The Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) provides information about the volume growth of a tree. In this study, we estimated the relative growth rates of Castanea crenata and Pinus rigida as 4.07% and 3.73%, respectively. Although the difference was low, we demonstrated that the growth rate of C. crenata is slightly faster than that of P. rigida. After calculating the relative growth rate for each section, we found that the relative growth of C. crenata decreased with time. However, the relative growth rate of P. rigida showed an overall increase. The gap widths of both species showed an increasing trend. However, the gradient of the two species was different. The gradient of C. crenata was approximately 12.0, but that of P. rigida was approximately 4.7. This means that the volume growth of C. crenata was faster than that of P. rigida during 4 years. However, this was relatively a short period for measuring the volume growth pattern, and we believe that additional useful information can be obtained by conducting long-term ecological monitoring. Results of canonical correspondence analysis showed that among the climate variables, temperature was significantly related to the gap widths for both species.

Abstract
 1. 서 론
 2. 연구 방법
  2.1. 조사지 개황
  2.2. Treebanding 설치
  2.3. 흉고직경 측정을 이용한 상대생장률 비교
  2.4. Treebanding gap 측정과 종간 생장률 비교
  2.5. 기후인자와 종별 생장의 Canonical correspondence analysis
 3. 결과 및 고찰
  3.1. 흉고직경 측정을 이용한 상대생장률
  3.2. Treebanding gap width 측정과 종간 생장률 비교
  3.3. Canonical correspondence analysis 결과
 4. 결 론
  4.1. 흉고직경을 이용한 구간별 상대생장률 비교
  4.2. Gap width 변화를 이용한 종간 생장률 상대 비
  4.3. Canonical correspondence analysis 결과
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• 김기대(한국교원대학교 환경교육과) | Kee Dae Kim (Department of Environmental Education, Korea National University of Education) Corresponding author