Differences in Breeding Bird Communities Between Deciduous Forests of Gwangneung and Mt. Namsan Areas

  • Rhim, Shin-Jae (Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Kim, Min-Jin (Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Lee, Ju-Young (Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Kang, Jeong-Hoon (Natural Heritage Research Division, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
  • Received : 2007.07.23
  • Accepted : 2007.10.01
  • Published : 2007.10.31

Abstract

This study was conducted to clarify the differences in breeding bird communities between deciduous forests of Gwangneung and Mt. Namsan areas from April to August 2006. Two 10ha area were selected for territory mapping of breeding bird community in both study area. The DBH distribution of trees and average foliage profiles were significantly different between study areas. Also, breeding bird communities were different. Number of breeding species and pairs, breeding density, and bird species diversity were higher in Gwangneung area than in Mt. Namsan area. When examining relationship between forest habitat structure and bird community, Number of bird species and breeding pairs belonged to hole and canopy guild were increase as the increase of coverstory coverage and number of large trees. Therefore, it is necessary to make vertical structure more various to plant bushes, and to make DBH distribution more diverse for enhancing bird species diversity in the degraded ecosystem.

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