• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.385-394
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• 2001

An attempt to clarify the landscape structure of urban areas was carried out in the greenbelt around Seoul, Korea's metropolis. By means of aerial photographs and a field survey, a vegetation map including land-use pattern was made. Landscape structure was described by analyzing this vegetation map and the results of phytosociological survey. Landscape element types identified were (1) secondary forest, (2) plantation, (3) cultivated field, (4) urbanized area, (5) graveyard, and (6) bare rock. Vegetation units, resulting from the phytosociological analysis, included Quercus mongolica, Q. variabilis, Q. acutissima, Pinus densiflora, Q. aliena, and Alnus japonica communities. Plantations were composed of Robinia pseudoacacia, Populus tomentiglandulosa, P. rigida, Larix leptolepis, P. koraiensis, and Castanea crenata stands. Patches near to human settlements in the lower zones of the mountains were fragmented and small but they became larger towards the higher mountain zones. On the other hand, the number of patches was fewer and their size was larger in Mt. Cheonggye more distant from the principal residential area, larger in size, and higher in elevation compared with the other 2 mountains, Mt. Daemo and Mt. Acha. Floristic composition of Mongolian oak(Q. mongolica) stand distributing in the upper part of each mountain, in which artificial interference is rare, showed a difference among those study areas different in parent rock and disturbance regime. But that of black locust(R. pseudoacacia) stand located in lowland of mountainous area, in which artificial interference is frequent was similar to each other. As the results of analyses on the frequency distribution of diameter classes of major species, dominant landscape elements, Mongolian oak forest showed different responses depending on artificial interference as continuous maintenance and retrogressive succession in the sites far from and near to the residential areas, respectively. On the other hand, black locust stands showed a probability to be restore to the native oak forest through progressive succession.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.82-91
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• 2009

Research was initiated to investigate vegetation characteristics of native ('Pureundle' and 'Sewon') and introduced ('Brilliant' and 'Midnight') Kentucky bluegrass (KB, Poa pratensis L.) varieties by soil-seed applying system on a cut-slope in May 17, 2008. There were no statistic differences observed in soil hardness and soil moisture content while significant differences were observed in surface coverage rate, height and disease occurrence in native and introduced KB varieties. The introduced 'Brilliant' KB was highest in the surface coverage rate from the early period of seeding to August 11, 2008. The surface coverage rate of introduced varieties were high when compared to native varieties in their early growth stage. But native varieties reached to equal surface coverage rate with the introduced varieties when three months after seeding. The height of 'Pureundle' and 'Brilliant' KBs were high compared with Midnight and Sewon KBs. 'Pureundle' and 'Brilliant' KBs were damaged by disease whereas there were no disease occurrence in 'Midnight' and 'Sewon' KBs. Probably, the disease occurrence was close related with the height of KBs not with native and introduced KB varieties. These results indicate that the growth of KB on a cut-slope are statistically affected by varieties in early growth stage of this experiment but reach equal rate between native and introduced KB varieties in three months after seeding. This growth characteristics implies the huge potential of native KB varieties seeding for cut-slope vegetation. Considering that native KB varieties are adapted to a environment and have no risk of causing disturbance to the ecosystem compared to the introduced KB varieties, the use of them as native varieties for a cut-slope vegetation can be increased.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.209-223
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• 2007

