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Characteristics of Natural Habitats to Allium monanthum in South Korea (한국 달래의 자생 특성)

  • Kim, Kyung-Min;Park, Soon-Ki;Kim, Chang-Kil;Oh, Jung-Youl
    • Korean Journal of Breeding Science
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.381-389
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    • 2010
  • This study was carried out to develop the breeding and/or cultivation materials by investigating characteristics of natural habitats of Allium monanthum in South Korea. Natural habitats of sunny, half-shady, and shady conditions were 13 (10.7%), 66 (54.6%), and 42 (34.7%), respectively. Natural habitats were located around upland (45.4%), around Buddhist temple area (28.1%), on mountain area (18.2%), along roadside (2.5%), and along riverside (5.8%), respectively. Natural habitats ranged widely in all areas of Korea by $33^{\circ}N{\sim}38^{\circ}N$ and $126^{\circ}E{\sim}129^{\circ}E$. In Chungbuk and Gyeongbuk natural habitats were more than in Jeonbuk and Jeonnam. Distribute pattern were formed densely. Sprout stage was from September till March of next year. Grew from March to April, and there was no plant formed flower stalk in natural habitats.

Establishing Habitat Quality Criteria for the Ecosystem Services InVEST Model Using AHP Techniques (AHP기법을 적용한 생태계서비스 InVEST 모형 서식지질 기준 설정)

  • Hae-Seon Shin;Jeong-Eun Jang;Sang-Cheol, Lee;Hye-Yeon Kwon;Gyeong-Rok Kim;Jin Jang;Song-Hyun Choi
    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.67-78
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    • 2024
  • The term ecosystem services refers to natural ecosystems' benefits to humans. Various models have been developed and applied to quantify ecosystem services. Habitat quality assessment is a widely used leading InVEST ecosystem service model. In Korea, habitat quality assessment is conducted for national parks. For habitat quality assessment, the initial value of habitat quality must be used to assess the sensitivity to threats, which varies depending on the country and application field. Therefore, an expert survey (AHP) was conducted based on previous habitat quality assessments in national parks to adjust the sensitivity, the initial value for the habit quality assessment. As a result of the AHP, 18 items were adjusted, including 10 items, such as natural grassland and unarranged fields, upward and 8 items, such as rivers and ponds, downward. Based on the adjusted sensitivity results, the habitat quality of Bukhansan National Park and Gyeryongsan National Park (urban type), Gyeongju National Park (historic type), Hallyeohaesang National Park (ocean type), and Jirisan National Park and Seoraksan National Park (mountain type) were adjusted. The results of the analysis showed that the habitat quality of urban dry areas and water bodies distributed in the national parks was reflected in the habitat quality assessment. In the future, it will be possible to evaluate the habitat quality of natural parks using this standard.

Actual Vegetation Potential Natural Vegetation of Pukhansan National Park, Mid-western Korea (북한산국립공원의 현존식생과 잠재자연식생)

  • 이은복
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.439-450
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    • 1997
  • The potential natural vegtation of the Pukhansan National Park area, mid-western Korea, was inferred from the actual vegetation. With the phytosociological classification and field surveys, the actual vegetation map of the park area was made on a scale of 1:25, 000, including fourteen communities. By the analyses of the species diversity, the age structure, the human interferences and various informations on vegetation changes, two pathways of late stage succession from Pinus densiflora forests to the climatic climax were suggested. One is from Quercus serrata forests to Q. mongolica forests throughout the mountain and the other, from Q. variabilis or Q. acutissima forests to Carpinus laxiflora forests in lower parts. Considering the vegetation changes, the potential natural vegetation of the park area mainly composed of Q. mongolica, C. laxiflora, P. densiflora and Zelkova serrata forest as the climatic and/or edaphic climax was inferred.

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Phytosocioloical Study on the Two Contrasting Aspects with the South and North Slopes in Mt. Kwanak (冠岳山의 南斜面과 北斜面의 植被의 比較硏究)

  • Kim, Joon Min;Seok Joon Kim
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.81-87
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    • 1985
  • The vegetation on the north and south slopes of Kwanak mountain was assessed and recorded during thesummer of 1976. Recordings were made of 5*5m quadrats placed along the transects running parallel to the slopes. On the north slope, most of large trees such as Alnus sibirica, Sorbus alnifolia, Robinia pseudo-acacia and Pinus rigida make the crown and their mean DBH was conspicuously large, while the vegetation of south slope is dominated by dwarf Juniperus utilis, Pinus densiflora, Weigela florida var. glabra which are considered as a resistant species of dry site. The amount of humus, total nitrogen, soil water content and available phosphorous is higher on the north slope than the south one. However, the soil pH is higher on the south slope. It is assumed that the humus content is a main factor to make difference on the type of vegetation between the north and south slope.

