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월출산 주요 식생의 낙엽 생산량

이준석1, 이은혜1, 유영주1, 이재석1
Joonseok YI1, Eun-Hye LEE1, Young-Ju YU1, Jae-Seok LEE1
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1건국대학교 생명과학과
1Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University

ⓒ Copyright 2011 Korean Association for Conservation of Nature. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Dec 31, 2011

ABSTRACT

In this study, we evaluated annual litter production in 5 communities with Quercus variabilis, Quercus acuta, Pinus densiflora-Quercus aliena, Pinus densiflora-Quercus serrata, Pinus rigida of major vegetation in Mt. Weolchul. Litter were collected by litter traps (1m×1m×1m) installed in June 2010 every month. Litter was producted average 448.3g/m2 of 5 communities, and these were the highest with 538.0g/m2 in Quercus variabilis community and the lowest with 242.0g/m2 in Quercus acuta community. The average ratios of each part were 72.8% in leaf, 15.3% in branch, and 11.9% in other.

Keywords: litter production; Mt. Weolchul; carbon cycle