• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.54-60
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• 2008

버섯종균에 의해 열화된 신갈나무 버섯폐골목의 흡음성능과 구조적 특징의 변화를 관찰하고자 버섯폐골목을 원반형으로 채취하여 무처리 목재와 구조적 특징의 변화를 비교하고, 전달함수법을 이용하여 흡음률을 측정 비교하였다. 측정주파수범위에서 버섯폐골목의 시험편이 보통의 시험편보다 높은 흡음률을 나타내었으며, 특히 2~6 KHz의 주파수영역에서는 보통 목재보다 2~3배 정도 높은 흡음률을 나타내었다. 버섯폐골목은 무 처리 목재보다 중량이 70% 정도 감소하였으며, 3단면에서 다수의 공극이 관찰되어 이들이 흡음공극으로 작용하여 측정주파수영역에서 흡음률이 증가된 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2018

Backgrounds: In arid grasslands, wells are subject to heavy trampling and grazing pressure, which can increase vulnerability to local land degradation. To investigate trampling and grazing, we surveyed plant communities at three well sites in the desert steppe of Mongolia, using 1600-m line transects from the wells. The sites (Bshrub, Sshrub, and shrubL) differed by concomitant shrub type (big shrub, small shrub, and shrub-limited) and livestock pressure (light, medium, and heavy). A plant classification scheme based on edibility and morphology (rosette or creeping type) was used to separate grazing and trampling effects on plant communities. Results: Edible plants were dominant at all sites but a fraction of grazing- and trampling-tolerant plants increased in the order Bshrub, Sshrub, and shrubL, following livestock pressure. Clear transition zones from inedible to edible plant groups were recognized but at different locations and ranges among the sites. Trampling-tolerant plants explained 90% of inedible plants at Sshrub with camels and horses, but grazing-tolerant plants prevailed (60%) at shrubL with the largest livestock number. Plant coverage increased significantly along the transects at Bshrub and Sshrub but showed no meaningful change at shrubL. Herbaceous plant biomass showed significant positive and negative trends at Bshrub and shrubL, respectively. Conclusions: Both grazing and trampling can produce larger fractions of inedible plants; in this, camel and horses can have considerable effects on desert-steppe plant communities through trampling.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.202-211
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• 2019

Oceanic islands are biologically important for their unique assemblages of species and high levels of endemism and are sensitive to environmental change because of their isolation and small species source pools. Habitat destruction caused by human landscape development is generally accepted as the main cause of extinction on islands, with exotic species invasion a secondary cause of extinction, especially on tropical islands. However, secondary impacts of human development (e.g., general degradation through resource use and exotic species introduction) are understudied on temperate islands. To determine secondary impacts of human development on the understory vegetation community, 90 field sites on Ulleung Island, South Korea, were sampled during the summer of 2016. Understory vegetation was chosen as it is a proxy for ecosystem health. Diversity and percent cover of introduced, native, and endemic species were tested against proximity to developed areas and trail usage using a model selection approach. Diversity was also tested against percent cover of three naturalized species commonly found in survey plots. The main finding was that distance to development, distance to town, and trail usage have limited negative impacts on the understory vegetation community within best-supported models predicting native and introduced cover and diversity. However, endemic species cover was significantly lower on high usage trails. While there are no apparent locally invasive plant species on the island at the time of this study, percent cover of Robinia pseudoacacia, a naturalized tree species, negatively correlated with plot diversity. These findings indicate that forests on Ulleung Island are not experiencing a noticeable invasion of understory vegetation, and conservation efforts can be best spent preventing future invasions.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2015

Jeju Island is managed intensively in terms of environmental and ecological aspect because of its extraordinary ecosystem types comprising numerous rare, protected flora and fauna. To depict rapid change of habitat status in Jeju Island, the InVEST Habitat Quality model has been operated and compared analytically with the Eco-Natural map. The Habitat Quality map of Jeju Island is turned out to have similar inclination with Eco-Natural map. We compared the average habitat quality value in each Eco-natural map class in Jeju Island and the habitat quality value of first second third grade and non-included area decreased as 0.95 0.76, 0.53 and 0.37 in eco natural map respectively. Compared to biodiversity map based on biological investigation, the result of the InVEST habitat quality model can be simply obtained by land cover map with threat and sensitivity data. Further studies are needed to make explicit coefficients for Jeju Island and Korean peninsula, then the Habitat Quality model could be applied to past and future scenarios to analyze extent of habitat degradation in time series to help decision makers.

