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Determinations of Shorebirds Diets during Spring Migration Stopovers in Korean Rice Fields

봄철 논습지를 이용하는 도요물떼새류의 먹이자원에 관한 연구

  • Nam, Hyung-Kyu (Eco-institute for Oriental Stork, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Kim, Myung-Hyun (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA)
  • 남형규 (한국교원대학교 황새생태연구원) ;
  • 김명현 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원)
  • Received : 2017.10.11
  • Accepted : 2017.10.30
  • Published : 2017.12.31
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Abstract

Rice fields are important stopover sites for the conservation of shorebirds during long-distance migration. These fields serve as food sources providing energy for the next leg of the journey. Shorebirds are able to change their preferred food source at stopover sites. However, the type and distribution of food resources remain unknown for the shorebirds in the Republic of Korea. Therefore, we studied the type and distribution pattern of food resource (macroinvertebrates, remaining rice, and other seeds) for shorebirds in the rice fields. We have identified potential and actual food sources for shorebirds in the rice fields. The potential food sources were collected by using a core-sampling method and the actual food source was ascertained by observational analysis. As a result, a total 19 species of benthic macroinvertebrates in 15 families were recorded as potential food sources. A total of 9 families in 9 orders of benthic macroinvertebrates known to be actual food sources were also recorded during the study period, including loaches, and a tuber of sea club rush. Also, the distribution of the food source depended on soil conditions generated by cultivation such as plowing, harrowing, and the use of pesticides. In the present study, we identified the type and distribution of food sources for shorebirds. This information can be used as essential primary baseline data for conservation of shorebirds using the rice fields of the Republic of Korea.

내륙에 위치한 논 습지는 먼 거리를 이동하는 수조류들에게 풍부한 먹이원을 제공하는 중간기착지로, 도요물떼새류들의 보전에 매우 중요한 역할을 한다. 풍부한 대형저서생물들을 취식하는 도요물떼새류는 중간기착지에 따라 선호하는 먹이원을 쉽게 바꿀 수 있다. 그러므로 중간기착지에서 그들의 실제 먹이원을 확인하기 위해서는 취식지에 서식하는 잠재적 먹이원의 종류와 분포에 대한 정보가 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 한국 중서부지역 논을 중간기착지로 이용하는 도요물떼새류의 먹이원을 확인하기 위해 당진군 석문면 난지도리에 위치한 농경지의 잠재적인 먹이원과 실제 먹이원을 확인하였고, 잠재적인 먹이원의 분포가 다양한 벼 재배활동에 의해 영향을 받는지 알아보았다. 그 결과 잠재적 먹이원은 총 10목 15과 19종의 대형저서생물로 나타났으며, 실제 먹이원은 대형저서생물에서 9목 9과로 나타났고, 미꾸리류나 새섬매자기 괴경도 섭식하는 것이 확인되었다. 또한 먹이원의 분포는 논갈이나 써레질과 같은 경작으로 형성된 토양의 상태와 농약 사용 유무에 의해 달라지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 특히, 먹이원의 종류(대형저서생물, 잔존볍씨, 씨앗)가 가지는 특성에 따라 세부적인 분포가 결정되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 정보들은 추후 논습지를 이용하는 도요물떼새류의 보전 관리에 중요한 기초 자료로 이용될 수 있을 것이다.

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