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Risk Assessment of Pine Tree Dieback in Sogwang-Ri, Uljin

울진 소광리 금강소나무 고사발생 특성 분석 및 위험지역 평가

  • Kim, Eun-Sook (Division of Forest Ecology and Climate Change, National Institute of Forest Science) ;
  • Lee, Bora (Division of Forest Ecology and Climate Change, National Institute of Forest Science) ;
  • Kim, Jaebeom (Research Institute for Gangwon) ;
  • Cho, Nanghyun (Department of Environmental Science, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lim, Jong-Hwan (Division of Forest Ecology and Climate Change, National Institute of Forest Science)
  • 김은숙 (국립산림과학원 기후변화생태연구과) ;
  • 이보라 (국립산림과학원 기후변화생태연구과) ;
  • 김재범 (강원연구원) ;
  • 조낭현 (강원대학교 환경학과) ;
  • 임종환 (국립산림과학원 기후변화생태연구과)
  • Received : 2020.04.16
  • Accepted : 2020.07.06
  • Published : 2020.09.30
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Abstract

Extreme weather events, such as heat and drought, have occurred frequently over the past two decades. This has led to continuous reports of cases of forest damage due to physiological stress, not pest damage. In 2014, pine trees were collectively damaged in the forest genetic resources reserve of Sogwang-ri, Uljin, South Korea. An investigation was launched to determine the causes of the dieback, so that a forest management plan could be prepared to deal with the current dieback, and to prevent future damage. This study aimedto 1) understand the topographic and structural characteristics of the area which experienced pine tree dieback, 2) identify the main causes of the dieback, and 3) predict future risk areas through the use of machine-learning techniques. A model for identifying risk areas was developed using 14 explanatory variables, including location, elevation, slope, and age class. When three machine-learning techniques-Decision Tree, Random Forest (RF), and Support Vector Machine (SVM) were applied to the model, RF and SVM showed higher predictability scores, with accuracies over 93%. Our analysis of the variable set showed that the topographical areas most vulnerable to pine dieback were those with high altitudes, high daily solar radiation, and limited water availability. We also found that, when it came to forest stand characteristics, pine trees with high vertical stand densities (5-15 m high) and higher age classes experienced a higher risk of dieback. The RF and SVM models predicted that 9.5% or 115 ha of the Geumgang Pine Forest are at high risk for pine dieback. Our study suggests the need for further investigation into the vulnerable areas of the Geumgang Pine Forest, and also for climate change adaptive forest management steps to protect those areas which remain undamaged.

최근 20년 동안 고온, 건조 등 이상기상 현상이 빈발해지면서 병해충으로 인한 피해가 아닌 생리적 스트레스로 인한 소나무 피해 사례가 지속적으로 보고되고 있다. 2014년도에는 울진 소광리 산림유전자원보호구역 내에 금강소나무(Pinus densiflora for. erecta Uyeki)의 집단고사가 발견되어 이에 대한 원인 구명과 산림관리방안 마련이 요구되었다. 이에 본 연구는 2008~2015년 항공사진에서 발견된 울진 소광리 금강소나무 고사 피해 발생 지역의 지형 및 임분 특성을 파악하여 고사 발생의 영향 요인을 도출하고 이를 기반으로 전체 지역의 고사피해 발생 위험지역을 예측하는 것을 목표로 하였다. 소나무 고사발생 지점 정보와 해발고도, 경사 등의 지형정보, 영급, 경급 등의 임분 정보 등 총 14개의 설명변수를 이용하여 고사발생 예측모델을 구축하였다. 모형 개발에는 Decision Tree, Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM) 등 기계학습 기법을 적용하였으며, RF와 SVM가 정확도 93% 이상으로 좋은 성능을 보였다. 소나무 고사와 관련된 주요 변수 분석 결과, 소나무 고사의 지형적인 취약지역은 해발고도가 높은 동시에 일사량이 높으며 수분 조건이 불리한 지역이었으며, 임분 특성 중에서는 특히 5~15m 높이의 수직적 임분밀도가 높은 소나무림, 그리고 영급이 높은 소나무림에서 고사 위험성이 높다고 평가되었다. RF와 SVM 모형 예측에 따라, 소나무 고사위험도가 높은 지역의 면적은 연구대상지 전체 소나무림 면적의 약 9.5%, 115ha로 평가되었다. 본 연구의 고사위험도 평가 결과는 금강소나무 취약지역의 현황을 조사하고 아직 피해가 발생하지 않은 취약지역에 대한 적극적인 기후변화 적응 산림관리를 수행하기 위한 기반자료로 활용될 수 있다.

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