• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.30-42
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• 2018

Background: The southern and eastern parts of the Gobi Desert area are a unique dry ecosystem with a diverse regional desert, semi-desert, and mountain dry steppe flora. This area habitat is located at the overlap of different floristic regions; on its northeast side, Central Asian desert flora is dominating, and on the eastern side, East Asian flora is observed. The comprehensive survey was carried out to find the floral diversity of the medicinal plants on the region. Methods: All recorded species in this study were based on the collected voucher specimens between June and August in the year 2017. Results: We recorded 23 families, 57 genera, and 78 species of vascular plants. The families Asteraceae (15 species), Fabaceae (10 species), and Amaranthaceae (10 species) were represented most in the study area, while Caragana (5 species), Salsola (4 species), and Arnebia (3 species) were the most common genera found. Conclusion: Conservation status for remarkable species was also reviewed based on the literature. Around the study area, 24 species as "sub-endemic," 10 species as "very rare," 4 species as "rare," 1 species as "alien," 13 species as "relict," 10 species as "Red Book," 2 species as "endangered (EN)," 3 species as "vulnerable (VU)," 3 species as "near threatened (NT)," and 2 species as "least concern (LC)" plants are growing.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.135-140
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• 2000

The Government of Mongolia approved establishment of the Mongolian LTER network in December 1997. In June 1998, a seminar was organized by the Mongolian Academy of Sciences to initiate the program. Dr. James Gosz of the US LTER program keynoted the seminar. A Mongolian LTER Steering Committee was established to organize the network and to develop guidelines for its management. This Committee designated Hovsgol National Park in northern Mongolia as the first Mongolian LTER network site. Other potential sites are presently being considered. including study sites in steppe grassland and desert locations. The primary goals of the Mongolian LTER Network are to study human impacts on Mongolia's environment; with a focus on short-term impacts of nomadic grazing on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and long-term climate change impacts on more pristine environments in the protected areas. There are at least two additional goals: to provide information and advice on how best to protect Mongolia's pristine environments, and to train Mongolian students to work on environmental problems to encourage the growth of expertise for making sound environmental decisions.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.89-95
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• 1991

Yellow sands often occur in Korea during April and May each year, and they are believed to come from the Mongolian Gobi desert as the snow starts to melt in Spring time. Since the analysis of aerosol particulates can hardly distinguish the origin of particulates, the isentropic analysis of meteorological data is often used for the trajectories of the long range transport of yellows sand or air pollutants. The yellow sand case of April 9 $\sim$ 15, 1988, in Korea is analyzed for the identification of long range transport of yellow sands and their trajectories in East Asia, using isentropic analyses. We have tranformed the ECMWF grid data, analyzed in pressure coordinates, into the isentropic coordinates and then have traced the 286 K and 290 K air mass which started Gobi desert. The result shows the transport of yellow sands from the Gobi desert to the Korean peninsula.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2018

Backgrounds: In arid grasslands, wells are subject to heavy trampling and grazing pressure, which can increase vulnerability to local land degradation. To investigate trampling and grazing, we surveyed plant communities at three well sites in the desert steppe of Mongolia, using 1600-m line transects from the wells. The sites (Bshrub, Sshrub, and shrubL) differed by concomitant shrub type (big shrub, small shrub, and shrub-limited) and livestock pressure (light, medium, and heavy). A plant classification scheme based on edibility and morphology (rosette or creeping type) was used to separate grazing and trampling effects on plant communities. Results: Edible plants were dominant at all sites but a fraction of grazing- and trampling-tolerant plants increased in the order Bshrub, Sshrub, and shrubL, following livestock pressure. Clear transition zones from inedible to edible plant groups were recognized but at different locations and ranges among the sites. Trampling-tolerant plants explained 90% of inedible plants at Sshrub with camels and horses, but grazing-tolerant plants prevailed (60%) at shrubL with the largest livestock number. Plant coverage increased significantly along the transects at Bshrub and Sshrub but showed no meaningful change at shrubL. Herbaceous plant biomass showed significant positive and negative trends at Bshrub and shrubL, respectively. Conclusions: Both grazing and trampling can produce larger fractions of inedible plants; in this, camel and horses can have considerable effects on desert-steppe plant communities through trampling.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.105-114
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• 2013

