Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment (생태와환경)

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Analysis of the Location Environment of the Sub-alpine Coniferous Forest in National Parks Using GIS - Focusing on Abies koreana -

GIS를 활용한 국립공원 아고산대 침엽수림의 입지환경 분석 - 구상나무를 대상으로 -

  • Kim, Tae-Geun (National Park Research Institute, Korea National Park Services) ;
  • Oh, Jang-Geun (National Park Research Institute, Korea National Park Services)
  • 김태근 (국립공원관리공단 국립공원연구원) ;
  • 오장근 (국립공원관리공단 국립공원연구원)
  • Received : 2016.09.14
  • Accepted : 2016.10.01
  • Published : 2016.09.30
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Abstract

It was a case study to use as a basic data for efficient the preservation and management of subalpine coniferous forest in national parks. It is based on inhabitation condition of 210 individuals of Abies koreana Wilson that was found through local investigation in the sub-alpine zone of Jirisan National Park and Songnisan National Park. It analyzed the effect of the geographical location and topographical features, which are the basics of location environment, on the growth of A. koreana. The variables related to the growth of A. koreana are tree height and diameter at breast height. Topographical features include geographical longitude, altitude above sea level, slope of the mountains, aspect that describes the direction in which a slope faces and topographical wetness index. Topographical features were extracted through GIS spatial analysis. It used canonical correlation analysis to estimate whether the two variables groups have related to each other and how much they are related, if any, and estimated the effect of the geographical and topographical features on the growth structure of A. koreana using multiple regression analysis. The tree height and diameter at breast height that represent the growth structure of A. koreana show greater relation to geographical latitude distribution than topographical feature and the geographical and topographical factors show greater relation to diameter at breast height than tree height. The growth structure's variable and geographical and topographical variable of A. koreana have meaningful relation and the result shows that geographical and topographical variables explain 18.1% of the growth structure. The variables that affect the diameter at breast height of A. koreana are geographical latitude, topographical wetness index, aspect and altitude, which are put in order of statistical significance. The higher the latitude is, the smaller the diameter at breast height. Depending on the topographical feature, it becomes bigger. The variable that affects the tree height is topographical wetness index, which was the only meaningful variable. Overall, the tree height and diameter at breast height that are related to the growth structure of A. koreana are affected by geographical and topographical feature. It showed that the geographical feature affected it the most. Especially the effect of water among the topographical features is expected to be bigger than the other topographical factors. Based on the result, it is expected that geographical and topographical feature is an important factor for the growth structure of A. koreana. Even though it considered only the geographical and topographical features and used spatial analysis data produced by GIS, the research results will be useful for investigating and researching the growth environment of coniferous forest inhabiting in sub-alpine zone of national parks and are expected to be used as basic data for establishing measures to efficiently manage and preserve evergreen needleaf tree such as A. koreana.

본 논문은 국립공원 아고산대 침엽수림을 효과적으로 보전하고 관리하는 데 기초자료로 활용하고자 진행된 사례연구로서 지리산국립공원과 속리산국립공원의 아고산대에서 현지 조사된 구상나무 (Abies koreana Wilson) 210개체의 서식실태 자료를 바탕으로, 입지환경의 기본이 되는 지리적 위치와 지형적 특성이 구상나무의 생장에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 이를 위해서 구상나무의 생장과 관련된 변수는 수고 및 흉고직경으로 하고, 지형적 특성은 GIS 공간분석을 이용하여 추출된 지리적 위도, 해발고도, 산지경사, 사면향 그리고 지형습윤지수로 하였다. 두 변수군의 연관성의 유무와 정도를 평가하기 위해서 정준상관분석을 이용하고, 다중회귀분석을 이용하여 지리 지형적 특성이 구상나무의 생장구조에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 구상나무 생장구조를 나타내는 흉고직경 및 수고는 지형의 수직적인 분포보다 지리 위도적인 분포와 연관성이 더 크고, 지리 지형요소는 수고보다 흉고직경과 연관성이 더 큰 것으로 나타났다. 구상나무의 생장구조변수와 지리 지형변수는 유의한 상관관계가 있고, 지리 지형변수가 생장구조변수를 18.1% 정도 설명하는 것으로 나타났다. 구상나무의 흉고직경에 영향을 주는 변수는 지리적 위도, 지형습윤지수, 사면향 그리고 해발고도의 순으로 통계적 유의성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 위도가 높아질수록 흉고직경은 작아지고 지형적 요소에 따라서는 커지는 것으로 나타났다. 수고에 영향을 주는 변수는 지형습윤지수만이 유의미한 것으로 나타났다. 전반적으로, 구상나무의 생장구조와 관련된 수고와 흉고직경은 지리적인 특성의 영향이 가장 클 것으로 나타났다. 특히 지형적 특성 중에서 수분상태의 영향이 다른 지형요소에 비해서 더 클 것으로 예측되었다. 이러한 결과로 볼 때, 지리 지형적인 특성은 구상나무의 생장에 중요한 요인이 될 것으로 추측된다. 비록 지리 지형적 특성만을 고려하고 GIS를 이용하여 제작된 공간분석 자료를 사용한 한계가 있다고 해도, 본 연구결과는 향후 국립공원 아고산대에서 서식하고 있는 침엽수림의 생장환경을 조사하고 연구하는 데 유용하고, 구상나무 등 상록침엽교목을 효과적으로 관리하고 보전하기 위해서 대책을 수립하는 데 기초자료로 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

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