Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure

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Disturbance of University Campus Ecosystems by Alien Plants

외래식물에 의한 대학 교정 생태계의 교란

  • Kim, Seeun (Department of Arctic Research Center, Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)) ;
  • Lee, Hyohyemi (Department of Eco-safety Research, National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Cha, Hyeon-Cheol (Department of Biological sciences, Dankook University)
  • 김세은 (극지연구소 북극환경자원센터) ;
  • 이효혜미 (국립생태원 위해생물연구부) ;
  • 차현철 (단국대학교 생명과학부)
  • Received : 2015.03.04
  • Accepted : 2015.03.20
  • Published : 2015.03.31
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Abstract

Some of alien plants, which were introduced from foreign countries, have caused problems in Korea. Invasion of these alien plants in the ecosystem threatens the habitat of endemic species, reducing biodiversity, and causing a disturbance in the ecological system. In urbanized areas of campus universities, a diverse range of organisms were found and a comparison between the sites, near roads or housing sites were made because the campuses provided a large biotope. Although the campus had been exposed to interferences like gardening, it was also a place for most organisms to live in an active floating population due to free access. This research investigated the flora of alien plants that appeared in Beakseok University, Sangmyung University, Hoseo University and Dankook University, and relationship between the distribution of alien plants and the campus and green areas and distance from the highway. The total number of plant species and naturalized species found in the four universities was 189 and 43 species. Those of Dankook University were 136 and 35 species, Hoseo 108 and 25 species, Sangmyung 103 and 31 species, and Baekseok 97 and 26 species, respectively. The abundance of natural plants for each respective university tended to be higher as it became closer to the highway. Also, the closer the walking distance to the university, the greater the tendency for the degree of similarity to be higher. As a result, we may conclude that the distribution of alien plants and anthropogenic activities may be closely related.

귀화식물은 외국으로부터 들어와 야생에서 자라는 외래식물로서 대부분 번식력이 뛰어나 우리 생태계에서 서식지를 확대하며 토종식물들을 위협하여 문제가 되고 있다. 본 연구는 유동인구가 많고, 비교적 큰 규모의 생물서식공간을 제공하는 대학교 캠퍼스에 자연 생태계로 유입되어 귀화된 외래종이 얼마나 많이 서식하고, 어떠한 물리적 환경 요인이 귀화식물의 분포에 가장 많은 영향을 미치는지를 밝히기 위하여 연구되었다. 캠퍼스는 천안시 소재의 단국대학교, 백석대학교, 상명대학교, 호서대학교를 대상으로 각 교정에 출현하는 귀화된 외래종 (원예종 제외) 및 고유종을 조사하고, 교지와 녹지 면적, 각 학교 사이의 거리 및 고속도로와 거리를 조사하였다. 발견된 총 식물종과 외래종 수는 각각 189종과 43종이었고, 단국대 136종과 35종, 호서대 108종과 25종, 상명대 103종과 31종, 백석대 97종과 26종이 출현하였다. 각 대학 교정에서 외래종의 풍부도는 고속도로와 가까울수록 높았다. 또한 대학 간의 도보거리가 가까울수록 출현 외래종 식물상의 유사도가 높아지는 경향을 보였다. 이상의 결과로 보아 대학 교정에서 외래종에 의한 생태계 교란이 심화되고 있으며, 특히 인간 활동이 외래종의 분포와 밀접한 연관성을 가짐을 알 수 있었다.

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