• 보존과학연구
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• 통권31호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2010

The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty is one of the World Heritage which should be conserved well. However, some of wax treated volume of the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty have damaged seriously. Currently a variety of efforts to conserve and restore the injured volumes are continued and many studies about the aging mechanism of the wax treated volume have being progressed. The analysis of VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) emitted from paper cultural heritage is one of the methods to understand the degradation pathway of paper cultural heritage. The analysis of VOCs emitted from paper cultural heritage has been mainly conducted by SPME (Solid Phase Microextraction) method. SPME is potable and simple method but it is difficult to collect all VOCs emitted from a book such as the Annals of Joseon Dynasty. The dynamic chamber system has generally used to do analysis of VOCs emitted from the building materials, furniture and electric appliances. The chamber system is possible to do quantitative and qualitative analysis by a continuous $N_2$ gas flow and the proper chamber which is able to gather all VOCs emitted from the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty. In this study, the most material among detected VOCs was Naphthalene. Naphthalene has used to prevent organic cultural heritage from being damaged by various microbes for a long time. Apart from Naphthalene, main VOCs were Acetic acid, 2-Chloroethanol, 2-Bromoethanol, Furfural, 1-Methylnaphthalene, Azulene, and 2,4-Dioctylphenol. Of these VOCs, Furfural especially was known for a marker which represents a different emission rate according to the aging level.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.34-44
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• 2016

Background: Little is known about how chemical water quality is associated with ecological stream health in relation to landuse patterns in a watershed. We evaluated spatial characteristics of water quality characteristics and the ecological health of Dongjin-River basin, Korea in relation to regional landuse pattern. The ecological health was assessed by the multi-metric model of Index of Biological Integrity (IBI), and the water chemistry data were compared with values obtained from the health model. Results: Nutrient and organic matter pollution in Dongjin-River basin, Korea was influenced by land use pattern and the major point sources, so nutrients of TN and TP increased abruptly in Site 4 (Jeongeup Stream), which is directly influenced by wastewater treatment plants along with values of electric conductivity (EC), bacterial number, and sestonic chlorophyll-a. Similar results are shown in the downstream (S7) of Dongjin River. The degradation of chemical water quality in the downstream resulted in greater impairment of the ecological health, and these were also closely associated with the landuse pattern. Forest region had low nutrients (N, P), organic matter, and ionic content (as the EC), whereas urban and agricultural regions had opposite in the parameters. Linear regression analysis of the landuse (arable land; $A_L$) on chemicals indicated that values of $A_L$ had positive linear relations with TP ($R^2=0.643$, p < 0.01), TN ($R^2=0.502$, p < 0.05), BOD ($R^2=0.739$, p < 0.01), and suspended solids (SS; ($R^2=0.866$, p < 0.01), and a negative relation with TDN:TDP ratios ($R^2=0.719$, p < 0.01). Conclusions: Chemical factors were closely associated with land use pattern in the watershed, and these factors influenced the ecological health, based on the multimetric fish IBI model. Overall, the impairments of water chemistry and the ecological health in Dongjin-River basin were mainly attributes to point-sources and land-use patterns.

