Monitoring Extensive Breeding Populations and Daily Call Activity of the Gold-spotted Pond Frog, Rana chosenica in Chungju City and Chungwon Gun

청주시와 청원군에서 금개구리 (Rana chosenica) 번식 군집 모니터링 및 일중 울음소리 빈도

  • Sung, Ha-Cheol (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Cha, Sang-Min (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Kim, Suk-Kyung (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Park, Dae-Sik (Department of Science Education, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Park, Shi-Ryong (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Cheong, Seok-Wan (Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education)
  • 성하철 (한국교원대학교 생물교육과) ;
  • 차상민 (한국교원대학교 생물교육과) ;
  • 김수경 (한국교원대학교 생물교육과) ;
  • 박대식 (강원대학교 과학교육과) ;
  • 박시룡 (한국교원대학교 생물교육과) ;
  • 정석환 (한국교원대학교 생물교육과)
  • Published : 2007.06.01

Abstract

To investigate the spatial distribution and daily calling pattern of the Gold-spotted pond frog, Rana chosenica, in Chungju city and Chungwon gun, Chungbuk province, Korea, we divided the study area into 226 plots with a $2{\times}2km^2$ plot on the map, of which we assigned 32 plots for monitoring populations. Call monitoring on whether the species are present or not were conducted for 5 minutes in between sunset and the midnight from at the end of May to July in 2006. Gold-spotted pond frogs were detected at least once four out of 32 plots. Using program Presence, we obtained site occupancy rate as 0.170 which was quite low compared with other species, while detection probability was 0.66 that propose at least three times to visit the monitoring site to confirm the absence of the frogs. The frogs were actively calling from 21:00 to 02:00, and the number of calling male was significantly and highly correlated with water temperature and humidity. This study shows the present status of the Gold-spotted pond frogs in Chungju city and Chungwon gun and we suggests various effective monitoring methods based on the this study.

청주시와 청원군 내 금개구리 (Rana chosenica) 개체군의 지역적인 분포를 밝히고 금개구리 울음소리의 시간적 변이를 알아보고자 1/50,000 지도상에 $2{\times}2km^2$의 총 226개 격자를 만들고, 이 중 53개 (총 격자의 23.5%) 격자를 선정하여 모니터링을 실시하였고, 가장 많은 개체를 포함하는 하나의 개체군을 선정하여 저녁 8시부터 다음날 오전 7시까지 울음소리 개체의 빈도를 조사하였다. 53개 격자 중 4곳에서 1번 이상 울음소리를 청취하였다. 프로그램 Presence를 이용하여 모니터링 데이터를 분석한 결과 점유율은 0.170로 다른 종에 비하여 아주 낮았으며, 발견율은 0.66으로 최소한 3번 방문하여야 그 지역에 금개구리가 없다는 것을 확신할 수 있었다. 또한 금개구리는 저녁 9시부터 새벽 2시까지 가장 활발하게 울음소리를 내며 울음소리 빈도는 수온과 습도와 높은 상관관계를 보여주었다. 이 연구를 통하여 청주시와 청원군 내 금개구리의 현재 위치를 확인하였고, 얻어진 결과를 토대로 효율적인 모니터링 방법을 제시하였다.

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