지구온난화와 인간의 무분별한 활동과 같은 인위적인 요인과 아열대고압대라는 자연적인 요인으로 인해 동아시아 지역의 사막화가 확산되고 있다. 사막화의 확산으로 인하여 우리나라에 영향을 주는 황사의 발원지가 변화하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 황폐한 지역의 토지 피복을 연구하기 위한 유용한 식생지수로 알려진 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)를 이용하여 동아시아 사막 주변의 토지 피복 변화를 관측하여 사막화의 시계열 변화와 패턴을 알아보고자 한다. SPOT위성의 VEGETATION 센서를 통해 동아시아 S10-DAY NDVI 데이터를 1999년부터 2011년까지 취득하였다. 데이터에 포함되어 있는 노이즈값을 제거하기 위해 NDVI Correction, WaterMask를 수행한 후 ISODATA 방법으로 무감독분류를 하였다. 무감독분류 된 클러스터에 대한 분석을 수행한 결과 사막 경계 부분에서 식생의 밀도가 활발하게 변화하고 있는 것을 확인하였으며 특히 고비 사막과 내몽골 고원 그리고 만주 지역을 중심으로 변화가 큰 것을 확인하였다. 2000년대 후반에 들어서 사막의 전체적인 크기는 감소하는 것으로 나타났지만 동쪽으로 사막화가 진행되는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.471-476
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• 2010

본 연구의 목적은 위성영상자료를 이용하여 사막지역의 토지피복상태의 변화를 분석하는데 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 위성영상자료를 이용한 사막지역의 토지피복상태를 분석하였다. 이 연구에서는 사막지역의 토지피복상태를 분석하기 위해서 몽골 지역을 연구 대상으로 하고 1991년부터 2007년까지의 Landsat TM과 ETM+ 영상자료를 이용하고 정규화 식생지수 및 무감독분류와 감독분류 방법에 의해 사막지역의 토지피복상태 변화를 분석하였다. 토지피복 상태를 수계, 녹지, 사막지역으로 구분하고 다시 사막지역은 약, 중간, 강 사막지역으로 분류하고 분석하였다. NDVI 지표와 분류된 사막지역 과의 상관관계를 분석함으로써 시간적 변화에 따른 사막화 지역의 토지피복 상태 변화를 분석하고자 한다. 위성영상자료를 이용하여 분석한 결과 사막주변영역에서 녹지는 감소하고 있는 것으로 나타나 사막지역이 확대되고 있는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국조류학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.94-100
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• 2018

몽골의 초원이나 사막과 같은 개방지역에 설치된 송전선로에서 발생하는 조류 감전사고는 매우 흔하게 보고되고 있다. 본 연구는 조류피해조사를 위해 2017년 몽골 남부지역의 준사막 지역에 설치된 15-kV의 송전선로에 4월, 7월, 9월 등 총 3회에 걸쳐 조사를 실시하였다. 전체 250개의 전신주 구간에서 총 12종 45개체의 감전사한 조류를 확인하였다(10㎞마다 1.12% 사망률). 주요 감전 피해 조류는 멸종위기종인 Falco cherrug (n=11)와 Milvus migrans (n=11)로 나타났다. 본 연구지역과 같이 개방된 환경에서의 조류를 위한 잠자리 또는 휴식처의 부족은 보다 많은 조류의 감전사고를 발생시킬 수 있으며, 특히 몽골의 다른 개방지역에서도 발생할 수 있다. 사고현장에서 종동정이 어려운 개체의 경우, 시료의 유전자 증폭 등을 통해 DNA 분석을 실시하여 동정하였다. 본 연구결과 몽골의 개방지역에서 조류의 감전사고는 조류에게 발생하는 위험요소 중 높은 비율을 차지하고 있는 것으로 확인되었으며, 특히 맹금류에게 빈번하며, 간헐적으로 이동철새에게도 일어나고 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 개방된 지역일 경우 조류의 감전사고가 더 잘 발생할 수 있으며, 감전사고와 같은 조류의 위험요소를 보다 잘 이해하는 것은 멸종위기종과 같은 종보전에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.94-100
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• 2008

