• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제86권1호
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• pp.69-79
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• 1997

유목(流木) 대책(對策)에 필요한 기초 자료를 얻기 위해 산지급류소하천(山地急流小河川)에 있어서 유목(流木)의 발생, 이동 및 체류(滯留)에 영향을 미치는 하상미지형(河床微地形)의 특성과 유목(流木)의 본수, 크기, 형태, 부후도(腐朽度), 체류(滯留) 방향(方向) 및 종류 등의 유목(流木) 특성(特性)을 파악하였다. 1. 유목(流木)의 체류(滯留) 본수(本數)는 하폭(河幅)에 비례하여 증가하는 경향이 나타났으나 하천의 종단 물매에는 크게 영향을 받지 않았다. 특히 확폭부(擴幅部)에서도 복수(複數) 유로(流路)가 발달된 구간을 중심으로 다량의 유목(流木)이 체류(滯留)하고 있었으며, 현유로(現流路)보다는 하상퇴적지(河床堆積地)에 주로 체류(滯留)하고 있었다. 2. 조사 대상인 직경 10cm 이상, 길이 2m 이상의 유목(流木)은 총 402개로 100m당 체류(滯留) 본수(本數)는 35.3개였다. 또한 유목(流木)의 평균 길이와 흉고직경은 각각 4.0m, 14.0cm였으며, 구간별 유목(流木)의 크기는 하류로 갈수록 길이가 짧아지고 직경이 커지는 경향이 나타났다. 3. 유목(流木)이 이동할 때에는 토석류(土石流)나 조도(粗度)가 큰 하상(河床) 재료(材料)와 접촉되기 때문에 하류(下流) 구간(區間)과 일부 상류(上流) 구간(區間)에서 뿌리가 없는 유목(流木)이 다수 발견되었으며, 상류(上流) 구간(區間)에서도 유목(流木)의 원형이 크게 손상된 경우가 많았다. 또한 유목(流木)의 부후도(腐朽度)는 하류로 갈수록 심했으며, 하류의 일부 구간에는 부후(腐朽)가 상당히 진행된 유목(流木)이 발견되어 이전에도 유목(流木)이 체류(滯留)하고 있었던 것이 확인되었다. 4. 유목(流木)의 체류(滯留) 방향(方向)은 유심(流心)에 평행하여 체류(滯留)하는 경우와 직각으로 체류(滯留)하는 경우가 각각 276 : 126으로 유심(流心)에 평행하여 체류(滯留)하는 경우가 많았다. 그러나 일부 구간에는 유심(流心)에 직각 방향으로 체류(滯留)하는 유목(流木)이 다수 분포하여 유목(流木) 자체가 불안정할 뿐 아니라 이동(移動) 토사(土砂)가 체류(滯留)되기 쉬우므로 이에 대한 대비책이 마련되어야 할 것이다. 5. 유목(流木)의 종류는 침엽수인 일본잎갈나무가 전체 유목(流木)중 약 2/3에 해당하는 256본을 차지하고 있었다. 그러나 일본잎갈나무의 경우 지상부에 비해 지하부가 빈약하기 때문에 하상(河床) 재료(材料)의 작은 충격이나 소규모의 하상변동(河床變動)에 의해서도 유출되기 쉬우므로 하안림(河岸林)의 수종으로 선택할 경우에는 신중을 기해야 할 것이다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.251-258
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• 1997

Few attempts have been made to discover the ecological function of coarse woody debris (CWD) despite its importance to small mammal population. Twenty-five pitfall traps and a hundred live traps were placed in three sites with high amounts of CWD and three sites with low amounts of CWD. Eleven species were caught, and Peromyscus maniculatus was the most abundant (45.6%, n=605). Among 11 speices, abundance of Tamias townsendii and Clethronomys gapperi were higher in sites with high amounts of CWD than in sites with low amounts of CWD. Home range size was larger in breeding season than in non-breeding season indicating mating search. Resident time of Peromyscus maniculatus was longer in sites with high amounts of CWD implying better stability in population. The increasing amount of coarse woody debris (CWD) enhanced the habitat use by small mammals, and animals in high amounts of CWD were more abundant and stable in population fluctuation. This study, therefore, concludes that CWD is a critical habitat element for small mammals in forest ecosystem.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.189-194
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• 2012

