• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.69-80
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• 2021

The new town in Korea, developed as a large-scale housing plan, has created urban ecological corridors to provide habitat and movement routes to wildlife and to promote natural ecological flow. This study aimed to investigate the use of wildlife in 10 ecological corridors in Gwanggyo New Town through camera trap technology and confirm effectiveness by identifying environmental factors affecting the use of wildlife's urban ecological corridors. Our researchers installed 20 unmanned sensor cameras at each the entrance and exit of the ecological corridors, and monitored urban wildlife for 10 weeks. According to the monioring results, the main species in Gwanggyo New Town were identified not only raccons, cats, water deer, korean hare and avain but also magpies, dove, eurasian tree sparrow, ring-necked pheasant, and eurasian jay. The number of uses ecological corridors of urban residents was 801(13.49%), as high as that of urban wildlife (1,140, 19.20%), which was judged to have disturbed the use of ecological corridors by wildlife. However, most dominant species of urban wildlife are nocturnal so that, it was judged that they share home range with urban residents at a time interval. In addition, according to the correlation analysis results between the mammal using rate of the urban ecological corridors and environmental factors(ecological corridor-specific length, ecological corridor-specific width, cover degree, shielding degree, connected green area, separation of movement routes, and presence of streetlights), environmental factors were not statistically significant. However, the more the area of green space connected to ecological corridors, the more increasing the mammal using rate of ecological corridor(r=0.71, p<0.05). Therefore, the area of green space connected to the ecological corridors that is associated with rate of wildlife using corridors should be considered as a priority when developing an urban ecological corridors. In the future, this study will extend the observation period of the ecological corridors and continuously accumulate data by adding the number of observation cameras. Furthermore, it is expected that the results of this study can be used as basic data for the standards for urban ecological corridors installation.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.17-34
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• 2023

Camera trapping has been used as a non-invasive survey method that minimizes anthropogenic disturbance to ecosystems. Nevertheless, it is labor-intensive and time-consuming, requiring researchers to quantify species and populations. In this study, we aimed to improve the preprocessing of camera trapping data by utilizing an object detection algorithm. Wildlife monitoring using unmanned sensor cameras was conducted in a forested urban forest and a green space on a university campus in Cheonan City, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. The collected camera trapping data were classified by a researcher to identify the occurrence of species. The data was then used to test the performance of the YOLO-X object detection algorithm for wildlife detection. The camera trapping resulted in 10,500 images of the urban forest and 51,974 images of green spaces on campus. Out of the total 62,474 images, 52,993 images (84.82%) were found to be false positives, while 9,481 images (15.18%) were found to contain wildlife. As a result of wildlife monitoring, 19 species of birds, 5 species of mammals, and 1 species of reptile were observed within the study area. In addition, there were statistically significant differences in the frequency of occurrence of the following species according to the type of urban greenery: Parus varius(t = -3.035, p < 0.01), Parus major(t = 2.112, p < 0.05), Passer montanus(t = 2.112, p < 0.05), Paradoxornis webbianus(t = 2.112, p < 0.05), Turdus hortulorum(t = -4.026, p < 0.001), and Sitta europaea(t = -2.189, p < 0.05). The detection performance of the YOLO-X model for wildlife occurrence was analyzed, and it successfully classified 94.2% of the camera trapping data. In particular, the number of true positive predictions was 7,809 images and the number of false negative predictions was 51,044 images. In this study, the object detection algorithm YOLO-X model was used to detect the presence of wildlife in the camera trapping data. In this study, the YOLO-X model was used with a filter activated to detect 10 specific animal taxa out of the 80 classes trained on the COCO dataset, without any additional training. In future studies, it is necessary to create and apply training data for key occurrence species to make the model suitable for wildlife monitoring.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.36-45
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• 2001

Natural disturbances and human development can cause habitat fragmentation. Plant and wildlife can become isolated, and habitat fragmentation and shrinkage have been recognized as a key issue facing the conservation of biological diversity. However, eco-corridors can alleviate the problem by providing linkages between isolated patches. The purpose of this study is to plan the eco-corridor for connecting urban forest via the urban stream with low cost and to restore the ecosystem. The results were as follows (1) Falco subbuteo, and Dryocopus martius inhabit in the study site. They are protected species designated by Korean Ministry of Environment. Thus the study site should be preserved as urban wildlife habitat species biodiversity (2) If the biodiversity of the study site is maintained properly, the eco-corridor can be constructed with low cost.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2001

