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Recovery Process of Forest Edge Formed by Clear-cutting Harvest in Korean Red Pine (Pinus densiflora) Forest in Gangwondo, South Korea

강원도 남부 지역에서 소나무림 벌채 후 형성된 숲 가장자리의 회복 과정

  • Kim, Jun-Soo (Nature and Forest Research Institute) ;
  • Cho, Yong-Chan (Plant Conservation Division, Korea National Aboretum) ;
  • Bae, Kwan-Ho (School of Ecology and Environmental System, Kyungpook National University)
  • 김준수 ((주)자연과숲연구소) ;
  • 조용찬 (국립수목원 산림자원보존과) ;
  • 배관호 (경북대학교 생태환경시스템학부)
  • Received : 2016.10.08
  • Accepted : 2017.01.12
  • Published : 2017.03.31
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Abstract

Forest harvest as large scale artificial disturbance makes edge environment in both clear-cutted and forested habitat. To clarify the development and recovery process of forest edge after disturbances is essential to understand vegetation responses and landscape level consequences such as edge-distance. In Korea, after clear-cutting, edge-related changes of environment and vegetation was not clarified yet. In Korean red pine (Pinus densiflora) forest, by applying space-for-time approach (sites with undisturbed and 1, 3, 10, 16 yr after cutting), the edge-related change of plant abundance and abiotic factors were determined for 20 line-transect (60 m) and 340 ($1m{\times}5m$) quadrats, and clarified depth and duration of the disturbance. Immediately after edge formation, within 15m form the edge, biotic and abiotic factors such as cover, richness, canopy openness, temperature and moisture content exhibited larger changes compared to forest interior. Plant abundance and abiotic variables were stabilized at the level of forest inside within 16 yr and 10 yr after edge creation, respectively. Woody (tree and shrub) species generally was showed larger increment with proximity to edge than did herb or graminoid species. In addition, negative interactions between woody and herbaceous species were detected during the period of forest edge closure. Our results suggested that depth of forest edge formed by clear-cutting of Korean red pine forest was at least from 15 m to 20 m and edge effect were likely sustained more than 16 years. As the first empirical study on edge-distance between two contrast habitats of clear-cutted and adjacent forest in South Korea, the analytical reality on landscape structure and habitat patches can be improved.

산림 벌채 후 형성되는 가장자리 효과의 발생 여부과 회복 과정을 이해하는 것은 생태계 천이와 경관 및 서식지의 공간 영향을 분석하고 이해하는 필수 요소임에도 불구하고, 우리나라에서 관련 주제의 실증 연구는 찾아보기 어렵다. 본 연구는 강원 남부 지역의 소나무림 벌채 후 1, 3, 10, 16년이 경과한 장소에 형성된 벌채지 및 임내 가장자리에서 비생물 및 생물 요인의 변화 양상을 선 (20개) 및 방형구 (340개) 조사법을 병용하여 조사하였다. 벌채 후 초기(3년 이내)는 가장 자리에서 인접 숲 내부 방향으로, 15m 깊이까지 식생 피도, 풍부도, 수관 열림도, 그리고 대기 온도 및 습도가 급격하게 변화하였다. 가장자리 형성 이후, 비생물 요인 및 식물 풍부도의 안정화는 각각 10년 및 16년이 소요되었다. 교목종이 초본식물에 비하여 가장자리 환경에서 더 높은 증가 양상을 나타내었고, 교목종의 높은 증가는 하층식생의 동태에 영향을 주었다. 본 연구 결과를 통해 벌채에 의한 직 간접적인 서식지 변화는 최소 인접 산림의 15 m에서 20 m까지, 그리고 16년 수준까지 지속적으로 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구 결과는 경관 및 서식지 패치 평가에 필수적인 가장자리 효과의 깊이에 대한 첫 국내 첫 실증 연구자료로 친환경벌채 기준제시 등 활용성이 높다.

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