Coarse woody debris (CWD) is generally considered dead woody material in various stages of forest decomposition and has been hypothesized to be an important habitat feature for mammals in forests of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Sherman and pitfall trapping were conducted for 2 years on three paired sites with low and high amounts of CWD. Deer mice was the dominant species with a total capture of 605 (45.6%). Four species of insectivores were captured, including Sorex moncicolus, S. trowbridgii, S. vagrans, and Neurotrichus gibbsii. A Poisson regression model was used to test whether 11 CWD variables could predict insectivore captures. The volume of logs and mean decay were important variables for deer mice use of CWD. Mean distance from pieces of CWD to the capture point was significantly related to the total number of captures of trowbridge shrew (Sorex trowbridgii) and all insectivore species. Vagrant shrews (Sorex vagrans) were significantly associated with log volume. Retaining large size CWD should be part of a management plan for ground-dwelling insectivores in forests to secure their biodiversity.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.347-355
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• 2011

Effects of forest thinning on community level properties have not been understood yet in Korea. We investigated regeneration patterns and trajectories after a disturbance by applying a chronosequence approach. Light availability, litter and woody debris cover, and species composition were determined for twenty 50 m line-transect samples representing a disturbance duration gradient (within 11 years). Environmental factors such as light availability and coverage of woody debris and litter changed abruptly after thinning and then returned to the pre-disturbance state. Although species richness was gained at shrub and ground layer in a limited way in both forests, cover of various functional types revealed diversity in their responses. Notably, Alnus firma stands exhibited a larger increment of cover in woody plants. Ordination analysis revealed different regeneration trajectories between natural and planted stands. Based on ordination analysis, rehabilitated stands showed movement to alternative states compared with natural ones, reflecting lower resilience to perturbation (i.e., lower stability). Our results suggest that community resilience to artificial thinning depends on properties of the dominant species. But to get more explanatory ecological information, longer-term static observations are required.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1996년도 한국생물과학협회 국제학술대회
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• pp.114.1-114
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• 1996

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• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.115-120
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• 2004

Coarse woody debris (CWD, $\ge$ 5 cm in maximum diameter) is an important functional component, especially to nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. To compare mass and nutrient dynamics of CWD in natural oak forests, a two-year study was conducted at Quercus serrata and Q. variabilis stands in Yangpyeong, Kyonggi Province. Total CWD (snag, stump, log and large branch) and annual decomposition mass (Mg/ha) were 1.9 and 0.4 for the Q. serrata stand and 7.5 and 0.5 for the Q. variabilis stand, respectively. Snags covered 72% of total CWD mass for the Q. variabilis stand and 42% for the Q. serrata stand. Most of CWD was classified into decay class 1 for both stands. CWD N and P concentrations for the Q. variabilis stand significantly increased along decay class and sampling time, except for P concentration in 2002. There were no differences in CWD N concentration for the Q. serrata stand along decay class and sampling time. However, CWD P concentration decreased along sampling time. CWD N and P contents (kg/ha) ranged from 3.5∼4.7 and 0.8∼1.3 for the Q. serrata stand to 22.8∼23.6 and 3.7∼4.7 for the Q. variabilis stand. Nitrogen and P inputs (kg/ha/yr) into mineral soil through the CWD decomposition were 0.7 and 0.3 for the Q. serrata stand and 1.6 and 0.3 for the Q. variabilis stand, respectively. The number of CWD and decay rate were main factors influencing the difference in CWD mass and nutrient dynamics between both stands.

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2015

This study presents an estimate of on-site surface fuel loadings composed of coarse woody debris (CWD) using $5^{th}$ National Forest Inventory (NFI) data in South Korea. We classified CWD data into forest type, region and decay class, and used conversion factors by decay class and tonne of oil equivalent developed in the country. In 2010, the total wildfire fuel load of CWD was estimated as 8.9 million TOE; those of coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests were 3.5 million TOE, 2.8 million TOE and 2.6 million TOE, respectively. Gangwon Province had the highest wildfire fuel load of CWD (2.3 million TOE), whereas Seoul exhibited the lowest wildfire fuel load of CWD (0.02 million TOE). Wildfire fuel loads of CWD were estimated as 2.9 million TOE, 1.9 million TOE, 2.4 million TOE and 1.7 million TOE for decay classes I, II, III and IV, respectively. The total wildfire fuel load of CWD corresponded to the calorific value of 8.2 million tons crude oil, 2.46% of that of living trees. Proportionate to the growing stock, total wildfire fuel load of CWD was in a broad distinction by region, while its TOE $ha^{-1}$ was not. This implies that there is no need to establish different guidelines by region for management of CWD. The results of this work provide a baseline study for scientific policy guidelines on preventing wildfires by proposing CWD as wildfire fuel load.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.205-211
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• 2019

