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Prediction of Full Blooming Dates of Robinia pseudoacacia using Chill Days Model and Flowering Data from 30 Sites in South Korea over 12 Years (지난 12년간의 전국 30개 지점의 아까시나무 개화 데이터와 순차휴면모델을 활용한 아까시나무의 만개일 예측)

  • Kim, Sukyung;Kim, Taekyung;Lim, Hyemin;Yoon, Sukhee;Jang, Geun-Chang;Won, Myoungsoo;Lim, Jonghwan;Kim, Hyun Seok
    • Proceedings of The Korean Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Conference
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    • 2019.08a
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    • pp.270-271
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    • 2019
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The Characteristics of Early Changes in Vegetation Structure by Forest Cover Type after Forest Fire Damage in Uljin region (울진지역 산불피해지의 산림피복형별 식생구조의 초기 변화 특성)

  • Kim, Tae-Woon;Han, Young-Sub;Lee, Sung-Ho;Lim, Chae-young;Hur, Tae-chul;Im, Chang-Kyun;Gil, Min-Kyung;Park, Joon-hyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2024
  • The study aims to establish a direction for forest ecological restoration by classifying forest types and understanding the ecological characteristics of the Uljin forest area damaged by a large fire in 2022. Hierarchical cluster analysis and indicator species analysis were conducted on 78 survey plots located in the forest fire-affected area, and four forest cover types were derived: P. densiflora pure forests, P. densiflora dominant forests, mixed broad-leaved forests, and Q. variabilis dominant forests. As a result of visually comparing changes in forest types before and after forest fire damage, by classifying data according to whether or not upper dead trees are included, it was confirmed that pine forests, which have a high proportion of pine trees, spread widely due to forest fire damage. However, broad-leaved mixed forests and oyster oak dominant forests showed characteristics of maintaining concentration, indicating that pine forests were severely damaged. As a result of the important value analysis, during the process of natural recovery after a forest fire, the species that appear early in the lower layer are the sprouts of existing species such as Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb., Quercus variabilis Blume, Fraxinus sieboldiana Blume, Rhododendron mucronulatum Turcz. The distribution of diameter at breast height by forest cover type showed that among areas with extreme forest fire damage, the proportion of dead trees was relatively high and structural changes were large in P. densiflora pure forests and P. densiflora dominant forests where pine trees had a high distribution ratio. However, if continuous monitoring is carried out in the future with reference to the results of this study and plant data is collected and analyzed from a mid- to long-term perspective, it is believed that it will be used as useful data to promote forest ecological restoration projects in forest fire-affected areas.

Predictive Distribution Modelling of Calamus andamanicus Kurz, an Endemic Rattan from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

  • Sreekumar, V.B.;Suganthasakthivel, R.;Sreejith, K.A.;Sanil, M.S.
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.94-98
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    • 2016
  • Calamus andamanicus Kurz is one of the commercially important solitary rattans endemic to Andaman and Nicobar islands. The habitat suitability modeling program, MaxEnt, was used to predict the potential ecological niches of this species, based on bioclimatic variables. The study revealed high potential distribution of C. andamanicus across both Andaman and Nicobar islands. Of the 33 spatially unique points, 21 points were recorded from South and North Andamans and 12 from Great Nicobar Islands. The islands like Little Andaman, North Sentinel, Little Nicobar, Tllangchong, Teressa were also predicted positive even though this rattan is not recorded from these islands. Mean diurnal range, higher precipitation in the wettest month of the year, annual precipitation and precipitation in the driest month are the main predictors of this species distribution.

Comparison of Carbon Storage between Forest Restoration of Abandoned Coal Mine and Natural Vegetation Lands (폐탄광 산림복원지와 자연식생지의 탄소저장량 비교)

  • Kim, So-Jin;Jung, Yu-Gyeong;Park, Ki-Hyung;Kim, Ju-Eun;Bae, Jeong-Hyeon;Kang, Won-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.33-46
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    • 2023
  • In this study, carbon storage in the aboveground biomass, litter layer, and soil layer was calculated for abandoned mining restoration areas to determine the level of carbon storage after the restoration project through comparison with the ecological reference. Five survey sites were selected for each abandoned mining restoration area in Boryeong-si, Chungcheongnam-do, and the ecological reference that can be a goal and model for the restoration project. The carbon storage in the restoration area was 0~21.3Mg C ha-1, the deciduous layer 3.3~6.0Mg C ha-1, and the soil layer(0-30cm) 8.3~35.1Mg C ha-1, showing a significant difference in carbon storage by target site. The total carbon storage was between 6.1 and 35.3% of the ecological reference, with restoration area ranging from 14.0 to 62.4 Mg C ha-1. The total carbon storage in the restoration area and the ecological reference differed the most in the aboveground biomass and was less than 12%. Based on these results, forest restoration area need to improve the carbon storage of forests through continuous management and monitoring so trees can grow and restore productivity in the early stages of the restoration project. The results of this study can be used as primary data for preparing future forest restoration indicators by identifying the storage of abandoned mining restoration areas.

Long-term Ecological Research Programme in Forestry Research Institute, Korea

  • Oh, Jeong-Soo;Shin, Joon-Hwan;Lim, Jong-Hwan
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.131-134
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    • 2000
  • Forest vegetation in Korea can be largely divided into warm temperate, cool temperate and frigid forest zone. The cool temperate forest zone of them occupies the largest part of the Korean peninsula and it is generally divided into three subdivisions such as northern, central and southern subzone. The Forestry Research Institute established three long-term ecological research sites at Kwangnung Experiment Forest in the central subzone of the cool temperate forest zone, at the Mt. Kyebangsan Forest in the northern subzone of the cool temperate forest zone. and at the Mt. Keumsan Forest in the warm temperate forest zone. The objectives of long-term ecological research in the Forestry Research Institute, Korea are to study long-term changes of the forest ecosystems in energy fluxes, water and nutrient cycling, forest stand structure, biological diversity, to quantify nutrient budgets and fluxes among forest ecosystem compartments and to integrate ecological data with a GIS - assisted model. To achieve the objectives, forest stand dynamics. environmental changes in soil properties, stream water quality, nutrient cycling, air pollution and biological diversity have been investigated and plant phonology as an indicator of climate change has been monitored in the LTER sites.

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