Twenty-four wetlands located in Higashi-Hiroshima City in West Japan were selected for this study in order to investigate both the relationship between aquatic plant composition and environmental conditions; and the relationship between changing land use patterns in the catchments and the concentration of different forms of nitrogen in the wetlands. The dominant and subdominant species which comprised the principal vegetation were determined based on a vegetation census conducted in each wetland during the growing season from June to August, 2006. The seasonal variations of water quality factors (pH, electrical conductivity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, total dissolved solid, and temperature) and different forms of nitrogen such as nitrite, nitrate, ammonium, total nitrogen, dissolved organic nitrogen and dissolved inorganic nitrogen concentrations were analyzed as important indicators of water quality for the surface water of the wetlands. The surveyed wetlands were classified into three types (non-disturbed wetlands, moderately-disturbed wetlands and highly-disturbed wetlands), based on the degree of human disturbance to their catchment areas. An analysis of variance indicated that there was a significant difference among the wetland groups in the annual mean values of electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, total nitrogen, nitrite, dissolved inorganic nitrogen and dissolved organic nitrogen. Classification of the wetlands into three groups has revealed a pattern of changes in the composition of plant species in the wetlands and a pattern of changes in nitrogen concentrations. A majority of the non-disturbed wetlands were characterized by Brasenia schrebi and Trapa bispinosa as dominant; with Potamogeton fryeri and Iris pesudacorus as sub-dominant species. For most of the moderately-disturbed wetlands, Brasenia schrebi were shown to be a dominant species; Elocheriss kuriguwai and Phragmites australis were observed as sub-dominant species. For a majority of the highly-disturbed wetlands, Typha latifolia and T. angustifolia were observed as dominant species, and Nymphea tetragona as the sub-dominant species in the study area. An analysis of land use and water quality factors indicated that forest area played a considerable role in reducing the concentration of nutrients, and can act as a sink for surface/subsurface nutrient inputs flowing into wetland water, anchor the soil, and lower erosion rates into wetlands.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.255-261
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• 2003

To analyze ecological characteristics of the Ulmus pumila community, an on-the-spot survey was conducted in August, 1998 in the Dong River, Gangwon-do, South Korea. The Ulmus pumila community is partially distributed in Dong River's midstream and upper stream. Topographical characteristics of this community are significant in the point bar or sandbank of the river. The community is classified into two types, disturbed and non-disturbed types, by the effect of flooding. The Ulmus pumila community (bush forests of Siberian elms) is a representative community which forms riparian forests, but its distribution is rare in South Korea. Only in Dong River is the Ulmus pumila distributed enough to form a community, and none is known that is lager than this community in South Korea. The non-disturbance type progresses more homogeneously than the disturbance type because it is formed on riverside banks where it is affected less by flooding. We concluded that the Ulmus pumila community in this study area has characteristics of riparian forests. In South Korea, Ulmus pumila community can be regarded as important element of vegetation landscape constituting riparian forests. Specifically, these riparian forests are evaluated as high in conservation value due to their being formed spontaneously. Moreover, Dong River is regarded as the southern limit of Ulmus pumila, which has a northern origin. The species or community needs continuous interests and conservation countermeasures because there are limitations in its spread of distribution by natural or artificial efforts.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.257-269
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• 2017

The study has piloted to find the Pattern of species distribution along environmental variables and disturbance in Raghunandan Reserve Forest. Shaltila and Shahapur beat of Raghunandan Hill Reserve Forest are situated in Chunarughat sub-district of Habiganj district between $24^{\circ}5^{\prime}-24^{\circ}10^{\prime}N$ and $91^{\circ}25^{\prime}-91^{\circ}30^{\prime}E$ under the Sylhet Forest Division. The Environmental variable and vegetation data were collected from 30 sample plots from each forest beat by using arbitrary sampling without preconceived bias. 51 species were found from Shaltila and 34 species found in Shahapur forest beat. Thus the dataset continued with total 85 species in 60 samples. To determine the relationships between tree species distribution and environmental variables, Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) ordination method were performed separately for two forest beat. In CCA ordination, tree species showed significant variation along environmental gradients in terms of soil organic matter and disturbances (p<0.05) in the case of Shaltila forest. Potassium has a significant relationship with axis 1 and axis 2 in this forest. But Shahapur forest showed no significant relationship between species and environmental variables. Phosphorus has a significantly negative relationship with axis 2 in this forest. Disturbance played as a critical role of this forest thus influencing the distribution of species. The study showed that the distributions of tree species are strongly influenced by disturbance and organic matter in Shaltila and Shahapur forest beat showed no significant relationship between species and environmental variables. Future research should be included more environmental variables with larger study area that identify the most important environmental forces which will drive by species distribution findings in this forest.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.279-288
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• 2005

