Signed-ranks test was executed to analyze the changes in balance of the aerobic and foam roller exercise group prior to and after the experiment, and Mann-Whitney test was executed to compare the difference between the two groups. The Y-Balance(post. medial) show statistically significant differences in the amount of change before and after exercise between the two groups, except for Timed up and go test, Forward reach test, Y-Balance(ant.), and Y-Balance(post. lateral), which did not showed statistically significant difference (p<0.05). Foam roller exercises are effective methods to enhance the balancing skills in senior women to prevent falling accidents.

유채 품질 평가 현황과 전망 (Prospect and Situation of Quality Improvement in Oilseed rape)

  • 장영석
    • 한국작물학회지
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    • 제47권
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    • pp.175-185
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    • 2002
  • Rapeseed(Brassica napus L.) is an important oil crop as a vegetable oil, concentrated feed and industrial materials. The name "canola" was registered in 1979 by the Western Canadian Oilseed Crushers Association to describe "double-low" varieties. Double low indicates that the processed oil contains less than 2% erucic-acid and the meal less than 3mg/g of glucosinolates. Today annual worldwide production of rapeseed is approximately 35 million tons on 24 million hectares. China accounts for 33% of the world production and the European Economic Community for nearly 32%. Canola ranks 3rd in production among the world's oilseed crops following soybeans, sunflowers, peanuts and cottonseed. The recent advances in genomics and in gene function studies has allowed us to understand the detailed genetic basis of many complex traits, such as flowering time, height, and disease resistance. The manipulation of seed oil content via transgene insertion has been one of the earliest successful applications of modern biotechnology in agriculture. For example, the first transgenic crop with a modified seed composition to be approved for unrestricted commercial cultivation in the US was a lauric oil, rape-seed, grown in 1995. There were also some significant early successes, mostly notably the achievement of 40% to 60% lauric acid content in rapeseed oil, which normally accumulates little or no lauric acid. The name "$\textrm{Laurical}^{TM}$" was registered in 1995 by Calgene Inc. Nevertheless, attempts to achieve high levels of other novel fatty acids in seed oils have met with much less success and there have been several reports that the presence of novel fatty acids in transgenic plants can sometimes lead to the induction of catabolic pathways which break down the novel fatty acid, i.e. the plant recognizes the "strange" fatty acid and, far from tolerating it, may even actively eliminate it from the seed oil. It is likely that, in the future, transgenic oil crops and newly domesticated oil crops will both be developed in order to provide the increased amount and diversity of oils which will be required for both edible and industrial use. It is important that we recognize that both approaches have both positive and negative points. It will be a combination of these two strategies that is most likely to supply the increasing demands for plant oils in the 21st century and beyond.ant oils in the 21st century and beyond.