Pitfall traps that use ethylene glycol as a preservative solution are commonly used in arthropod research. However, a recent surge in cases involving damage to these traps by roe deer or wild boars owing to the sweet taste of ethylene glycol has prompted the addition of quinone sulfate, a substance with a pungent taste, to deter such wildlife interference. This study aimed to assess the effects of quinone sulfate on arthropods collected from pitfall traps containing ethylene glycol. We strategically positioned 50 traps using ethylene glycol alone and 50 traps containing a small amount of quinone sulfate mixed with ethylene glycol in a grid pattern for systematic sampling at the Gwangneung Forest long-term ecological research (LTER) site. Traps were collected 10 days later. The results revealed a notable effect on ants when quinone sulfate was introduced. Specifically, it decreased the number of ants. In a species-specific analysis of ants, only Nylanderia flavipes showed a significant decline in response to quinone sulfate, whereas other ant species remained unaffected. Additionally, among the arthropod samples obtained in this survey, we identified species or morpho-species of spiders, beetles, and ants and assessed species diversity. Consequently, the utilization of quinone sulfate should be undertaken judiciously, taking into account the specific species composition and environmental characteristics of the monitoring site. Our study also highlighted the significant response of various arthropod groups to variations in leaf litter depth, underscoring the crucial role of the leaf litter layer in providing sustenance and shelter for ground-foraging arthropods. Furthermore, we have compiled comprehensive species lists of both spiders and ants in Gwangneung forest by amalgamating data from this investigation with findings from previous studies.

The distribution pattern of species richness was determined by temperature. To examine the relationship between hemipteran richness and temperature, hemipteran species were collected using pitfall traps at six different oak forest sites with different annual mean temperatures in South Korea. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted with mean annual temperature (MAT) and plant richness to evaluate differences in hemipteran richness. The influences of MAT and plant richness of study sites on hemipteran richness were examined by comparing three models (plant richness+MAT+MAT2, plant richness+MAT, and MAT) or two models (plant richness+MAT and MAT). Hemipteran richness showed an inverse diversity pattern as a function of temperature, with higher species richness at lower temperature sites. Meanwhile, Aphididae showed a bell-shaped diversity pattern with the highest value at low medium temperatures. The regression analysis showed that hemipteran richness was affected by temperature and plant richness in their habitats.

Using data from flies collected with pitfall traps in 365 forests on a nationwide scale in Korea, the abundance and distribution changes of two families (Phoridae and Lauxaniidae) in Korean forests were predicted at the genus level according to two climate change scenarios: RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5. The most suitable temperature for the 17 major genera was estimated using a weighted average regression model. Stichillus and Anevrina displayed the lowest optimum temperature with 7.6℃ and 8.5℃ in annual mean temperature, respectively, whereas Chonocephalus had the highest optimum temperature with 12.1℃. Among thirty genera, seven genera (four from Phoridae and three from Lauxaniidae), which showed their abundance in a bell-type or linear pattern along the temperature gradient, were used for predicting the distribution changes according to the future climate change scenarios. All the taxa of this study are expected to decrease in abundance and distribution as a function of temperature increase. Moreover, cold-adapted taxa were found to be more affected than warmadapted taxa.

The effects of forest type and fragmentation of forests by a road on the beetle community were investigated in the Gwangneung Forest, South Korea. Beetles were collected monthly using pitfall traps and by sweeping at 16 sites (eight in coniferous forests and eight in deciduous forests) for one year from April 1993 to April 1994, excluding winter. A total of 17,616 beetles belonging to 271 species from 39 families were collected. Among them, Synuchus cycloderus was the dominant species, with 14,060 individuals accounting for 80% of the total population. The influence of forest type (coniferous and deciduous) or sampling region (fragmented by a road) on species richness (number of species) was observed. We found that species richness was substantially different depending on the sampling method and taxa used. Beetles collected using pitfall traps responded more sensitively to habitat types than those collected by sweeping. Four dominant families differently responded to forest fragmentation and forest types. Carabidae was influenced by forest fragmentation, whereas Staphylinidae and Curculionidae were influenced by forest types. Chrysomelidae was not influenced.