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Phytosociological Study on the Forest Vegetation in Mt. Komdan (黔丹山 森林植生의 植物社會學的 硏究)

  • Lee, Ho-Joon;Ha-Song Kim;Eun-Bu Cho
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.273-303
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    • 1991
  • A phytosociological study of forest vegetation was carried out in mt. komdan in the period from October 7,1985 to October 15 1989. The forst vegetation could be classified into 7 communities ; quercus monbolica,pinus densiflora, quercus dentata, pinus koraiensis, larix leptoletsis, pinus rigida,castanea creaneta. The principal forest community in mt. komdan-the quercus mongulica community- was distributed mainly at the altitude of 400~600m and the importance value was 187.1. The pinus desiflora community was 137.9. since pinus koraiensis, larix laptolepsis,pinus rigida, castanea creanata, etc. werw planted in this region, It seems that it was frequently disturbed by human interference,especilly, the destruction of the vegetation in the recreation ground of paldang, the regions around the village of hasangok-ri and the main routes for mountain climbing appeared severely.

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Safety Assessment to Construction Position of Constructed Steel Structures under Declinating Earth Pressure (편토압을 받는 파형강판 구조물의 시공위치별 안전성 평가)

  • Lee, Sang-Hyun;Lim, Heui-Dae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.28-34
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    • 2008
  • The corrugated steel plate structures is applied to the construction of mountain tunnel portal part with shallow depth, the tunnel on the outskirts of urban areas and ecology move passage. In this study, A finite element method is used for research the behavior of corrugated steel plate structures due to construction position under declinating earth pressure and excavation depth. A finite element method were performed varying construction position(10, 15, 20 and 25m) from slope and excavation depth from surface. The hoop thrust and moment, displacement of corrugated steel plate subjected to construction position and excavation depth is determined from a finite element method. From results of finite element method, it was found that the increase of thrust and the decrease of displacement as the amount of distance increase from slope with construction position. But the thrust and moment, displacement has not different value with excavation depth.

Floristic Composition and Vertical Distribution of Mt. Daesun (대둔산 식물의 분류학적 특성과 수직분포)

  • Cho, Joong Bae;Bong-Seop Kil
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.53-62
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    • 1987
  • Floristic composition and vertical distribution of Mt. Daedun (western slope) were investigated from 1985 to 1986. The results are as follows; 108 families, 346 genera, 511 species, 2 subspecies, 75 varieties, 5 forma or 593 taxa including 77 cultivars. The floral data showed the ecological characteristics such as the value 346 in Fisher's Index, H-D1-H5 in biological type, 10.9% in urban index of naturalized plants and 60.5% in erect form growth form. Based on the physiognomy and population density of dominant tree species the forest vegetation of Mt. Daedun (western slope) was classified into 5 types; Quercus mongolica forest and Q. variabilis forest at 800m above, Carpinys laxiflora forest and Acer mono forest at 700m to 800m and Sapium japonicum forest at 500m to 800m in altitude. And Lindera erythrocarpa forest and zelkova serrata forest are widely distributed at 400m to 800m in altityde along valley and at mountain foot area.

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Phytosocological Study on Montance Forest Vegetation at periphery of Seoul, Korea (서울근교 산지의 삼림식생에 대한 식물사회학적 연구)

  • Kim, Jong-Won;Joon-Ho Kim
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.97-107
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    • 1988
  • The forest vegetation occurring mainly at the mountain areas in periphery of Seoul were inversigated phyeosociologically. The granitic rocky outcrops are typical physiognomy on the study areas. The greater part of forests was the secondary vegetation to be disturbed by hyman impacts, because of being situated near the metropolis with a highly dense population. Four community types were largely differentiated by species composition. The representitive ones were the Quercus monogolica community and Pinus densiflora-Juniperus schinensis community, which are predominantly gorwing at the slopes above about 100m in altituse and the rocky ridges, respectively. The Betula chinensis-Potentilla dickinsii community at several single-peaks of windswept and the Zelkova serrata-Prunus padus community at stony valley are sporadically growing in a small area.

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A Study on the Distribution of Pinus thunbergii in the Korean Peninsula (한반도의 곰솔분포에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jung Un;Bong-Seop Kil
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.45-54
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    • 1983
  • A distribution map of black pine, Pinus thunbergii, in south Korea was prepared through field surveys. According to Mirov(1967), the range of black pine is limited in east Asia, Japan and Korea; its northern limit is at about 41。34' north and its southern limit on Takara island, south Kyushu, at 29。 north. According to the present map, its northern limit coincided with the isopath of warmth index 100 by Yim(1977). The density of pine in grid mesh, about 4 km * 4 km, was higher at costal area than that in inland area, and it was also higher at sea side slope than the opposite slope of the same mountain. This suggests that the ecological distribution of black pine is greatly affected by salt content of the soil or the optimal range of summed temperature for the pine growth.

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Studies on the Population Dynamics of Pine Needle Gall Midge, Thecodiplosis japonensis, by Diversity of Vegetation Structure (식생구조에 따른 솔잎흑파리개체군 동태에 관한연구)

  • Ri, Chong Un
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.33-44
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    • 1983
  • Vegetatiion structure and population dynamcis of pine needle gall midge were investigated from 1980 to 1982 at the southern part of Palgong mountain near Daegu. The results of investigation at the areas of A (pure stand), B(30% mixed forest) adn C(60% mixed forest) were as follow; Vegeation of 3 areas were not classified by the species diversity, but by the unequal distribution of Alnus hirsuta, Robinia pseudo-acacia, Lespedeza cyrtobotrya, Quercus variabilis and vitality of Pinus densiflora at the area C was low, due to shadow by broad-leaf trees. Soil environmental factors at 3 areas not characteristic, but the average of humus contents showed high significance and the order was A

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