This is a study on how to create an ecological arboretum that would promote biodiversity by creating wild animal habitats in terms of using large-scale remnants in urban areas and that would serve as a field for environment education based on its locational feature of being an urban area and its accessibility. This study is significant in a sense that this is the first arboretum to be created in urban area. However, it has a couple of limitations and they are as follows. First, since an arboretum creation plan is a mid/long-term plan, it is difficult to verify the biodiversity promotion effect of the application of habitats and creation techniques. Second, as the space was created by considering ecological features and utilizing natural prototype, the diversity of forest trees in here is lower than that of a traditional arboretum.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.139-156
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• 2004

All Papers on Ecological Landscape Degign in KILA from 1973 to 2003 are listed herein for finding research issues and trends. The emerging field of Ecological studies of landscape design is based on Landscape Ecology and Watershed Ecology, the Principles of which can be applied to surveying and evaluation, Planning and design, construction and management focusing preservation of wildlife habitat and niche. This field can be classified into six categories: 1. Sustainable site planning and index, 2. Ecological planning process and regulation, 3. landscape ecology and biotope map, 4. Watershed and eco corridor project, 5. Urban forestry and environment, and 6. artificial ground and restoration ecology. The following is the summary of the findings from Paper review: 1. Sustainable index shall be studied about more specified sites. Water recycling facilities, and reservation wet land need to be studied. 2. Policy and legislation research on Ecological design shall be researched by expanding of the application field. Nature park planning and management fields shall be considered as the main theme of green networking Parts. 3. Landscape Ecological studies should be connected to practical surveying data, e.g. the eco-maps published by Environment Ministry. Traditional culture and science should be joined with the modem science. 4. Eco-corridor planning will go with the scenarios and theories of watershed ecology. 5. Urban forestry shall be studied with the wildlife's behavior and habitat. 6. Restoration engineering techniques should be reconsidered with the wildlife's existence and environmental affiliation.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.907-914
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• 2011

This study aims at monitoring the efficiency of wildlife corridor in the city of Sungnam, Gyunggi Province. During 2008-2010 for 13 months the CCTV in the city office followed number and population density using the wildlife corridor. Based on the monitoring Korean raccoon dog(Nyctereutes procyonoides) and water deer(Hydropotes inermis), Korean hare(Lepus coreanus), Korean yellow-weasel(Mustela sibirica), Korean squirrels(Sciurus vulgaris) used most often and counting 884 individuals.. This counts over 73% of targeted species and also verifies the project objectives. In future the monitoring should be increased and identify behavioral patterns focusing on ecological networks of previously fragmented habitats.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.92-99
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• 2012

도시 지역의 야생동물 서식처는 급격한 도시화와 산업화 과정에서 파괴되거나 파편화되었다. 도시지역에 서식하는 야생동물의 로드킬을 저감하기 위해 파편화된 서식처의 연결이 필요하다. 도시지역의 인공장애물을 안전하게 통과하기 위해서는 야생동물의 행동에 기반한 야생동물 이동통로의 위치가 선정되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 강서습지생태공원에서 서식하는 멸종위기종인 삵을 목표종으로 하여 야생동물 이동통로의 잠재적 대상지를 파악하였다. 이동통로의 선정은 공간구조를 객관적으로 평가하는 방법인 공간구문론 분석을 통해 이루어졌다. 통합도가 높은 것이 공간의 접근성과 연결성 높은 것을 의미하며, 이 논문에서는 통합도가 높은 공간이 삵이 더 자주 이동하는 공간을 의미한다. 포획된 삵은 발신기를 부착하여 2009년 3월부터 6월까지 4개월간 월 72시간 연속으로 원격무선추적하였다. 삵의 이동경로를 분석하기 위해 ArcGIS의 Animal Movenent와 Hawth Tools를 이용하였고, 공간구문론 분석을 위해 Axwoman 4.0을 사용하였다. 삵의 하루 평균이동거리는 $2.099{\pm}1.08km$로 나타났다. 연구기간 동안 삵은 로드킬의 위험을 안고 올림픽대로를 20회 이상 횡단하였다. 삵의 이동경로에 대한 공간통합도로서 전체 통합도는 0.458~1.834, 국부 통합도는 0.210~6.061로 나타났다. 삵의 이동경로와 도로가 중첩되는 5개 지점을 선정하여 통합도 값을 측정하였으며, 이들 지점 중 통합도가 높은 곳이 로드킬의 발생 가능성이 높은 곳이다. 따라서 5개 지점 중 전체 통합도와 국부 통합도가 가장 높은 곳을 각각 잠재적 이동통로 적지로 제안하였다. 국부 통합도가 가장 높은 지점에 터널형 이동통로가 건설 중에 있으며, 공사 완료 후 이들 지점에 대한 이동통로의 적지 여부를 검증할 것이다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제110권1호
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• pp.22-34
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• 2021

