Journal of Environmental Science International (한국환경과학회지)

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Noise-reduction Function and its Affecting Factors of Plant Communities

  • Song, Xiu-hua (College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University) ;
  • Wu, Qian-qian (College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University) ;
  • Yu, Dong-ming (Forestry College of Shandong Agricultural University) ;
  • PIAO, Yong-ji (College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University) ;
  • Cho, Tae-Dong (Department of Environmental Landscape Architecture, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
  • Received : 2016.09.13
  • Accepted : 2016.10.04
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

In this study, we investigated the relationship between noise reduction and the community structure of nine groups of typical plant communities as well as the reduction in noise at different frequencies. The semantic differential method was adopted to explore the perception of noise reduction. The results indicated that there was a significantly positive correlation between noise reduction and coverage, a significantly negative correlation between noise reduction and bifurcate height, and a negative correlation between noise reduction and bare rate. However, there was no significant correlation between noise reduction and height, diameter at breast height, or crown width. The reduction of middle-frequency noise was better than that of low- and high-frequency noise. The indicators "quiet" and "calm" showed that plant communities could reduce the noise perceived by humans. However, overly dense woodland caused nervousness, fear, depression, and other negative effects. Relatively open environments and those with large forest gaps obtained the highest evaluation.

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