Status and Development of National Ecosystem Survey in Korea

Kim, Chang-Hoe; Kang, Jong-Hyun; Kim, Myung-Jin

doi:10.14249/eia.2013.22.6.725

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“…Global-level spatial data from the IUCN representing the geographic range of each mammalian species were available 31 , but these data are not suitable for studies in South Korea because South Korea is a relatively small country and the IUCN data may not capture local level differences. Consequently, species occurrence reports from the national ecosystem survey 18 conducted by the NIE between 2006 and 2013 were employed. The NIE provided district-level occurrence data for every target species, including mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians.…”

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“…South Korea has an annual incidence of HFRS of 300–600 cases, and these are distributed all over the country (Supplementary Material 1 ). In addition, the National Institute of Ecology (NIE) conducted a national ecosystem survey on wildlife, which enabled us to estimate local-level species richness of predators 18 . Various datasets from the Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS) 19 and the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) 20 provided us with covariates, such as sociodemographic, meteorological, and geographic factors, which were needed to adjust the association between HFRS incidence and predator richness.…”

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Protective effect of predator species richness on human hantavirus infection incidence

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Hwang

et al. 2020

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Are predators of rodents beneficial for public health? This question focuses on whether predators regulate the spillover transmission of rodent-borne diseases. No clear answer has emerged because of the complex linkages across multiple trophic levels and the lack of accessible data. Although previous empirical findings have suggested ecological mechanisms, such as resource partitioning, which implies protective effects from predator species richness, epidemiological evidence is needed to bolster these arguments. Thus, we investigated the association between predator species richness and incidence of rodent-borne haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the human population using district-level longitudinal data of 13 years for South Korea. With the exception of districts with low species richness, we found a significant negative association between the incidence of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and the species richness of both avian and mammalian predators; the trends for both predator types were similar. Thus, biodiversity conservation may benefit public health.

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Protective effect of predator species richness on human hantavirus infection incidence

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Hwang

et al. 2020

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“…These surveys were conducted from 2006 to 2018 by entrusted herpetologists in groups of two. Following the official survey guideline 27 , the surveys covered all over the national territory which was divided into 824 grids of 1:25,000 scale. Each 1:25,000 topographic grid was then subsequently divided into nine finer-grids of 2′30″ × 2′30″ (~4.5 km) along the latitude and longitude.…”

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“…The Korean Peninsula is home to 32 reptile species and 22 amphibian species (National Institute of Biological Resources, https://species.nibr.go.kr/index.do), and the species list is still growing as more cryptic species are being reported [23][24][25] , and numerous North Korean species are likely undiscovered 26 . The occurrence of species throughout South Korea has been monitored since 1986 by the National Ecosystem Survey 27 . However, there have been few studies utilizing this nationwide species record, and even fewer have analyzed the biodiversity of this country from this dataset.…”

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Functional group analyses of herpetofauna in South Korea using a large dataset

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Functional traits are characteristics of species that affect their fitness and ecosystem, and they greatly influence ecological niches. Thus, biodiversity assessment based on functional groups rather than species per se can more realistically reflect the ecological niche space. As essential players of ecosystem functions, herpetofauna are appropriate subjects of functional trait-based analyses. In this study, using a nationwide dataset and applying trait information and ecological niche modeling, the richness within each functional group, and the taxonomic and functional diversity indices of South Korean herpetofauna were visualized to identify and compare the geographic distributions. The results revealed that the reptile community seemed more locally diverse with more overlapping randomized patterns among groups than amphibians, while amphibians showed wider distributions and a higher within-grid occurrence ratio. Functional diversity indices of reptiles also showed more randomized geographic patterns with higher levels at Jejudo Island than amphibians. The findings of this study may help to identify biodiversity hot spots and understand its ecosystem health. Increasing survey data and trait information will improve the assessment.

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“…A total of 128 mammals were reported to inhabit this area as of 2018 [25]. Since 1986, the government has continuously collected basic data on the biota at the national level every 5-10 years by conducting an 'Investigation of Natural Environment' [26]. Along with these nationwide data, data obtained from continuous or temporary monitoring and field investigations of 49 overpass WCS from 2016 to 2018 were used [27].…”

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Landscape Characteristics Based on Effectiveness of Wildlife Crossing Structures in South Korea

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Roads are notable and responsible for the loss of biodiversity and disruption of wildlife habitats connectivity. Wildlife crossing structures (WCS) help wildlife move between habitats by connecting fragmented habitats. Their effectiveness is affected by various factors. Here, to identify methods for improving the effectiveness of wildlife crossing structures, we controlled the effect of intrinsic factors, such as size, that are difficult to improve in an already installed area, and then, evaluated the differences in extrinsic factors using 12 landscape characteristics. Our results show that 18 wildlife crossing structures were selected with propensity-score (PS) matching method. The surrounding landscape characteristics differed between high-effectiveness wildlife crossing structures and low-effectiveness wildlife crossing structures. Particularly, there was a significant difference between the ‘statutory protected area’ and the ‘edge’ index of the morphological spatial pattern analysis among the landscape characteristic variables derived within 1 km2 of wildlife crossing structures. We empirically demonstrate that characteristics around highly effective WCS, statutory protected areas are widely distributed, and the ratio of edge of MSPA is low (within 1 km2). Therefore, an important outcome of our research is the demonstration that management of WCS itself is important, but conservation of surrounding habitats and landscape management plans are also significant.

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Status and Development of National Ecosystem Survey in Korea

Abstract: The National Ecosystem Survey in Korea provides information to policy makers for preservation of natural environment and implementation of international agreement. The 1st and 2nd National

Cited by 17 publications

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Protective effect of predator species richness on human hantavirus infection incidence

Protective effect of predator species richness on human hantavirus infection incidence

Functional group analyses of herpetofauna in South Korea using a large dataset

Landscape Characteristics Based on Effectiveness of Wildlife Crossing Structures in South Korea

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