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Assessment of Site Environmental Factors on the Structure of Forest Vegetation in Naejang-san National Park Using Canonical Correlation Analysis

정준상관분석을 통한 내장산국립공원 산림식생구조의 입지환경 평가

  • Received : 2013.12.14
  • Accepted : 2013.12.21
  • Published : 2013.12.31

Abstract

This study examines locational environment factors that may affect the vegetation structure in the forests of Naejang National Park. To that end, we selected LAI (Leaf Area Index), diameter at breast height, and tree height as structural variables as well as altitude above sea level, gradient, slope direction, soil moisture, topographic location, and amount of solar radiation as locational environment factors, using the method of canonical correlation analysis in order to find out correlation between them. As to the simple correlation between the locational environment factors and structural variables, the correlation coefficient was relatively low (0.6). The values of LAI, measured along the ridge with higher altitudes, decreased as the soil moisture and solar radiation increased. However, LAI increased as the gradient increased and the slope direction faced the north (farther from the east). In respect of the diameter at breast height, the diameter decreased as the altitude and gradient increased. But the diameter increased as the moisture and solar radiation increased. The tree height decreased as the moisture increased and the site was closer to the ridge. These various correlations show a variety of locational environment factors in the national park, implying that the structural variables are affected by complex locational environment factors. This study conducted a canonical correlation analysis on locational environment factors which may affect the vegetation structure, and the result showed that LAI increased and tree height & diameter at breast height decreased as the solar radiation & moisture decreased and altitude increased. Although more factors that may affect vegetation structure (e.g. climate) should be taken into account, this study is significant in that the vegetation structure, which can adapt to more unfavorable conditions in terms of solar radiation, moisture, and higher altitudes, could be inferred in a statistical way. The results of this study, especially the locational environment factors based on DEM, can be used for assessing diversity of vegetation structure in a forest and for monitoring the structure in a national park on a regular basis so as to establish more effective maintenance plans of a park.

본 연구에서는 내장산국립공원의 산림지역을 대상으로 하여 식생의 구조에 영향을 미치는 입지환경 요소를 평가하고자 한다. 이를 위해서 식생의 구조변수로 엽면적지수(Leaf Area Index, LAI), 흉고직경, 수고로 하고 이에 영향을 주는 입지환경요소로 해발고도, 지형경사, 사면방향, 토양 수분조건, 지형적 위치, 그리고 일사량으로 하여 상호 관계성을 분석하기 위해 정준상관분석 방법을 적용하였다. 입지환경 특성과 식생구조 특성의 단순 상관관계를 살펴보면 전체적으로 상관계수가 0.6 미만으로 낮게 나타나고 상관성 방향을 보면 주로 고도가 높은 능선지역에 수분이 많고 태양복사량이 많을수록 LAI값이 낮아지는 것으로 나타났고 이와 달리 경사가 급하고 동쪽사면에서 북쪽사면으로 갈수록 LAI값은 높아지는 경향을 보였다. 흉고직경은 고도가 높고 경사가 급할수록 작아지는 경향이 나타나고 수분함유량과 태양복사에너지량이 많을수록 흉고직경은 커지는 것으로 나타났다. 수고는 수분이 많고 능선지역에 가까울수록 낮아지는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 다양한 상관성은 국립공원의 다양한 입지환경 특성이 반영된 결과로 판단되고 식생구조변수는 단일요소가 아닌 복합적인 입지환경 요소에 영향을 받는다는 것을 간접적으로 판단할 수 있는 기준이 될 수 있다. 식생구조에 입지환경요소의 복합적인 영향을 정준상관분석 방법을 수행한 결과 식생구조에 미치는 입지환경의 영향은 일사량이 적고 수분이 적은 고도가 높을수록 흉고직경 및 수고는 작아지고 LAI 커지는 관계성이 나타났다. 비록 산림 식생구조에 미치는 기후를 포함한 다양한 요인에 대한 고려가 필요하지만 산림지역에서 일사량 및 수분조건이 열악한 고지대의 환경에서 적응할 수 있는 식생구조 특성을 통계적으로 유추해 보는데 의미가 있다고 판단된다. 본 연구에서 유도된 결과는 DEM기반의 입지환경 요소는 산림 식생 구조의 다양성을 평가하는 데 유용한 방법으로 적용될 수 있고, 국립공원에서 산림식생구조를 주기적으로 관찰하고 효과적인 공원관리대책을 수립하는데 기초자료로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

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