Community Distribution on Forest Vegetation of the Geochilbong Area in the Deogyusan National Park, Korea.

Oh, Jang-Geun; Kim, Chang-Hwan; Lee, Nam-Sook; Gin, Yu-Ri

doi:10.11614/ksl.2013.46.3.449

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“…Many studies on Mts. Bukhansan (Lee 1997), Odaesan (Byun et al 1998;Choi et al 2014), Sobaeksan (Lee et al 1993), Weoraksan (Lee et al 2015a;Lee et al 2015b), Deogyusan (Oh et al 2013;Choi et al 2013a;Choi et al 2013b), Naejangsan and Seonunsan (Kim and Yim 1987;Kim and Yim 1988), and Mudeungsan (Kim et al 1994) indicated Q. mongolica as the "climax species" throughout the whole region or in the high elevation slopes. Even though Q. mongolica is distributed all over the country, it is more predominant in the dry stands as we found in meta-analysis 2.…”

Section: Late-successional Broadleaved Forest: Climax Communitymentioning

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Review on the succession process of Pinus densiflora forests in South Korea: progressive and disturbance-driven succession

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Background: Most of the Pinus densiflora forests, occupying the largest area, have been restored in South Korea since the 1970s. As young pioneer forests, the succession process is under way. Since the forests are distributed nationwide and are vulnerable to disturbances, the process may differ depending on the geography and/or site conditions. Therefore, we reviewed the direction, the seral communities, and the late-successional species of progressive and disturbance-driven succession nationwide in the cool-temperate zone through meta-analysis and empirical observations. Main text: As a result of a meta-analysis of the direct succession and vertical structure, we found that the P. densiflora forest is in a directionally progressive succession, changing to the broadleaved forest after forming a mixed forest with its overwhelming successor, Quercus species (particularly Q. mongolica and Q. serrata). In dry stands in a relative sense, the Quercus species was favored occupying over 80% of the abundance of the succeeding species. Therefore, in dry stands, it is presumed that Quercus-dominated stage would last for a long time due to the current dominance and long life span, and eventually, it settles as Quercus-broadleaved forest with a site change. Contrary to this, it is presumed that in mesic stands where Quercus species do not occur or have low abundance, the late-successional broadleaved species settle early to form a co-dominant forest with multiple species. Due to geographical limits, the species composition of the two late-successional forests is different. Disturbances such as insect pests and fire retrogressed vulnerable P. densiflora forest for a while. However, it was mostly restored to the Quercus forest and is expected to be incorporated in the pathway of the dry stand. Conclusions: We revealed the succession process of P. densiflora forests according to geography and moisture and found that stand moisture had a decisive effect on the species and abundance of the successor. Although the P. densiflora forest is undergoing structural changes, the forest is still young; so within a few decades, physiognomy is not likely to change. Therefore, the decrease in the forest area may be due to other causes such as disturbances and forest conversion rather than due to succession.

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