• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2015

Beginning of the human ecology in 1920s, the efforts for applying the environmental values to a policy have been embodied by the enactments of international agreement and relevant laws. The government has been struggling to adopt the environmental values for the policy by enacting the relevant laws and establishing the environmental value evaluation information (environmental conservation value assessment map, eco-natural map, biotope map). In spite of the efforts to apply the environmental value assessment information for the habitat potential of wildlife, the application is being challenged by the discrepancy in methods and criteria. Thus this study intends to measure the potential of wildlife habitat and apply it to the spatial value classification for the application plan of wildlife habitat potential in policy. Maxent was used for the habitat potential and the land types were classified depending on the surface and land use pattern of cadastral map. As a result, the policy matrix including conservation strategy(CS), restoration strategy(RS), practical use strategy(PS) and development strategy(DS) has been deduced as CS $13.05km^2$(2.38%), RS $1.64km^2$(0.30%), PS $162.42km^2$(29.57%) and DS $8.56km^2$(1.56%). CS was emerged mostly on forest valleys and farmlands, and RS was appeared in the road area near the conservation strategy areas. Boryung downtown and Daecheon Beach were the center of DS, while the forest and farmlands were presented as PS. It is significant that this study suggest the new approaching method by comparing the wildlife habitat potential with the land type. Since this study evaluated the environmental value by one species of leopard cat (Prionailurusbengalensis) with Maxent model, it is necessary to apply the habitat potential measuring method for various target species as further research.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.161-172
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• 2010

As the interest on biodiversity has increased around the world, researches about evaluating potential for habitat are also increasing to find and comprehend the valuable habitats. This study focus on comprehending the significance of stream in evaluating habitat's potential. The purpose of this study is to evaluate habitat potential with applying stream as a main variable, and to comprehend the relationship between the variables and habitat potential. Basin is a unit that has hydrological properties and dynamic interaction with ecosystem. Especially, biodiversity and suitability of habitat in basin area has direct correlation with stream. Existing studies also are proposing for habitat potential evaluation in basin unit, they applied forest, slope and road as main variables. Despite stream is considered the most important factor in basin area, researchers haven't applied stream as a main variable. Therefore, in this study, three variables that can demonstrate hydrological properties are selected, which are, riparian distance, stream order and land use disturbance, and evaluate habitat potential. Habitat potential is analyzed by using Maxent (Maximum entropy model), and vertebrate's presence data is used as dependent variables and stream order map and land cover map is used as base data of independent variables. As a result of analysis, habitat potential is higher at riparian and upstream area, and lower at frequently disturbed area. Result indicates that adjacent to stream, upstream, and less disturbed area is the habitat that vertebrate prefer. In particular, mammals prefer adjacent area of stream and forest and reptiles prefer upriver area. Birds prefer adjacent area of stream and midstream and amphibians prefer adjacent area of stream and upriver. The result of this research could help to establish habitat conservation strategy around basin unit in the future.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.229-236
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• 2009

A habitat model was developed to delineate potential habitat of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) in a mountainous region of Kangwon Province, Korea. Between 1997 and 2005, 224 leopard cat presence sites were recorded in the province in the Nationwide Survey on Natural Environments. Fifty percent of the sites were used to develop a habitat model, and the remaining sites were used to test the model. Fourteen environmental variables related to topographic features, water resources, vegetation and human disturbance were quantified for 112 of the leopard cat presence sites and an equal number of randomly selected sites. Statistical analyses (e.g., t-tests, and Pearson correlation analysis) showed that elevation, ridges, plains, % water cover, distance to water source, vegetated area, deciduous forest, coniferous forest, and distance to paved road differed significantly (P < 0.01) between presence and random sites. Stepwise logistic regression was used to develop a habitat model. Landform type (e.g., ridges vs. plains) is the major topographic factor affecting leopard cat presence. The species also appears to prefer deciduous forests and areas far from paved roads. The habitat map derived from the model correctly classified 93.75% of data from an independent sample of leopard cat presence sites, and the map at a regional scale showed that the cat's habitats are highly fragmented. Protection and restoration of connectivity of critical habitats should be implemented to preserve the leopard cat in mountainous regions of Korea.

• 한국BIM학회 논문집
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.72-79
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• 2018

Rapid developments around the world have resulted in urban expansion, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, and pollution problems, which are the main reasons for the decline in biological diversity. The United Nations warns that many animals and plants will die out in the near future if this continues. This study was performed to propose a map of eco-corridor suitability analysis of Korean water deer(Hydropotes Inermis) to enhance biodiversity in Chuncheon city. Eight factors affecting habitat suitability were elevation, aspect, slope, forest type, distance to the road, distance to the stream, land use and green connectivity. Previous study analysis on the mobility behaviour of the Korean water deer(Hydropotes Inermis) produced a habitat suitability map by determining the threshold and assigning a value between 0 and 1 depending on the habitat suitability using the fuzzy function. A method of analysis was proposed for a number of eco-corridor through comparative analysis of the data from the produced habitat suitability map and the road-kill point. The previous studies were focused on Backdudaegan region and national parks except for urban cities. The potential habitat map of Korean water deer could be helpful as a way to prevent habitat disconnection and increase species diversity in urban areas.

• Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2021

The study has been carried out with an objective to prepare Siberian roe deer habitat potential maps in South Korea based on three geographic information system-based models including frequency ratio (FR) as a bivariate statistical approach as well as convolutional neural network (CNN) and long short-term memory (LSTM) as machine learning algorithms. According to field observations, 741 locations were reported as roe deer's habitat preferences. The dataset were divided with a proportion of 70:30 for constructing models and validation purposes. Through FR model, a total of 10 influential factors were opted for the modelling process, namely altitude, valley depth, slope height, topographic position index (TPI), topographic wetness index (TWI), normalized difference water index, drainage density, road density, radar intensity, and morphological feature. The results of variable importance analysis determined that TPI, TWI, altitude and valley depth have higher impact on predicting. Furthermore, the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was applied to assess the prediction accuracies of three models. The results showed that all the models almost have similar performances, but LSTM model had relatively higher prediction ability in comparison to FR and CNN models with the accuracy of 76% and 73% during the training and validation process. The obtained map of LSTM model was categorized into five classes of potentiality including very low, low, moderate, high and very high with proportions of 19.70%, 19.81%, 19.31%, 19.86%, and 21.31%, respectively. The resultant potential maps may be valuable to monitor and preserve the Siberian roe deer habitats.

• Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.74-82
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• 2020

Predictions of suitable habitat areas can provide important information pertaining to the risk assessment and management of alien plants at early stage of their establishment. Here, we predict the invasion potential of Muhlenbergia capillaris (pink muhly) in South Korea using five bioclimatic variables. We adopt four models (generalized linear model, generalized additive model, random forest (RF), and artificial neural network) for projection based on 630 presence and 600 pseudo-absence data points. The RF model yielded the highest performance. The presence probability of M. capillaris was highest within an annual temperature range of 12 to 24℃ and with precipitation from 800 to 1,300 mm. The occurrence of M. capillaris was positively associated with the precipitation of the driest quarter. The projection map showed that suitable areas for M. capillaris are mainly concentrated in the southern coastal regions of South Korea, where temperatures and precipitation are higher than in other regions, especially in the winter season. We can conclude that M. capillaris is not considered to be invasive based on a habitat suitability map. However, there is a possibility that rising temperatures and increasing precipitation levels in winter can accelerate the expansion of this plant on the Korean Peninsula.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.169-182
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• 2022

본 연구는 산불피해가 발생한 접경지역 산림 내 희귀특산식물(개느삼) 분포를 예측하고 피해를 정량화하고자 수행되었다. 이를 위해 산불피해강도에 따른 산림면적 피해(NBR), 임상도를 통한 수종별 피해(Vegetation map), MaxEnt 모델 분석을 수행, 보다 정밀한 결과를 도출하고자 하였다. 우선, 산불피해강도 분석은 위성영상(Landsat-8)을 활용하여, 산불피해강도(ΔNBR_2016-2015)를 분석하고 피해범위를 도출하였다. 임상도 작성은 환경부의 토지피복도, 산림청의 임상도, 자체적으로 식생조사를 진행하여, 산불 전·후의 임상도를 작성하고, 수종 피해 및 변화를 확인하였다. 마지막으로 MaxEnt 모델 분석은 관련문헌과 자체조사 자료를 기준으로 작성된 개느삼 실제서식지 좌표를 활용하여, AUC(Area Under Curve) 값을 도출하였다. 분석된 결과의 정밀도를 높이고자, 임상도와 결합하여, 개느삼이 주로 분포하는 소나무 군락 및 소나무-참나무림 군락을 대상으로 재분석한 결과, 대상지 내 개느삼 실제출현 좌표 325개소 중 299개 지점에서 개느삼 출현가능성이 92.0%로 예측되어 유의미한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 해당 자료를 산불피해강도(ΔNBR_2016-2015) 자료와 중첩한 결과, 산불피해지 내 개느삼 서식가능지(예측) 면적 44,760 m²의 45.9%인 20,552 m²가 훼손된 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 본 연구는 산불로 인해 훼손된 희귀식물 서식지 면적을 정량화하고 희귀식물 보전·관리를 위한 사례가 될 것으로 기대된다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.377-390
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• 2020

