• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.205-210
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• 2011

This study aims to assess MEE(management effectiveness evaluations) on PAs(protected areas) for forest genetic resources which play an important role in biodiversity conservation, and then to suggest better ways to manage PAs for forest genetic resources. This study applies same indicators of the MEE on PAs as the ones described in the prior study(Ryu et al. 2011). The indicators applied are composed of five elements, thirty-two indicators which all would be grouped into one element by each traits. Overall indicators belonging to the element of output and outcome are comparatively low. Especially the ones related to the change of biodiversity, degree of ecosystem health, variation of civil complaint and visitor satisfaction are ranked mostly low. The element of input shows the low rank on the number of staff and budget. The score of indicators related to the identification of the threats of PAs and local communities' supports turn out to be low in the element of Context. The element of process, however, has scored low on Staff management, Education/Awareness programs and Governance, while the law enforcement, management regulation and capacity to prevent forest disasters have made relatively high score. Meanwhile, all indicators in the element of planning have scored relatively high as compared to the indicators belonged to other elements. This study suggests to strengthen a few constructive proposals, such as facilitating efficient management framework for PAs, developing local community cooperation program, establishing survey, research and monitoring system, and registering PAs to the WDPA(World Database on Protected Areas) according to the IUCN categories.

• Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.331-356
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• 2018

We investigated the flora of Jogyesan Mt. and discussed important vascular plants found on this mountain. In total, 16 separate field trips (20 days overall) were completed from 2013 to 2017. There are 577 taxa on Mt. Jogyesan, consisting of 115 families, 333 genera, 520 species, 8 subspecies, 45 varieties, and 4 forms. Eighteen endemic plants of Korea were found on Jogyesan Mt., including Carex okamotoi Ohwi, Coreanomecon hylomeconoides Nakai, and Stewartia koreana Nakai ex Rehder. There are 80 taxa of floristic regional indicator plants in total, including level V such as Adenophora palustris Kom. and level IV such as Dryopteris championii (Benth.) C. Chr. ex Ching, Gastrodia elata Blume, Lindera sericea (Siebold & Zucc.) Blume and Corylopsis glabrescens var. gotoana (Makino) T. Yamanaka. There also are 24 taxa of naturalized plants, including Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.201-211
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• 2017

This study was conducted to investigate the vascular plants which can be an indicator of environmental change in Seseok of Jirisan National Park. The purpose of this study was to find out the basic information for the subalpine species. This study showed that the area had a total 295 taxa including 63 families, 177 genus, 252 species, 2 subspecies, 36 variants 5 forms and Pte-Q was 1.7. Among them, Korea endemic plants were 15 taxa such as Abies koreana. Rare plants were 14 taxa such as Viola diamantiaca. Naturalized plants consisted of 5 taxa such as Rumex crispus. The floristic regional indicator plants found in surveyed area were 72 taxa comprising 3 taxa of grade V, 7 taxa of grade IV and 24 taxa of grade III. In summary, The subalpine plants of the survey region consisted of 37 taxa including Abies koreana and Gymnadenia cucullata. As rare plants distributed in subalpine zone respond sensitively to climate change, accuracy distribution range, environmental characteristics of habitat and population dynamics of rare plants should be evaluated quantitatively.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.293-302
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• 2018

This study was carried out to provide basic information on efficient preservation and management of an Abies koreana forest through analyzing the ecological characteristics by slope in Seseok, Mt. Jirisan. Soil moisture content at southern and northern slopes was 29.9% and 21.7%, respectively, and there was no significant difference among soil properties between southern and northern slopes. The importance value of A. koreana in the southern and northern slopes was high for tree and subtree layers, respectively. It is noteworthy that many seedling and saplings of A. koreana were present on the southern slope. The species diversity was 0.413 for the tree layer, 0.632 for the subtree layer, and 0.609 for the shrub layer on the southern slope and 0.396 for the tree layer, 0.783 for the subtree layer, and 1.215 for the shrub layer on the northern slope. Evenness and dominance ranged from 0.371 to 0.609 and 0.629 to 0.391 on the southern slope and from 0.380 to 0.968 and 0.620 to 0.032 on the northern slope, respectively. The mortality of A. koreana was 9.6% on the southern slope and 24.4% on the northern slope, a distinct difference between the slopes. The mortality type at two slopes was the highest proportion of standing dead. Annual mean tree ring growth of A. koreana on the southern slope (1.76 mm/yr) was higher than that on the northern slope (1.64 mm/yr).

