This study examined the effects of environmental factors on the abundance of black pine bast scale (BPBS), Matsucoccus thunbergianae Miller and Park, in coastal disaster prevention forest stands composed mostly of Japanese black pine. Geographical factors, soil conditions and forest stand conditions were measured to evaluate the hazard rating for the occurrence of BPBS from 35 plots in the coastal forest stands. To assess the hazard rating, a combination of a self-organizing map (SOM), which classified the samples according to their characteristics, and a random forest model, which predicted the probability of the occurrence of BPBS from SOM results, was used in this study. Our results showed that major factors determining the abundance of BPBS were climate, tree size, and tree health. BPBS was more common in low latitude coastal forests, suggesting that warmer conditions were favorable to BPBS population buildup. Tree size also influenced the abundance of BPBS, which was higher in forests composed of larger trees (greater DBH). Finally, BPBS was also more abundant in areas with high soil salinity and clay-loam soil, and north-facing slopes where tree vigor was lower.

본 연구는 관광객의 증가 및 개발로 인해 식생의 파편화가 진행되고 있는 해안 곰솔림을 대상으로 효율 적인 보전과 관리를 위한 기초자료를 제공하기 위하여 곰솔 우점림에 조사구 70개(20×20m)를 설치하여 수행하였다. 경상북도 동부 해안가 곰솔림의 군집분석 결과 곰솔림은 3개의 군집(곰솔-소나무군집, 곰솔-아까시나무군집, 곰솔-소나무-팽나무군집)으로 구분되었으며, 다수응답순열절차 검정 결과, 군집은 유의성 있게 나타났다. 지표종 분석 결과, 유의한 종은 소나무, 작살나무, 노간주나무, 산철쭉 등 19종이 분석되었다. 곰솔림의 개체군 구조는 12∼26 ㎝의 직경급이 우점하는 것으로 나타났으며 고봉형 양상(hump-shape pattern)으로 나타났다. 종다양도(H')는 목본층에서 1.033±0.234∼1.629±0.226, 초본층에서 2.448±0.232∼2.545±0.318 사이로 나타났다.