수도권내 9개 골프장 연못에서 조사된 관속식물은 코리아 CC(Korea CC)에서 95종으로 가장 많은 종이 분포하고 있으며, 은화삼 CC(Eunhwasam CC)에서는 가장 적은 21종류가 조사되었다. 조사된 관속식물은 대체적으로 1-2년생의 단자엽식물과 다년생의 쌍자엽식물로 구성되어 있다. 연못식생의 외래식물과 식재식물의 비율은 지산 CC(Jisan CC)가 $52.3\%$의 비율을 보여 많은 식물들이 외래식물과 식재식물로 구성되어 있으며, 파인크리크 CC(Pine Creek CC)는 $21.1\%$로서 가장 낮은 비율을 보였다. 9개 골프장 중에서 식물군락이 가장 다양한 곳은 파인크리크 CC(Pine Creek CC)로서 총 21개 군락이 조사되었으며, 반자연식생 및 자연식생군락이 16개, 식재 또는 외래식물군락이 9개 군락으로 조사되었다. 전체 연못의 반자연식생 및 자연식생 식물군락 중 수생식물군락은 17개 군락으로 조사되었으며, 교란지식생 및 식재군락에서는 12개의 수생식물군락이 조사되었다 조사된 9개 골프장에서 파인크리크 CC(Pine Creek CC)가 자연식물군락이 대상식물군락 보다 많았으며, 프리스틴벨리 CC(Pristine Valley CC)는 반자연식생 및 자연식생이 조사되지 않았다. 연못식생의 자연성 평가에서는 마이다스벨리 CC(Midas Valley CC)와 파인크리크 CC(Pine Creek CC)가 평가지표에 따른 가치등급에서 놀은 자연성을 보였으나, 서서울 CC(Seseoul CC)와 은화삼 CC(Eunhwasam CC)는 가장 낮은 자연성을 보였다. 이들 자연성에 대한 유사성 거리계수의 상대거리에 의한 집단 분류에서는 인위적 식생이 우세한 태영 CC(Taeyoung CC), 은화삼 CC(Eunhwasam CC), 지산 CC(Jisan CC), 서서울 CC(Seseoul CC)가 하나의 군으로 구분되었으며, 반자연적 식생의 특징을 보인 코리아 CC(Korea CC)와 프리스틴벨리 CC(Pristine Valley CC)가 하나의 군으로 조사된 골프장에서 비교적 자연성이 놀은 마이다스벨리 CC(Midas Valley CC)와 파인크리크 CC(Pine Creek CC)가 하나의 군을 형성하고 있었다. 블루헤런 CC(Blue Heron CC)는 다른 군과는 또 다른 의미로서 구분되었는바, 블루헤런 CC(Blue Heron CC)는 경관적 의미에 대한 가치평가가 놀은 결과로서 하나의 군으로 나누어 졌다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제112권1호
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• pp.11-22
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• 2023

본 연구는 경북 일대 산지 아까시나무림의 자연성 회복을 위한 생태적 관리에 필요한 기초정보 제공을 위하여 총200개 임분에서 수집된 식생자료를 바탕으로 이원지표종분석법(TWINSPAN)으로 식생유형을 분류하고, DCA 분석으로 환경구배에 따른 그 공간배열 상태를 파악함과 아울러 식생유형별 군락적합도(Φ) 판정으로 결정된 진단종을 기준으로 군락조성요약표를 작성하였다. 식생유형은 신갈나무-둥굴레형, 밤나무-청미래덩굴형, 철쭉-인동덩굴형, 찔레꽃-쑥형, 감태나무-댕댕이덩굴형, 참느릅나무-팽나무형, 그리고 귀룽나무-푼지나무형 등 모두 7개 유형으로 분류되었으며, 대개 해발고도, 수분 체계, 천이 단계 및 교란 체제 등 복합적 요인의 차이를 반영하고 있었다. 구성종의 평균상대중요치는 아까시나무(39.7)가 단연 높게 나타났지만, 굴참나무, 졸참나무, 신갈나무, 상수리나무, 갈참나무 등 참나무류가 상위중요치 구성종으로 나타나고 있어 잠재천이경향을 가늠할 수 있었다. 또한, 식생유형별 구성종의 총피도, 생활형 조성, 종다양성 지수, 그리고 지표종 등도 비교하였다.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.194-205
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• 2022

