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Modeling the Natural Occurrence of Selected Dipterocarp Genera in Sarawak, Borneo

  • Teo, Stephen;Phua, Mui-How
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.170-178
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    • 2012
  • Dipterocarps or Dipterocarpaceae is a commercially important timber producing and dominant keystone tree family in the rain forests of Borneo. Borneo's landscape is changing at an unprecedented rate in recent years which affects this important biodiversity. This paper attempts to model the natural occurrence (distribution including those areas with natural forests before being converted to other land uses as opposed to current distribution) of dipterocarp species in Sarawak which is important for forest biodiversity conservation and management. Local modeling method of Inverse Distance Weighting was compared with commonly used statistical method (Binary Logistic Regression) to build the best natural distribution models for three genera (12 species) of dipterocarps. Database of species occurrence data and pseudoabsence data were constructed and divided into two halves for model building and validation. For logistic regression modeling, climatic, topographical and edaphic parameters were used. Proxy variables were used to represent the parameters which were highly (p>0.75) correlated to avoid over-fitting. The results show that Inverse Distance Weighting produced the best and consistent prediction with an average accuracy of over 80%. This study demonstrates that local interpolation method can be used for the modeling of natural distribution of dipterocarp species. The Inverse Distance Weighted was proven a better method and the possible reasons are discussed.

SATELLITE SAR OBSERVATION OF SOLITARY INTERNAL WAVE OCCURRENCE IN THE NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA

  • Zheng, Quanan;Susanto, R. Dwi;Ho, Chung-Ru;Song, Y. Tony;Xu, Qing
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • v.2
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    • pp.938-941
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    • 2006
  • Satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images from 1995 to 2001 and field measurements of sea surface wind, sea state, and vertical stratification are used for statistical analyses of internal wave (IW) occurrence and SAR imaging conditions in the northern South China Sea (NSCS). Latitudinal distribution of IW packets shows that 22% of IW packets distributed in the east of $118^{\circ}E$ and 78% of IW packets in the west of $118^{\circ}E$. The yearly distribution of IW occurrence frequencies reveals an interannual variability. The monthly SAR-observed IW occurrence frequencies show that the high frequencies are distributed from April to July and reach a peak in June. The low occurrence frequencies are distributed in winter from December to February of next year. These statistical features are explained by solitary wave dynamics.

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Occurrence and distribution of Cellular Slime Molds by Vegetation in Island Ulneungdo (울릉도에서의 세포성 점균의 출현과 분포)

  • 심규철;장남기
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.345-349
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    • 1998
  • thirteen dictyostelid cellular slime molds were isolated from forest soils, cattle dung and manure inisland Ulneungdo, South Korea. They were ten species including Dictyostelium aureo-stipes var. aureo-stipes, D. brefeldianum, D. macrocephalum, D. caudabasis, D. sphaerocephalum, D. giganteum, D. crassicaule, Polysphondylium pallidum, P. violaceum and P. tenuissimum as well as three species unidentified. D. aureo-stipes var. aureo-species of genus Polysphondylium distributed widely. It was thought that species diversi쇼 was considerabley higher.

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Study on the distribution of crime in urban space - Gwangju metropolitan city from the perspective of the environmental criminology - (도시공간의 범죄분포특성에 관한 연구 - 환경범죄학의 관점에서 광주광역시를 대상으로 -)

  • Kim, Young-Hwan;Mun, Jeong-Min;Chang, Dong-Kuk
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.235-241
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    • 2007
  • AThis research is rather on the crime occurrence of target area's space scope than on the approach to the cause of specific area's crime occurrence from the perspective of the environmental criminology emphasizing the crime prevention. By observing the composition of crime distribution, it is intended to search the strategies of crime prevention actually corresponded to the crime problems. For this, after segmenting the city into six sectors, targeting city crimes in Gwangju metropolitan city, in 2004, the basic materials about the crime frequency are analyzed through dividing the types on the base of the present state of crime occurrence, the types of crime, the locations of crime occurrence, the purposes of buildings, the types of intruders, the forms of intrusions. As a result of research. it is suggested that the activation method of community police activities is necessary for the prevention of community crime prevention.

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Human Impact on the Occurrence and Distribution of Cellular Slime Molds, and the Effect of Temperature on Fructification (인간간섭에 따른 세포성 점균의 출현과 분포 및 온도가 자실체 형성에 미치는 영향)

  • 이정은;장남기
    • Asian Journal of Turfgrass Science
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.231-246
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    • 1996
  • In order to elucidate the human impact on the distribution of cellular slime molds, samples were collected from 3 types of forest ; natural forests(Mt. Deogyu and Mt. Tsukuba), semi-natural forests(Seoul Great Zoo and Tama Zoo), artificial forests(Seoul National University and Tokyo Gakugei University) .The distribution of cellular slime molds in mountains was different from that of zoo and universities. In mountains, endemic species was occurred and species diversity was higher than in zoo and universities. In zoo and universities disturbed by human, Dictyostelium sphaerocephalum was occurred with higher importance value than in mountains. 6 species were selected to investigate the effect of temperature on froctification; Polysphondylium canlidum, D. delicatum. D. firmibasis, D. sphaerocephalum P. violaceum, D. purpureum. P. violaceum and D. purpureum had an optimum temperature for fructification around 25~3O˚C but the others around 22~23˚C. The degree of sensitivity to temperature was as follows; P. candidum >D. lelicatum > D. firmibasis > D. sphaerocephalum > P. violaceum > D. purpureum. Key words: Human impact, Cellular slime molds, Occurrence and distribution, fructification, Dictylostelium delicatum. Dictyostelium sphaerocephalum.

