• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.104-116
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• 2019

Background: The composition of wild bird populations in temperate zones greatly varies depending on phenological changes rather than other environmental factors. Particularly, wild birds appearing in wetlands fluctuate greatly due to the crossover of species arriving for breeding during the summer and for wintering. Therefore, to understand the changes to species composition related to phenology, we conducted this basic analysis of populations to further the cause of the protection of wetland-dependent wild birds. Methods: It is wrong to simply divide a wild bird population investigation into seasons. This study identifies species composition and indicator species that change along with seasons. Wetlands to be surveyed are protected by natural monuments and wetland inventory and are in a state close to nature. In order to identify as many species as possible in wetlands, a survey was conducted in both shallow and deep wetlands. The water depth varied in these areas, ranging from 0.2 to 2.0 m, allowing for both dabbling and diving ducks to inhabit the area. Surveys were conducted using line-transect and distance sampling methods and were conducted at intervals of 2 weeks. The survey was conducted under the following three categories: the eco-tone and emergent zone, the submergent zone, and the water surface. The survey was conducted along a wetland boundary by observing wild birds. A PC-ord program was used for clustering, and the SAS program was used to analyze the changes in species composition. The data strongly indicates that day length is the main factor for seasonal migration periods, despite the fact that climate change and increasing temperatures are often discussed. Results and conclusions: The indicator species for determining seasons include migrant birds such as Ardea cinerea, Alcedo atthis, Anas penelope, and Poiceps ruficollis, as well as resident birds such as Streptopelia orientalis and Emberiza elegans. Importantly, increases in local individual counts of these species may also serve as indicators. The survey results of seasonal fluctuations in temperate zones shows that spring (April to June), summer (July to September), autumn (October), and winter (November to March) are clearly distinguishable, even though spring and summer seasons tend to overlap, leading to the conclusion that additional research could more clearly identify fluctuation patterns in species composition and abundance in the study area.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.46-56
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• 2021

Diatoms have been used in examining water quality and environmental change in freshwater systems. Here, we analyzed molecular profiling of seasonal diatoms in the Han River, Korea, using the hypervariable region of 18S V1-V3 rRNA and pyrosequencing. Physicochemical data, such as temperature, DO, pH, and nutrients showed the typical seasonal pattern in a temperate region. In addition, cell counts and chlorophyll-a, were recorded at high levels in spring compared to other seasons, due to the diatom bloom. Metagenomic analysis showed a seasonal variation in the phytoplankton community composition, with diatoms as the most frequently detected in spring (83.8%) and winter (69.7%). Overall, diatom genera such as Stephanodiscus, Navicula, Cyclotella, and Discostella were the most frequent in the samples. However, a large number of unknown Thalassiosirales diatoms were found in spring (35.5%) and winter (36.3%). Our molecular profiling revealed a high number of diatom taxa compared to morphological observation. This is the first study of diatoms in the Han River using molecular approaches, providing a valuable reference for future study on diatoms-basis environmental molecular monitoring and ecology.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제109권4호
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• pp.361-370
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• 2020

매년 반복되는 식물의 생활사를 장기적으로 관측하는 것은 기후변화 반응을 감지하는데 있어 가장 단순한 방법이며, 중요한 지표로 인식되고 있다. 반복 디지털 이미지를 이용한 식물계절 변화 관찰 방법은 전통적(현장에서 전문가에 의해 관찰) 방법과 위성원격탐사(위성영상의 식생지수를 활용한 위성원격 관찰)의 한계를 보완한 방법이다. 본 연구는 디지털 카메라를 기반으로 한 반복 이미지로부터 식물계절 변화 관측과 계절현상을 정량화하기 위하여 점봉산 산림생태계를 대상으로 하였다. 한반도 전역에 분포하는 신갈나무림(낙엽활엽수림)과 상록침엽수림의 대표 수종인 소나무를 선정하여 식물계절 특성에 따른 경향성을 파악하고자 하였다. RGB 채널 이미지 데이터로부터 식생지수(Gcc)를 산출하였다. Gcc 진폭의 크기는 상록침엽수림이 낙엽활엽수림 보다 작았으며, Gcc의 기울기(봄철 증가와 가을철 감소)는 상록침엽수림이 낙엽활엽수림과 비교하여 완만하였다. 소나무림은 생장의 시작(UD)이 신갈나무림에 보다 빨랐고, 생장의 종료(RD)는 늦은 것으로 나타났다. 식물계절 현상의 정확도 검증은 RMSE가 0.008(ROI1)과 0.006(ROI3)으로 높은 정확도를 보였다. 이러한 결과는 온대북부형 낙엽활엽수림의 Gcc 궤적의 경향성을 잘 반영하였으며, 디지털 카메라를 이용한 반복 이미지 관측 방법이 식물계절 변화 관측에 있어 유용할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.259-272
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• 2022