도시생태현황지도는 자연환경보전법에 의해 시(市)단위 이상의 지방자치단체는 의무적으로 작성해야 하며 일반적으로 비오톱지도라고 한다. 그 동안 비오톱지도 관련 연구는 식생유형, 식생자연성, 토지이용, 경관생태학 배경으로 이루어 졌으며, 비오톱의 구성요소인 동물서식지 개념을 적용하지 못하는 한계성을 가지고 있었다. 이 연구는 이러한 한계성을 개선하기 위해 육상동물 잠재서식지 개념을 도입하여 비오톱 유형평가에 적용할 수 있는 방법론을 제안하기 위해 수행되었다. 육상동물의 잠재서식지는 머신러닝을 이용한 공간통계 방법을 이용하여 예측하였고 그 결과를 종합하여 종풍부도로 변환하였다. 비오톱 유형평가는 식생학적 가치, 동물서식지 가치로 구분하여 가치합산 하였다. 식생학적 가치는 식생의 자연성과 토지이용을 고려하여 5단계로 구분하였고, 동물 서식지 가치는 머신러닝으로 예측한 종풍부도를 5단계로 구분하여 비오톱 유형평가에 적용하였다. 이 연구는 그동안 비오톱 유형평가에 소극적으로 반영된 육상동물 현장조사 결과를 적극적으로 반영할 수 있는 방법론을 도출하였다는 것에 의미가 있으며 향후 도시생태현황 지도 작성 매뉴얼 개정 시 고려될 필요가 있다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제37권5_1호
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• pp.975-987
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• 2021

동남아시아 지역의 갯벌에 널리 서식하는 패류인 Meretrix lyrata의 집단폐사 현상의 원인과 해결책을 찾기 위한 일환으로 서식지 분포 확률도를 제작하였다. 서식지 분포 확률도는 GIS (Geographic Information System) 기법의 일종인 FR (Frequency Ratio) 기법을 활용하여 제작하였으며, 입력인자로는 Landsat 영상 기반의 DEM(Digital Elevation Model)과 경사도, WorldView-02 영상 기반의 조류로 밀도도 및 거리도, 표층퇴적상 분포도와 현장관측 자료를 활용하였다. 현장관측은 2014년 4월 베트남 Ben-tre 주의 Bihn Dai 지역의 갯벌에서 수행하였으며, 연구지역의 지형고도, 표층 저서생물상, 표층 퇴적상 자료를 수집하였다. 서식지 분포 확률도는 Mertrix lyrata 총 개체와 치패로 나누어 제작하였으며, 정확도는 각각 76.82%, 69.51%로 좋은 정확도를 보였다. 서식지 분포 확률도 분석 결과 Meretrix lyrata는 총 개체와 치패 모두의 경우에서 Sand가 우세한 지역에 서식하지만, 총 개체는 주로 고도가 -0.2~0.2 m 사이의 조간대 중-하부에 서식하며, 치패는 그보다 높은 0~0.3 m 사이의 지역에 서식하였다. 또한 총 개체의 서식지는 조류로로부터 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났지만, 치패는 조류로의 영향을 받지 않았다. 향후 국내 갯벌과의 비교 분석을 통해 서식지 분포 확률도의 정확도를 높이고, Meretrix lyrata를 비롯한 여러 대형저서동물의 서식환경에 대한 분석을 통해, 기후변화 등으로 인한 갯벌 생태의 변화에 대해 예측할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.29-42
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• 2023

As the destruction of habitats due to recent development continues, there is also increasing interest in endangered species. Mankyua chejuense is a vulnerable species that is sensitive to changes in population and habitat, and it has recently been upgraded from Endangered Species II to Endangered Species I, requiring significant management efforts. So in this study, we analyzed the potential habitats of Mankyua chejuense using MaxEnt(Maximum Entropy) modeling. We developed three models: one that considered only environmental characteristics, one that considered artificial factors, and one that reflected the habitat of dominant tree species in the overstory. Based on previous studies, we incorporated environmental and human influence factors for the habitats of Mankyua chejuense into spatial information, and we also used the habitat distribution models of dominant tree species, including Ulmus parvifolia, Maclura tricuspidata, and Ligustrum obtusifolium, that have been previously identified as major overstory species of Mankyua chejuense. Our analysis revealed that rock exposure, elevation, slope, forest type, building density, and soil type were the main factors determining the potential habitat of Mankyua chejuense. Differences among the three models were observed in the edges of the habitats due to human influence factors, and results varied depending on the similarity of the habitats of Mankyua chejuense and the dominant tree species in the overstory. The potential habitats of Mankyua chejuense presented in this study include areas where the species could potentially inhabit in addition to existing habitats. Therefore, these results can be used for the conservation and management planning of Mankyua chejuense.