기후 시스템에서 지구온난화는 세계적으로 매우 중요한 문제이고 이는 기후변화, 이상기온, 폭우, 가뭄 등의 문제를 초래한다. 특히 가뭄은 기후변화에 의해 여러 해 동안 진행되어온 사막화를 가속화시킨다. 본 연구의 목적은 중국과 몽골 사막주변의 식생수분상태를 탐지하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 중국과 몽골 사막 주변의 식생수분지수를 산출하기 위해 1999년부터 2006년까지의 SPOT/VEGETATION 위성 이미지를 이용하여 정규수분지수(NDWI: Normalized Difference Water Index)를 산출하였다. 건조한 상태의 식생은 사막화되기 쉽기 때문에 식생 수분은 사막화의 중요한 지표이다. SPOT/VEGETATION 위성영상의 근적외밴드(NIR)와 단파적외밴드(SWIR)의 밴드간 연산을 통하여 NDWI를 구하여 식생의 수분입자를 측정하였다. 그 결과 1999년부터 2006년까지의 NDWI는 사막주변영역에서 감소하는 경향을 보였고, 그 영역은 몽골 고비사막 북동지역과 중국 타클라마칸 사막의 남동지역에 위치해 있었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.207-212
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• 2012

The effects of sheep urine and dung patches on methane ($CH_4$) and carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) fluxes were investigated during the summer-autumn in 2010, to evaluate their contribution to climate change in a desert grassland in Inner Mongolia, China. Results indicate that the cumulative $CH_4$ emissions for dung patches, urine patches and control plots were -0.076, -0.084, and -0.114 g/$m^2$ and these were net $CH_4$ sinks during the measured period. The level of $CH_4$ intake from urine and dung plots decreased 25.7%, and 33.3%, respectively, compared with a control plot. $CO_2$ fluxes differed (p<0.01) in urine plots, with an average of 569.20 mg/$m^2$/h compared with control plots (357.62 mg/$m^2$/h) across all sampling days. Dung patches have cumulative $CO_2$ emissions that were 15.9% higher compared with the control during the 55-d period. Overall, sheep excrement weakened $CH_4$ intake and increased $CO_2$ emissions.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.363-370
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• 2007

Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) has been as an model animal for studing the neurological disease such as stroke and epilepsy because of the congenital incompleteries in Willis circle, as well as the investigation of water metabolism because of the long time-survival in the condition of water-deprived desert condition, compared with other species animal. Aquaporin 2 (AQP2) expressed at the surface of principal cells in collecting duct results from an equilibrium between the AQP2 in intracellular vesicles and the AQP2 on the plasma membrane. Aquaporin 4 (AQP4), which is expressed in cell in a wide range of organ, is also present in the collecting duct principal cells where this is abundant in the basolateral plasma membranes and represent potential exit pathways from the cell for water entering via AQP2. In this research, we divide 3 groups of which each group include the 5 animals. In the study of 7 or 14 days water restricted condition, we investigated the AQP2 and AQP4 by using a quantitative immunohistochemistry in the kidney. The results obtained in this study were summarized as followings. AQP2 is abundant in the apical plasma membrane and apical vesicles in the collecting duct principal cell and at rare abundance in connecting tubules. In the water-deprived Mongolian gerbil kidney, expression of AQP2 was continuosly increased in the cortical collecting duct and inner medullary collecting duct. This increase was both the apical region and cytoplasm. AQP4 is mainly expressed in the inner medulla, although some expression is also noted in the more proximal segment. In the water-deprived Mongolian gerbil kidney, AQP4 was also increased in the inner medullary collecting duct. Immunoactivity was increased in entire inner medullary collecting duct and newly detected in cytoplasm of principal cell. These findings suggest that increased levels of AQP2 and AQP4 in the cortical and inner medulalry collecting duct may play a important role for maintain fluid balance in the water-deprived kidney.