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An Analysis on Landscape Ecological Pattern of the Geumho River Watershed Forest

금호강 유역 산림의 경관생태적 패턴분석

  • Park, Kyung-Hun (Dept. of Environment Engineering, Changwon National University) ;
  • Jung, Sung-Gwan (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-Taek (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Oh, Jeong-Hak (Dev. of Forest Ecology, Korea Forest Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Tae (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2004.06.30
  • Accepted : 2004.08.23
  • Published : 2004.09.30
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Abstract

An artificial disturbance like fragmentation in watershed forest has impacted a sustainability of watershed ecosystem, therefore this research quantified the landscape structure in the Geumho river watershed using landscape indices and GIS. Landscape indices were calculated from the forest distributed maps for 24 subwatersheds. Three common factors, which explained about 85% of the variation in the original data, were extracted by a factor analysis. The fragmentation gradient in forest landscape, which was calculated from the factor scores, was correlated with proportion of urban land (r=0.827, p<0.01, $R^2$=0.685), elevation (r=-0.637, p<0.01) and slope gradient (r=-0.593, p<0.01). The result of the study presented that the methodology and the values of landscape indices to assess the structural patterns of forest landscape for the Geumho river watershed management. Future research will be directed towards the detection of impacts of landscape patterns and their changes on the integrity of watershed environments.

산림의 단편화와 같은 인위적 교란은 유역생태계의 지속성에 영향을 미치기 때문에, 본 연구는 각종 개발사업에 따른 산림의 단편화를 사전에 예방하기 위해서 경관지수와 GIS를 이용하여 금호강 유역에 분포하는 산림구조를 정량화하였다. 소유역 단위의 경관지수값은 인자분석에 의해 전체 분산을 85% 정도 설명하는 3개의 공통인자를 단순화하였다. 산림단편화 정도는 소유역별 인자점수를 토대로 계산하였고, 이는 도시지역 면적률(r=0.827, p<0.01, $R^2$=0.685), 고도(r=-0.637, p<0.01) 그리고 경사도(r=-0.593, p<0.01)와 상호관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이상과 같이 본 연구는 금호강 유역관리를 위한 산림경관의 건전성 빛 구조적 패턴을 평가하기 위한 방법론과 경관지수값을 제시하였다. 향후에는 경관패턴 및 그 변화가 유역환경의 건전성에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위한 연구가 필요할 것이다.

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