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2019.04a
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• pp.65-65
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• 2019

비무장지대(DMZ)는 군사적 활동 외에 일반인에 의한 접근이 엄격히 통제되어 자연적으로 생물들이 보호되어 왔으며, 한반도의 거대한 동 서 생태축으로서 그 중요성이 매우 높다. 본 연구는 경기도 연천군지역의 비무장지대 및 민통선지역에 분포하는 자원식물의 현황을 파악하고 희귀식물, 한국특산식물 등 주요 유용자원식물의 보전과 관리에 기초자료를 제공하고자 실시하였다. 연구대상지에 분포하는 자원식물은 74과 168속 192종 4아종 26변종 5품종으로 총 227분류군으로 우리나라에 분포하는 관속식물 4,881(국립수목원, 2007)분류군의 4.66%로 나타났다. 각 과별 구성종의 출현비율을 살펴보면 국화과 36분류군으로 가장 다양하게 출현하였다. 연구대상지내에 분포하는 희귀식물은 쥐방울덩굴(Aristolochia contorta Bunge)로 1분류군이 확인되었으며, 한국특산식물은 키버들(Salix koriyanagi Kimura), 병꽃나무(Weigela subsessilis (Nakai) L.H.Bailey), 은사시나무(Populus tomentiglandulosa T. B. Lee)로 3분류군, 귀화식물은 단풍잎돼지풀(Ambrosia trifida L.), 족제비싸리(Amorpha fruticosa L.), 아까시나무(Robinia pseudoacacia L.) 등 등 17분류군으로 나타났다. 연구결과 전체적으로 다양한 식물종이 확인되지는 않았으며, 일부 구간에는 가시박(Sicyos angulatus L.), 돼지풀(Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.), 단풍잎돼지풀(Ambrosia trifida L.) 등 생태계교란 야생식물이 폭넓게 분포하고 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.110 no.1
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• pp.72-81
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• 2021

We developed smartphone application and web application server to acquire and effectively manage tree measurement information. Smartphone applications can measure tree height, diameter at breast height (DBH), azimuth, altitude, slope, and positional coordinates using augmented reality (Google AR core) and motion sensors. The web application server effectively manages and stores measurement information. To evaluate the accuracy of information acquired using a smartphone, 90 Korean pine trees (Pinus koraiensis) were randomly selected from a natural mixed forest, with a total of 90 representative trees randomly collected from a natural mixed forest. Then, height and DBH were measured using a Haglof Vertex Laser Hypsometer and caliper. Comparisons of the results indicated significant results at the 95% level and a very high average correlation of 0.972 for both tree height and DBH. In terms of DBH, the average errors were 0.6745 cm and 1.0139 cm for artificial coniferous and natural mixed forests, respectively.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.338-343
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• 2022

The Air Radio Station plays a role in creating skyways for aircraft and helping them fly safely through aviation mobile communication facilities (U/VHF transceivers) and various navigation safety facilities. It is necessary to remove large trees and weeds around the aircraft because accurate and safe signals must be provided without interruption. During the mowing work for the efficient management of landscaping facilities, there have been cases in which noise is introduced by Lawn Mower, which hinders control work. Accordingly, in order to analyze how mower affects air mobile communication facilities, the interference effect on air mobile communication facilities was analyzed for four types of mower, two-stroke, and battery type. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the two-stroke mower greatly affects air mobile communication facilities.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.2-2
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• 2021

최근들어 하천내 식생이 차지하는 비율이 크게 증가하고 있으며, 이러한 현상은 하천의 규모나 위치, 댐 유무에 관계없이 전국적으로 발생하고 있다. 식생 면적 비율의 증가는 하천의 육역화로 이어질 뿐만아니라 홍수위를 상승시켜 홍수 안전에 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 2020년 8월 섬진강에서 발생한 홍수를 대상으로 식생이 홍수위에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 섬진강에는 초본류 뿐만아니라 버드나무류의 목본류가 상당히 분포하고 있으며 이와 같은 식생이 홍수흐름에 큰 영향을 미친 것으로 보인다. 분석을 위해 홍수 이후 섬진강 현지 답사를 통해 식생분포 현황 및 홍수로 인한 영향을 조사하였다. 섬진강의 식생분포 조사를 위해서는 2020년 4월 조사된 유럽 우주국 Sentinel-2 위성영상을 사용하였으며, 정규식생지수(NDVI)와 정규수분지수(NDWI)를 이용하여 하천내 식생밀도를 단계별로 구분하였다. 군집된 식생지수에 따라 USGS의 매닝계수 산정표를 기본으로 식생분포 군집별 조도계수를 산정하여 대상 구간내에 2차원으로 분포시켰다. 수치모형은 NAYS2D 모형을 사용하였으며 대상구간은 섬진강 고달교에서 구례교까지 21.5km이다. 계산조건은 2020년 8월 홍수중 구례교 수위관측소를 기준으로 최대수위가 발생한 시점의 자료를 활용하였다. 고달교에서는 홍수통제소에서 제공하는 홍수량을 상류경계 조건으로 입력하였고 구례교에서는 해당 시각의 수위를 하류경계조건으로 입력하였다. 모형의 검증을 위해 대상구간의 중간에 있는 압록수위관측소 수위를 활용하였다. 식생 유무에 따른 홍수위변화는 조도계수 값에 의해 반영되도록 하였는데 식생이 있는 경우는 현재 상태, 식생이 없는 경우는 모든 지점에 모래와 자갈이 분포하는 것으로 가정하여 계산된 홍수위를 비교하였다. 분석 결과 대상구간에는 전체 면적중 약 56%를 식생이 차지하고 있으며 이로 인해 0.5~1.0m의 홍수위 상승이 발생하는 것으로 분석되었다. 수목으로 인해 2020년 8월과 같은 큰 홍수시에도 홍수위가 크게 상승하는 것으로 분석되었는데 이와 같은 점을 고려하면 하천내 식생이 홍수위에 미치는 영향을 감안하여 적극적인 식생관리 방안이 시행될 필요가 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.102 no.1
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• pp.38-58
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• 2013

