This study aims at classifying and interpreting on the vegetation structure and analyzing the correlationship between communities and environmental conditions in Mt. Wolchulsan. We also predicted the succession possibility and the vertical distribution change of vegetations according to the global warming, through the pioneer species of a forest change and dominant species of canopy vegetations. We also analyzed the Raunkiaer's life-form. The communities in this ecotone are distributed vertically in the order of a Quercus acuta community, a Q. serrata-Q. variabilis community and a Q. serrata community. A Pinus densiflora community appears on the most of altitudes. The distribution of communities correlates highly with an altitude. The Q. serrata-Q. variabilis community will be succession to the Q. acuta community, and the Q. variabilis will be under natural selection gradually or remain locally. The Q. serrata community will possibly maintain as it is, and the P. densiflora community will be also under natural selection gradually. The valuable quantitative and numerical life-forms are confirmed and the layer structure of present vegetation will not be changed.

Abstract
 1. 서 론
 2. 재료 및 방법
  2.1. 조사지역의 환경 현황
  2.2. 조사 및 분석 방법
 3. 결과 및 고찰
  3.1. 조사지의 기후환경 특성
  3.2. 추이대 삼림식생의 식물사회학적 식생구조 분류
  3.3. Ordination 분석 및 환경과의 상관성
  3.4. 군락의 수직적 분포와 종조성을 통한 천이 가능성예측
  3.5. 생활형 분석
 4. 결 론
 참 고 문 헌

• 이성제(日本 橫濱國立大學 大學院 環境情報學府) | Sung-Je Lee (Graduate school of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University)
• 안영희(중앙대학교 식물시스템과학과) | Young-Hee Ahn (Department of Applied Plant Science, Chung-Ang University) Corresponding Author