Background: The Korean Peninsula exhibits a characteristic graded floral distribution, with northern (Manchurian flora) and southern (China-Japan-Korea flora) lineage species coexisting according to climatic and topographical characteristics. However, this distribution has been altered by climate change. To identify ecosystem changes caused by climate change and develop appropriate measures, the current ecological status of the entire Korean Peninsula should first be determined; however, analysis of the current floral distribution in North Korea has been hampered for political reasons. To overcome these limitations, this study constructed a database of floral distributions in both South and North Korea by integrating spatial information from the previously established National Ecological Survey in South Korea and geocoding data from the literature on biological distributions published in North Korea. It was then applied to analyze the current status and distribution characteristics of Manchurian and China-Japan-Korea plant species on the Korean Peninsula. Results: In total, 45,877 cases were included in the Manchurian and China-Japan-Korea floral distribution database. China-Japan-Korea species were densely distributed on Jeju-do and along the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula. The distribution density decreased as the latitude increased, and the distributions reached higher-latitude regions in the coastal areas compared with the inland regions. Manchurian species were distributed throughout North Korea, while they were densely distributed in the refugia formed in the high-elevation mountain regions and the Baekdudaegan in South Korea. In the current distribution of biomes classified according to the Whittaker method, subtropical and endemic species were densely distributed in temperate seasonal forest and woodland/shrubland biomes, whereas boreal species were densely distributed in the boreal forest biome Korean Peninsula, with a characteristic gradation of certain species distributed in the temperate seasonal forest biome. Factor analysis showed that temperature and latitude were the main factors influencing the distribution of flora on the Korean Peninsula. Conclusions: The findings reported herein on the current floral distribution trends across the entire Korean Peninsula will prove valuable got mitigating the ecological disturbances caused by ongoing climate change. Additionally, the gathered flora data will serve as a basis for various follow-up studies on climate change.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.402-412
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• 2022

본 연구는 주요 난대 상록활엽수종인 붉가시나무, 구실잣밤나무, 동백나무, 황칠나무 등 4종 임분과 곰솔림을 대상으로 2019년 5월~2020년 1월까지 각 산림의 임분 특성 및 NVOCs 발산특성을 알아보고자 수행되었다. 분석 결과, 각 조사구의 계절별 기온 및 습도는 여름철에 고온다습하고 겨울철 저온건조한 일반적 우리나라의 기후적 특성을 보였고 기압은 대체적으로 겨울이 높았으며 봄, 여름보다 가을과 겨울의 기압이 높았다. 조사구 5개소의 총 NVOCs는 전체적으로 여름철에 가장 높았으며 봄, 겨울은 황칠나무림, 가을은 구실잣밤나무림, 여름은 붉가시나무림의 NVOCs량이 상대적으로 높은 특성을 보였다. 수종별로 살펴보면, 침엽수종인 곰솔림보다 난대 상록활엽수종인 붉가시나무, 구실잣밤나무, 동백나무, 황칠나무의 NVOCs 발산량이 낮지 않거나 오히려 높은 것을 확인하였다. NVOCs 발산에 기온(r=0.590, P=0.000), 습도(r=0.655, P=0.000)는 양(+)의 상관관계, 기압(r=-0.384, P=0.000)과 풍속(r=-0.263, P=0.018)은 낮은 음(-)의 영향이 있었다. 미기상인자 중 습도(β=0.507, P=0.000)가 NVOC 발산량에 가장 크게 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 기온, 기압, 풍속 순으로 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.20-29
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• 2018