하천에서 유사의 이동 및 퇴적으로 형성된 모래톱은 특이한 생물의 서식과 심미적 경관 측면에서 중요한 서식처이다. 본 연구는 보 상류에서 수문 개방에 의하여 노출된 모래톱에서 초기 식생의 발달과 그 분포를 확인하여 시간 경과에 따른 식생변화 과정을 파악하고자 하였다. 보 수문 개방 시기가 다른 금강의 3개 보 개방 구간과 보 운영에 영향을 받지 않는 대조 구간에서 보 개방 후 노출된 모래톱에서 식물군집 구조와 공간 분포의 변화를 파악하고 모래톱의 노출 기간에 따른 식물 군집 구조의 변화를 조사하였다. 금강의 보 상류구간에서 수문 개방으로 기존 홍수터 면적의 33% 이상의 면적에 해당하는 모래톱이 새롭게 형성되었다. 노출된 모래톱에는 1년생 중생식물, 다년생 수생식물, 다년생 습생식물, 아교목, 교목 군집에 속하는 9개 식물군집이 분포하였다. 모래톱의 노출 기간이 길어 짐에 따라서 나지 모래톱, 1년생 초본식물, 다년생 수생식물 군집의 면적은 감소하였고, 다년생 습생식물, 아교목, 교목 군집의 면적은 증가하였다. 하천 모래톱에서 시간 경과에 따른 식생의 변화는 수위 하강 전 수중 서식처의 조건과 물 흐름에 의한 물리적 교란의 정도에 따라서 3가지 천이 유형으로 구분할 수 있었다. 즉 모래톱의 천이과정은 1) 수생식물로부터 시작하는 '정수지 천이', 2) 일년생 습생 초본식물로부터 시작하는 '유수지 천이', 3) 버드나무류로 시작하는 '버드나무류 천이'로 구분할 수 있었다. 따라서 금강의 보 구간에서 하천 서식처 및 경관의 변화를 체계적으로 관리하기 위하여 모래톱에서의 식생 천이계열을 반영하여야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2015

Recent years, nationwide projects for ecological restoration are implemented with emerging issues on the stream ecosystem. In order to enhance effectiveness of the ecosystem restoration and reduce negative impact, the appraisal of effectiveness through the follow-up monitoring and the adaptive management process are executed in consecutive phase. In this study, planning phase, monitoring and adaptive management in Hakui stream which is part of An Yang stream restoration project is introduced as representative ongoing case of effective adaptive management. The aim of this study is to verify the adaptive management process and suggest direction of effective restoration. Restoration project of Hakui stream resulted in increasing number and diversity of species (vegetation, fish, bird, invertbrates, amphibian and reptilia) according to monitoring from 2004 to 2013, and enhancing natural river landscape by evaluation of river naturalness among 2001(before restoration), 2007 (after), 2015 (recent). However, excessive vegetation expansion or sediment deposition on channel over time caused unexpected results such as terrestrialization or degradation of habitats. Adaptive management action such as removing disturbance species (Humulus japonicus)(2007), coppicing willow (2007), release of march snail (2007), creation of wetland (2014) were implemented based on monitoring results. And then appraisal of management action was discussed.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.167-176
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• 2009

Land cover changes associated with urbanization have driven climate change and pollution, which alter properties of ecosystems at local, regional, and continental scales. Thus, the relationships among urban ecological variables such as community composition, structure, health, soil and functioning need to be better understood to restore and improve urban ecosystems. In this study, we discuss urban ecosystem management and research from a futuristic perspective based on analyses of vegetation structure, composition, and successional trends, as well as the chemical properties of soils and the distribution of heat along an urban-rural gradient. Urban thermo-profile analysis using satellite images showed an obvious mitigating effect of vegetation on the Seoul heat island. Community attributes of Quercus mongolica stands reflected the effects of urbanization, such as pronounced increases in disturbance-related and pollution-tolerant species, such as Styrax japonica and Sorbus alnifolia. Retrogressive successional trends were detected in urban sites relative to those in rural sites. Changes in the urban climate and biotic environment have the potential to significantly influence the practice and outcomes of ecological management, restoration and forecasting because of the associated changes in future bio-physical settings. Thus, for management (i.e., creation and restoration) of urban green spaces, forward-thinking perspectives supported by historical information are necessary.