• Spatial Information Research
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.91-102
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• 1995

본 연구의 목적은 북한산 국립공원 경계선 일대의 추이대를 탐지하는 기법을 개발하여 추이대의 폭을 조사하고, 추이대의 폭과 환경요인과의 관계를 규명하는 것이다. 이를 위해서 1985, 1987, 1993년 5월 중순에 수신된 TM영상을 이용하여 계산한 정규식생지수(NDVI)를 도출하고, 버퍼링작업에 의하여 경계선으로 부터으 거리별 NDVI를 산출하여 추이대를 조사하는 방법을 제시하였다. 연구 결과 본 연구대상지의 추이대의 식생은 생물계절(phenology), 인접지역의 토지이용의 영향을 받는 것이 확인되었으며, 1993년에는 1985년에 비해서 추이대의 폭이 약 2배로 증대되어 탐방객의 과도한 이용 등으로 인하여 식생 피해지역의 범위가 확대되고 있는 것으로 판명되었다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.435-449
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• 2010

Soils in the sloping uplands in Korea are subject to intensive land use with high input of agrochemicals and are vulnerable to soil erosion. Development of the environmentally sound land management strategy is essential for a sustainable production system in the sloping upland. This report addresses the status of upland agriculture and the best management practices for the uplands toward the sustainable agriculture. More than 60% of Korean lands are forest and only 21% are cultivating paddy and upland. Uplands are about 7% of the total lands and about 62% of the uplands are in the slopes higher than 7%. Due to the site-specificity of the upland, many managerial and environmental problems are occurring, such as severe erosion, shallow surface soils with rocky fragments, and loadings of non-point source (NPS) contaminants into the watershed. Based on the field trials, most of the sloping uplands were classified as Suitability Class III-V and the major limiting factor was slope and rock fragments. Due to this, soils were over-applied with N fertilizer, even though N rate was the recommendation. This resulted in decreases in yield, degradation of soil quality and increases in N loading to the leachate. Various case studies drew management practices toward sustainable production systems. The suggested BMP on the managerial, vegetative, and structural options were to practice buffer strips along the edges of fields and streams, winter cover crop, contour and mulching farming, detention weir, diversion drains, grassed waterway, and slope arrangement. With these options, conservation effects such as reductions in raindrop impact, flow velocity, runoff and sediment loss, and rill and gully erosion were observed. The proper management practice is a key element of the conservation of the soil and water in the sloping upland.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 서울역사박물관에서 인수한 전차 381호에 사용된 목재 부재의 수종 식별을 실시하였다. 전차 381호는 두 대 남은 전차 중의 하나로 서울시의 중요한 문화유산이다. 따라서 전차의 역사를 지키기 위해 복원하고 손상이 가지 않도록 보존하는 것이 중요하다. 전차의 보존처리 시 동일한 수종의 목재로 교체하기 위해 외부와 내부에 쓰인 목재의 종류를 알아보고자 내부 6점, 외부 1점 총 7점에 대한 수종 식별을 실시한 결과 미송류(douglas-fir, $Pseudotsuga$) 2점, 나왕류(lauan, $Shorea$) 2점, 외래산 소나무(ponderosa group, $Pinus$) 1점, 잎갈나무류(larch, $Larix$) 1점, 상수리나무류(cerris group, $Quercus$) 1점으로 식별되었다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.147-149
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• 2007

국내에서 분리한 백색부후균 기계충버섯(Irpex lacteus)과 아교버섯(Phlebia tremellosa)을 대상으로 유전자 도입을 위한 형질전환 방법을 확립하였다. 아교버섯의 정우 원형질체 생성 및 재생 방법을 이용하여 이핵체(dikaryon)로부터 일핵체(monokaryon: Pt05-2)를 얻어 실험에 사용하였다. 형질전환체의 선발을 위한 선택표지는 glutamine synthetase의 inhibitor인 phosphinothricin에 대하여 저항성을 부여하는 유전자(bar)를 사용하였고, 이 유전자를 가진 형질전환용 벡터, pBARGEM7-1 ($5\;{\mu}g$)과 제한효소 EcoRI (30 u)를 동시에 원형질체에 처리하는 제한효소매개 삽입방법을 사용하였다. 기계충버섯($5{\times}10^{7}\;cells$)및 아교버섯($2.5{\times}10^{7}\;cells$)의 원형질체를 대상으로 형질전환을 수행한 결과 벡터 $1\;{\mu}g$당 각각 형질전환체 50-70개 및 15-25개의 수율을 보였으며 형질전환용 벡터가 각 형질전환체에 안정되게 존재함을 확인하였다.