Background: For various reasons such as agricultural and economical purposes, land-use changes are rapidly increasing not only in Korea but also in the world, leading to shifts in the characteristics of local carbon cycle. Therefore, in order to understand the large-scale ecosystem carbon cycle, it is necessary first to understand vegetation on this local scale. As a result, it is essential to comprehend change of the carbon balance attributed by the land-use changes. In this study, we attempt to understand accumulated soil carbon (ASC) and soil respiration (Rs) related to carbon cycle in two ecosystems, artificially turned forest into pastureland from forest and a native deciduous temperate forest, resulted from different land-use in the same area. Results: Rs were shown typical seasonal changes in the alpine pastureland (AP) and temperate deciduous forest (TDF). The annual average Rs was $160.5mg\;CO_2\;m^{-2}h^{-1}$ in the AP, but it was $405.1mg\;CO_2\;m^{-2}h^{-1}$ in the TDF, indicating that the Rs in the AP was lower about 54% than that in the TDF. Also, ASC in the AP was $124.49Mg\;C\;ha^{-1}$ from litter layer to 30-cm soil depth. The ASC was about $88.9Mg\;C\;ha^{-1}$, and it was 71.5% of that of the AP. The temperature factors in the AP was high about $4^{\circ}C$ on average compared to the TDF. In AP, it was observed high amount of sunlight entering near the soil surface which is related to high soil temperature is due to low canopy structure. This tendency is due to the smaller emission of organic carbon that is accumulated in the soil, which means a higher ASC in the AP compared to the TDF. Conclusions: The artificial transformation of natural ecosystems into different ecosystems is proceeding widely in the world as well as Korea. The change in land-use type is caused to make the different characteristics of carbon cycle and storage in same region. For evaluating and predicting the carbon cycle in the vegetation modified by the human activity, it is necessary to understand the carbon cycle and storage characteristics of natural ecosystems and converted ecosystems. In this study, we studied the characteristics of ecosystem carbon cycle using different forms in the same region. The land-use changes from a TDF to AP leads to changes in dominant vegetation. Removal of canopy increased light and temperature conditions and slightly decreased SMC during the growing season. Also, land-use change led to an increase of ASC and decrease of Rs in AP. In terms of ecosystem carbon sequestration, AP showed a greater amount of carbon stored in the soil due to sustained supply of above-ground liters and lower degradation rate (soil respiration) than TDF in the high mountains. This shows that TDF and AP do not have much difference in terms of storage and circulation of carbon because the amount of carbon in the forest biomass is stored in the soil in the AP.

• Plant Resources
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.217-224
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• 2005

We tested the hypothesis that alpine plants have special physiological and biochemical mechanisms in addition to their structural adaptation in order to survive under extreme conditions. The photosynthetic organs of Pinus pumila were used to examine the seasonal changes in sugar concentration, antioxidative enzyme, and lipid peroxidation. The concentrations of sucrose, glucose, fructose and reducing sugar were the highest in the leaves in April. But sugar contents in buds and inner barks did not respond sensitively on temperature change. Meanwhile superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity responded sensitively on the change of temperature and SOD in all tissues maintained high activity in April. Meanwhile anthocyanin content increased rapidly in June but the increase of anthocyanin content was not enough to prevent their tissues from the damage by the exposure of high temperature or other stress. In conclusion, under low temperature condition, P. pumila increased the concentration of soluble sugars and SOD activity in their tissues in order to overcome extreme environmental condition. But in summer, these stress defense system against high temperature might be disturbed slightly. This results in the increase of malondialdehyde (MDA) contents in three tissues by lipid peroxidation.