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Distribution and Changing Trend on the Occurrence of Spring Colds (꽃샘추위의 발생 분포와 변화 경향)

  • Kwon Young-Ah;Kim Jiyoun;Lee Seungho
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.40 no.3 s.108
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    • pp.285-295
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    • 2005
  • This paper was examined distribution and changing trends on occurrence days of Spring Cold(cold surge in the flowering season) from the end of February to early in April during 1973-2004. We defined an occurrence day of Spring Colds as above $10\%$ of the anomalies of mean daily temperature or above $10\%$ of the difference of the daily mean temperature between the day before two days. In the west coastal region, the occurrence days of Spring Colds is higher in the end of February and less frequent in the early in April. In the east coastal region, the occurrence days of Spring Colds is higher in the early in April. Spring Colds is closely related with frequencies and a intensities of Siberian High. The occurrence days of Spring Colds has decreased in the most area except Ulleung island and the east coastal region.

A Research on Process of Estimation about Frequency and Loss of Risk by distribution of Probability (확률분포에 의한 리스크 빈도수와 손실규모 추정 프로세스 연구)

  • Lee, Young-Jai;Lee, Seong-Il
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.67-82
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    • 2008
  • Risk that breed large size disaster is happening variously for cause at social. natural a management. Incidence and damage scale are trend that increase rapidly than past. In these circumstance, to keep operational continuity of organization, area, society, risk management action that establish systematic counter measure estimating and analyze occurrence possibility and expectation damage of risk is essential indispensable issue and the best countermeasure. Risk management action does by main purpose establish optimum disaster reduction countermeasure. To deduce various countermeasure, process that estimate and analyze occurrence possibility and expectation damage of risk is essential indispensable issue. Therefore, this paper studies process design that can presume risk occurrence frequency and damage scale through distribution of probability.

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Bubble occurrence and interhemispheric plasma transport

  • Park, Jaeheung;Lee, Jae-jin;Lee, Ensang;Min, Kyoung-Wook
    • Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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    • 2004.04a
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    • pp.72-72
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    • 2004
  • We have compared here the seasonal average of the plasma density with the EPB occurrence in a given longitude sector, using KOMPSAT-1 and DMSP data. It could be evidenced on a global scale that the EPB occurrence was nearly anti-correlated with the poleward drift speed parallel to B-field, and with the degree of asymmetry of the latitudinal plasma distribution. But, the seasonal-longitudinal change of the asymmetry was different from what the current theory expected. (omitted)

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Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Black-Necked Cranes in Ladakh Using Maximum Entropy

  • Meenakshi Chauhan;Randeep Singh;Puneet Pandey
    • Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.79-85
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    • 2023
  • The Tibetan Plateau is home to the only alpine crane species, the black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis). Conservation efforts are severely hampered by a lack of knowledge on the spatial distribution and breeding habitats of this species. The ecological niche modeling framework used to predict the spatial distribution of this species, based on the maximum entropy and occurrence record data, allowed us to generate a species-specific spatial distribution map in Ladakh, Trans-Himalaya, India. The model was created by assimilating species occurrence data from 486 geographical sites with 24 topographic and bioclimatic variables. Fourteen variables helped forecast the distribution of black-necked cranes by 96.2%. The area under the curve score for the model training data was high (0.98), indicating the accuracy and predictive performance of the model. Of the total study area, the areas with high and moderate habitat suitability for black-necked cranes were anticipated to be 8,156 km2 and 6,759 km2, respectively. The area with high habitat suitability within the protected areas was 5,335 km2. The spatial distribution predicted using our model showed that the majority of speculated conservation areas bordered the existing protected areas of the Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary. Hence, we believe, that by increasing the current study area, we can account for these gaps in conservation areas, more effectively.

Oceanographic indicators for the occurrence of anchovy eggs inferred from generalized additive models

  • Kim, Jin Yeong;Lee, Jae Bong;Suh, Young-Sang
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.23 no.7
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    • pp.19.1-19.14
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    • 2020
  • Three generalized additive models were applied to the distribution of anchovy eggs and oceanographic factors to determine the occurrence of anchovy spawning grounds in Korean waters and to identify the indicators of their occurrence using survey data from the spring and summer of 1985, 1995, and 2002. Binomial and Gaussian types of generalized additive models (GAM) and quantile generalized additive models (QGAM) revealed that egg density was influenced mostly by ocean temperature and salinity in spring, and the vertical structure of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and zooplankton biomass during summer in the upper quantiles of egg density. The GAM and QGAM model deviance explained 18.5-63.2% of the egg distribution in summer in the East and West Sea. For the principle component analysis-based GAMs, the variance explained by the final regression model was 27.3-67.0%, higher than the regular models and QGAMs for egg density in the East and West Sea. By analyzing the distribution of anchovy eggs off the Korean coast, our results revealed the optimal temperature and salinity conditions, in addition to high production and high vertical mixing, as the key indicators of the major spawning grounds of anchovies.