본 실험은 나이가 다른 잣나무조림지에서의 토중 톡톡이 군집의 특성을 조사하기 위하여 수행하였다. 조림후 1~2년된 지역에서 11~12년된 지역을 1986년 7월부터 1987년 6월까지 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 전체적인 톡톡이군집?조는 각종에 따라 심한 집중분포현상을 나타내고 있고, 동일종도 지역에 따라 다른 분포양식을 나타낸다. 조림연도별 군집구조는 조림연도가 오랠수록 종다양도가 높아지고, 밀도와 종자도 안정되어 있었다. 조림후 2년이 지난 1985년조림지에서는 동경사면인 I구가 서면사면인 II구보다 종다양도가 높았다. 계절적 군집구조는 온도가 높은 8월과 유기물함량이 가장 많은 10월에 밀도와 종류가 높은데 이는 톡톡이군의 활동이 온도, 습도, 유기물량에 형향을 받는 것으로 생각된다.

A study has carried out to examine the characteristics of the soil arthropodan communities in the plantations of Korean white pine, Pinus koraiensis. Periodical soil samples were taken from the forests during the period from July, 1986 to June, 1987, except in winter months. The arthropods were extracted by the means of Berlese funnel. The distribution of collembola showed to be aggregated and appeared to be different distribution pattern with the environmental conditions. The structures of the collembolan communities in the soil seemed to reflect the forest conditions, and the diversity of the component species and the fluctuation of the number of individuals showed greater stability with the older plantations than with the younger ones. With young plantation sites, the various indices of the community, however, were affected more by the physical conditions than those of plantations. A great increase in the number of individual occurred in August and the peak densities continued thereafter through October, and these might be related with the reproductive patterns of the component species as well as the temperature and the accumulation of organic materials.

• Hyung Hoon Kim
• Jai Sun Hyun