2020년 7월 공원일몰제 시행을 앞두고 도시자연공원구역 지정과 관련 법률 개정을 통해 서울시 미집행 도시공원의 실효 시점이 연장되었다. 그러나 미집행 도시공원의 개발이 여전히 가능한 상황에서 공원녹지의 추가적인 토지개발이 예상된다. 이 연구에서는 서울시 미집행 도시공원을 대상으로 향후 공원 내 사유지의 토지전용이 일어날 상황을 가정하고 예상되는 경관 연결성 변화에 따른 우선매입 대상지를 선정하고자 한다. 이를 위해 공원일몰제 시행 전과 후의 토지피복 변화와 생물의 이동능력을 반영한 4가지 경관투과성 시나리오(PB100, PB1, PA100, PA1)를 작성하였다. 이들 시나리오에 기반하여 Connectivity Analysis Toolkit의 전류흐름 매개중심성(current flow betweenness centrality) 방식으로 경관 연결성을 계산하고 미집행공원별 전류흐름 매개중심성 순위 변화를 비교하였다. 분석결과 공원일몰제 시행 이후 상황을 반영한 PA1과 PA100 시나리오에서 서울시 남부에 위치한 미집행 도시공원의 전류흐름 매개중심성 순위가 크게 감소하였고, 한강을 통한 이동이 어려운 PA1 시나리오는 북한산 인근 공원에서 전류흐름 매개중심성 순위가 크게 감소하는 것을 확인하였다. 향후 미집행 도시공원의 환경적·생태적 기능을 고려한 매입방안 모색에 있어 본 연구결과가 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.329-335
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• 2004

Biotop map can be utilized for nature conservation and assessment of environmental impact for human activities in urban area. High resolution satellite images such as IKONOS and KOMPSAT1-EOC were interpreted to classify land use, hydrology, impermeable pavement ratio and vegetation for biotop mapping. Wildlife habitat map and detailed vegetation map obtained from former study results were used as ground truth data. Vegetation was investigated directly for the area where the detailed vegetation map is not available. All these maps were combined and the boundaries were delineated to produce the biotop map. Within the boundary, the characteristics of each polygon were identified, and named. This study investigates the possibility of biotop mapping using high resolution satellite remote sensing data together with field data with the goal of contributing to nature conservation in urban area.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2011

This study was carried out to analyze ecological characteristics and select target species for effective restoration plans of wildlife corridors at Galmachi of Sungnam City. The actual vegetation in study area was physiognomically mixed with deciduous broad leaved forests dominated by oaks and artificially planted species. And it is a secondary forest formatted by sprout originated stand and being on early succession stage as a young stand. So study site was regarded as not suitable for the habitats for wildlife. The number of mammal species at study site was total 22 species, but most of these species were found as not so many in individual numbers. The individual number of hare was approximately 4 to 8, while the raccoon dog and water deer with 2 to 3 and 1 to 2, respectively. As such, it was estimated as a low population density due to discontinuation of ecosystem and the man-made impacts. In this study, raccoon dog and water deer were selected as the target species because of their migration patterns and ecological value in local ecosystem. It was suggested to establish a wildlife corridors of an over-bridge type at the peak area of Galmachi, known to be the mostly-used migratory route for 2 target species.