The objective of this research was to assess the amount of carbon stock of coarse woody debris (CWD) in Bombo-Lumene Reserve. Data on lying CWD was collected on 35 circular sampling plots using Line Intersect Sampling (LIS) method. A total of 230 samples CWD (${\geq}10cm$ diameter) were inventoried. The mean carbon stocks of CWD was $29.48Mg\;C\;ha^{-1}$, ranging from 4.32 to $73.54Mg\;C\;ha^{-1}$. The CWD carbon stocks displayed a wide range of variation in decay states. The allocation of CWD among the decay class of all the CWD samples reveals that the most important classes were class 1 and class 3 with 323.66 and $321.96Mg\;C\;ha^{-1}$, followed by class 4 with 264.56 and the last one was class 2 with $121.72Mg\;C\;ha^{-1}$. The results suggested that the dead wood component is important in carbon sequestration and should be taken into consideration for quantification of carbon stocks not only in Bombo-Lumene Reserve, but in all forest ecosystems in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.441-449
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• 1995

The abundance of coarse woody debris (CWD) has been hypothesized to increase niche for forest dwelling insectivores, concentration of nutrients, and the diversity of invertebrates. However, no abjective assessment based on replication in the field has yet been done. this study was carried out to test the relationships between invertebrate availability and the abundance of four insectivores (Sorex trowbridgii, S. vagrans, S. monticolus and Neurotrichus gibbsii) in western Washington, USA. Pitfall traps were used to determine abundance and diversity of invertebrates. Abundance of insectivores was not different between habitats except for S. vagrans which was more abundant in habitats with low amounts of CWD than in habitats with high amounts of CWD. Simpson’s diversity index computed for invertebrates did not differ between habitats. There were no significant relationships between the diversity indices of invertebrates and the abundance of shrews. Shrew abundance and the Coleoperan beetles also did not show any significant relationship. The results suggested insectivores might select a wide range of prey items in addition to surface-active invertebrates.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제105권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2016

흰개미는 전세계적으로 2600여종 이상이 보고되었으며, 집을 형성하고 군체를 이루는 등 각종 생존 전략을 바탕으로 다양한 생태계에서 살아가고 있다. 그런데 근래 흰개미 활동이 육상 생태계의 탄소 순환에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려지면서 이에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 관련 연구 결과를 분석한 결과, 흰개미의 활동은 토양 유기탄소 농도 변화, 메탄 발생 및 유기물 분해 등을 조절하여 탄소 순환에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 흰개미집은 흰개미 생물량이 집중된 지점으로 일반 토양에 비하여 평균 1.8배 많은 유기탄소를 함유하며, 열대 산림 및 사바나 지역에서 연간 $0.0-6.0kg\;ha^{-1}$의 메탄을 방출하는 메탄의 점 발생원이었다. 또한 흰개미의 섭식 활동은 고사목의 부피 대비 표면적의 비율을 증가시켜 고사목 분해를 가속화하였다. 이 중에서도 Rhinotermitidae과 흰개미에 의한 고사목 분해는 온대 산림의 탄소 순환에서 중요한 것으로 보고되고 있다. 그러나 이에 대한 연구는 극히 부족한 실정이므로 온대 산림에서의 흰개미에 의한 고사목 분해 연구가 필요하다. 흰개미에 의한 고사목 분해는 고사목을 결의 수직 방향으로 잘라 만든 단판 시료에 흰개미의 접근을 차단한 후 분해되도록 하고, 처리하지 않은 시료의 분해율과 비교함으로써 연구할 수 있다. 흰개미에 의한 고사목 분해 연구를 통하여 육상 생태계 중 특히 온대 산림에서의 탄소 순환을 보다 명확히 이해할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.