The existence of endemism in many parts of the world is an important factor for conservationists. Conservation can only be carried out under national legislation, and national endemics, which have very limited ranges, fully depend on the effort and success of conservation. A total of 523 vascular plant taxa were listed in the latest national checklist by Ministry of Environment in 2005, while the 'Creation and Furtherance of Arboretums Act' including a national endemic list (appendix 4-1) was established by Korea Forest Service and was legislated as a law in late 2011. This legislation by Korea Forest Service on endemism of Korean vascular plants have required much attention because of discrepancies of nomenclature, taxonomic bias and inflation. Examining data for both lists proposed by Ministry of Environment and Korea Forest Service, of the total of 360 legislated taxa, around 286 taxa are shared with the list of Ministry of Environment, of which about 80% have been found as common taxa. Around 67(18.7%) are typographic errors, and 14 taxa (3.9%) are recorded as illegitimate and invalidly published names. Through this analysis 12 taxa (3.4%) were found in China as well as in Korea and these are thought to be non Korean endemic taxa. Taken together, the legislated list displayed 1/4 (24.9%) errors out of the total list. Only 59 taxa (16.5%) are identified as national endemic species. The remainder are either unresolved candidates (73 taxa, 20.4%) or synonyms (196 taxa, 54.7%) status. It must be noted, that the concept of endemism very much depends on the knowledge of the species concept, taxonomic bias and geographical range of a species. Also, the most major nomenclatural problem tend to be more stable if the information on database about Korea Plant Name, which is managed by Korea National Arboretum are well updated year to year. These exaggerated numbers underscore the urgency for regional conservation planning and implementing effective strategies to preserve these real endemic taxa into the future.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.537-549
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to provide data for the basic research to found the effective conservation and management plan for the Hamyangsangrim designated as Natural Monument No. 154 and surround areas by analyzing the ecological characteristics such as landuse and actual vegetation, plant community structure, soil chemical property and also to identify the tendency of the ecosystem changes through comparison with past studies. According to analysis the results, the landuse and actual vegetation of survey site was classified as 8 types which were forest, artificial greenspace, plaza and open-space, bare ground and the pavement, water bodies, facilities, agricultural land and etc.. It was also categorized as 38 types according to detailed characteristic. 15 kinds of forest vegetation community types comprising silva were classified among them. The changes of actual vegetation showed little variation that the Quercus serrata-Carpinus tschonoskii forest was the most widely distributed in 2003(forest area ratio is 48.3%) and 2010(forest area ratio is 48.1%), whereas, the Quercus serrata forest declined a more dramatic from 11.6% to 23.2%. The Quercus serrata-Carpinus tschonoskii forest increased sharply(11.6% ${\rightarrow}$ 23.2%) and also the Quercus serrata-Zelkova serrata forest increased steadily(2.2% ${\rightarrow}$ 7.9%). The agricultural land around forest was transformed into artificial green zone. Moreover, water bodies, bare ground and the pavement of areas have increased. In addition, the urbanized area has decreased because the damaged areas inside forest have been restored to the woodlands. According to the result of typical 6 types vegetation communities change, the middle layer trees grew up to the canopy layer trees and was formed the canopy layer structure. The middle layer trees expanded their forces widely. Also new species appeared. And the shrub individuals also more dramatically increased due to the growth of shrubs. The force of Quercus serrata declined as well. However the force of Carpinus tschonoskii and Zelkova serrata expanded and increased in the forest. It must be the result of the ecological vegetation succession and environmentally soundly health recovery by influence of the projects of forest surrounding environment improvement and limitation of access to forest have managed and maintained since 2003. Those sorts of changes seems to be going to develop continuously. In the future Carpinus tschonoskii and Zelkova serrata will not be only codominant in the canopy layer but also Carpinus Tschonoskii, Zelkova serrata, Meliosma myriantha, Sapium japonicum. Styrax obassia and Acer pseudo-sieboldianum will be codominant in the middle layer. As a result, the forest's codominance species are going to be changed such like that.