• 생태와환경
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2014

본 연구는 온대활엽수림에서 초식곤충의 먹이 활동이 계절 및 고도에 따라 어떻게 변하는 가를 알아보기 위하여 수행되었다. 조사는 지난 3년간(2011~2013) 지리산국립공원의 고도가 다른 세 지역(피아골, 시암재, 노고단)에서 이루어졌다. 조사방법은 각 지역에 서식하는 수종(3종)을 선정하여 4월부터 6월까지 1~2주마다 초식곤충의 식흔 활동을 식흔지수를 이용하여 관찰하였다. 조사 결과 고도가 가장 낮은 피아골(${\approx}300m$)에서 가장 먼저 식흔이 나타났고, 중간고도인 시암재(${\approx}900m$)에서는 가장 많은 식흔이 조사되었다. 고도가 가장 높은 노고단(${\approx}1300m$)에서는 식흔이 가장 늦게 나타났지만 짧은 시간에 급속히 식흔의 총량이 증가하였다. 또한 기존에 발표된 연구를 토대로 한 결과 초식곤충의 활동시기는 조류(곤줄박이)의 첫 산란일과 거의 비슷한 것으로 나타나 식물-곤충-2차 소비자(조류)와 밀접한 관련을 보여준다. 기후 환경이 변함에 따라 초식곤충 활동의 기간이 바뀌게 될 것이며 이러한 먹이사슬의 변동을 감시할 수 있는 지속적인 장기 생태 모니터링이 필요하다.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.267-275
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• 2001

본 연구는 수원시 중심부에 위치한 팔달산의 조류 군집을 파악하고 적절한 관리 방안을 마련하기 위하여 선조사법에 의해 1992년 3월부터 1993년 2월까지 매달 1회. 1998년 10월부터 1999년 8월가지 계절별로 1회에 걸쳐 실시되었다 1992년에 27종의 조류가 기록되었으며 텃새 74종, 여름철새 8종. 겨울철새 4종 그리고 나그네새 1종이었다. 종 수와 개체수는 5월과 10월에 각각 최대를 나타냈다. 1999년에 21종의 조류가 기록되었으며 텃새 16종, 여름철새 2종. 겨울철새 2종 등 그리고 나그네새 1종이었다. 1992년에 조류 종 수 및 밀도의 계절적 변화는 온대 낙엽활엽수림의 전형적인 패턴을 나타냈으나, 1999년의 계절적 변화는 다른 패턴을 나타냈다. 1999년에 텃새의 비율은 1992년의 동일한 시기의 수치보다 높았고, 여름철새의 비율은 낮았다. 1983년 이후 팔달산 번식기 조류 군집의 길드 분석에서 관목층을 둥지자원으로 이용하는 관목층 영소 및 채이 길드의 조류는 종 수 및 개체수의 감소를 나타냈고. 여름철새의 종 수 및 개체수도 감소하는 경향을 나타냈다. 그러므로 관목층 영소 및 태이 길드에 속하는 조류와 여름철새의 서식을 위하여 하층식생의 보호가 필요하며, 수원시에 위치한 도시림인 광교산, 칠보산. 여기산, 숙지산, 팔달산으로 이어지는 녹지 네트워크가 구축되어야 할 것이다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.159-168
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• 1993

The seasonal changes of symbiotic nitrogen-fixation activity and environmental factors of autumn olive plant (Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.), which is an important constituent species of temperate vegetation and a non-leguminous root nodule plant interacting with Frankia sp., were quantitatively analyzed inthe natural vegetations during hegrowing period. The acetylene redution April and showed two peaks of 133 and $145{\mu}M\;C_2H_4\;{\cdot}\;gfw^{-1}\;{\cdot}\;hr^{-1}$ in early June and mid September. The nitrogenase activity decreased to 10~30% during hot dry summer frommid June to the end of August, and disappeared during the dormant period of winter. The optimum rhizoshere. diurnal change showed the maximum activity in the mid-day and the minimum in the mid-night. The average contents of total nitrogen in each organ changed in the ranges of 42.5~40.1, 40.2~36.3, 30.3~28.6 and 18.4~16.2mgN $gdw^{-1}$ for nodule, leaf, root, and stem, respectively. The soil conditions of rhizosphere were weak acidic, ad seasonal variations of $NO_3^--N,\;NH_4^+-N,\;PO_4^{3-}-P$ and water contents were in the ranges of 48.3~79.5ppm,5.1~13.9ppm, 4.4~$9.9{\mu}M$ and 14.5~39.4%, respectively.