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Vegetation Structure at the Slope Direction and Characteristic of Seedlings of Abies koreana in Hallasan Mountain

한라산 구상나무림의 사면별 식생구조와 치수발생 특성

  • Song, Kuk-Man (Warm-temperate and Subtropical Forest Research Center) ;
  • Kang, Young-Je (Warm-temperate and Subtropical Forest Research Center) ;
  • Hyeon, Hwa-Ja (Warm-temperate and Subtropical Forest Research Center)
  • 송국만 (국립산림과학원 난대.아열대산림연구소) ;
  • 강영제 (국립산림과학원 난대.아열대산림연구소) ;
  • 현화자 (국립산림과학원 난대.아열대산림연구소)
  • Received : 2013.03.29
  • Accepted : 2013.06.12
  • Published : 2014.01.31
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Abstract

This study surveyed Abies koreana to identify the correlation between its vegetation structure according to its slope direction and seedling establishment in a bid to build basic research data on the changes and conservation of the A. koreana in Hallasan Mountain. The findings of its vegetation structure revealed that in both areas, Importance value was given to the A. koreana for its tree layer, the Taxus cuspidata for its shrub layer, and the Sasa quelpaertensis for its herb layer. However, in the Youngsil area with the tree layer, high importance was given to deciduous broad-leaved trees such as Prunus maximowiczii, Quercus mongolica, and the young species of the A. koreana in the shrub layer that can maintain the A. koreana forest's greater importance in the Jindallebat than in the Youngsil. Thus, the A. koreana forest in the Jindallebat is believed to lastlonger. The findings of correlation between the quantity of seedlings and their location by area revealed that in each tiny quadrat, the A. koreana seedling averaged 5.3 in the Youngsil and 2.9 in the Jindallebat. Both areas were all found to have a positive correlation in terms of rock exposure ratio and dead tree ratio as well as a negative correlation with regard to the cover degree of S. quelpaertensis, the canopy gap, the total vegetation, and the herb layer. It was found that the cover degree of the herb layer in the Youngsil and the S. quelpaertensis in the Jindallebat had the largest impact on the A. koreana seedlings.

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