본 연구에서는 간벌 이후 지표 절지동물 군집의 장기적인 변화를 확인하기 위해, 잣나무조림지에서 간벌 전후에 조사되었던 과거 지표 절지동물 군집 자료와 간벌처리 10년 후인 2018년에 채집한 군집 자료를 비교하였다. 조사지역에서는 간벌 이후 10년이 지났으나 여전히 간벌처리에 따른 서식 환경 (유기물 깊이, 지표면 식생 피도, 울폐도)의 차이가 나타났다. 2018년 조사된 절지동물 군집은 곤충강 파리목, 벌목, 딱정벌레목, 톡토기강 톡토기목, 거미강 거미목 순으로 우점하였고, 간벌처리 조건 중 강도간벌에서는 거미강 거미목, 곤충강 딱정벌레목과 벌목이, 약도간벌에 서 톡토기강 톡토기목과 곤충강 파리목이 가장 많이 나타났다. 간벌 직후인 2008년에 비해 2018년 곤충강 딱정벌레목과 파리목, 벌목, 갑각강 등각목의 개체수는 감소하였고, 곤충강 노린재목과 메뚜기목의 개체수는 증가하였다. 2018년의 지표 절지동물 군집은 간벌 이전인 2006년 군집에 비해, 간벌 직후인 2008년 군집과 유사한 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 지표 절지동물 군집의 변화를 조사지역 및 간벌처리 조건에 따라 나타내어, 차후 산림 내 간벌 계획 작성 또는 간벌을 이용한 산림 자원 관리에 대한 기초 자료를 제공한다. 이후로 다양한 간벌처리지 내 조사 등이 수반된 추가 연구가 수행된다면, 간벌로 인한 산림 절지동물 군집 변화를 더욱 명확하게 규명할 수 있을 것이다.

Headwater streams provide various microhabitats, resulting in high diversity of macroinvertebrate community. In this study, we compared the differences of communities between two adjacent headwater streams (Jangjeon stream (GRJ; GRJ1-GRJ5) and Haanmi stream (GRH; GRH1-GRH3)) in Jungwang and Gariwang mountains, Gangwon-do and evaluated the effects of habitat condition to the macroinvertebrates community composition. In order to characterize the macroinvertebrate communities and extract influential environmental factors, we applied to Cluster analysis (CA), Indicator species analysis and Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS). Total 33,613 individuals in 3 phyla, 5 classes, 13 orders, 51 families, and 114 taxa (genera or species) were collected. Gammarus sp. was dominant at the upper stream of GRJ, whereas Chironomidae spp. was abundant at GRH and the downstream of GRJ. The CA classified samples into six clusters (1-6) reflecting spatial and temporal variation of benthic macroinvertebrate communities. Benthic macroinvertebrate community composition was significantly different between two adjacent streams. Sweltsa sp. 1, Psilotreta kisoensis, Rhyacophila shikotsuensis and Serratella setigera were identified as representative indicator species for clusters 1, 2, 3 and 5, respectively. Similar to CA results, NMDS revealed the spatial and temporal differences of benthic macroinvertebrate communities, indicating the difference of community composition as well as microhabitat condition. Forest composition, proportion of boulders (>256 mm), and water velocity were main factors affecting the macroinvertebrate community composition.

산불 후에 일어나는 개미군집의 변화양상을 파악하기 위해 산불이 난 산림에서 자연적으로 식생복원이 이루어진 곳, 인위적으로 조림한 곳, 산불이 나지 않은 곳의 3개 조사지에서 2005년부터 8년간 함정트랩으로 개미를 조사하였다. 모두 24종이 채집되었고 스미스개미(Nylanderia flavipes)가 가장 풍부하였다. 산림을 선호하는 개미종(예, 일본장다리개미, 민냄새개미, 노랑잘록개미)들은 산불이 나지 않은 조사지와 자연적으로 식생이 복원되는 조사지에서 많이 발생한 반면, 개활지를 선호하는 종(예, 곰개미, 일본왕개미, 주름개미)들은 인위적으로 조림된 곳에서 많이 나타 났다. 다변량분석 결과는 인위적으로 조림된 곳이 자연적으로 식생이 복원된 곳 보다 개미군집이 산불 후에 더 많이 달라지는 것을 보여준다. 자연 복원된 조사지에서는 개미군집이 산불이 난 5-6년후에 산불 이전으로 회복되는 데 비해, 인공복원된 조사지에서는 회복에 약 25년이 소요될 것으 로 추정되었다.

Butterflies are commonly used for environmental monitoring to assess biodiversity changes in the world. Occurrence of butterflies were monitored by a line transect method in Gwangneung forest for 10 years from 2005 to 2014. Totally, 8,484 individuals of 96 species of butterflies were identified. Among them, two species Libythea celtis (2807 individuals) and Pieris melete (1517 individuals) were the most abundant species, followed by Argynnis paphia (381 individuals) and Neptis philyroides (277 individuals). Meanwhile, Pieris melete and Libythea celtis showed high occurrence frequency with 84.6% (99 times among the 117 monitoring times) and 76.9% (90 times) respectively, followed by Argynnis paphia (42.7%) and Pieris canidia (40.2%). Species richness and abundance were varied at different years, and they were slightly decreasing in recent years. Most species showed annual variation in their abundance. Species abundance distribution model showed a log-normal distribution.

Headwater streams are the main sources of water sediment and organic material for downstream reaches and their small catchments coupled terrestrial-aquatic linkages. Because headwater streams provide valuable habitats for unique and diverse assemblages of aquatic fauna, they are also essential for sustaining the structure and function of the watersheds. Therefore, it has been recently supported that headwaters are important areas for maintaining biodiversity. In this study, we surveyed four different headwater streams in different watersheds to characterize differences of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages among study streams. Benthic macroinvertebrates were collected seasonally with a Surber net at four different streams. In addition, hydrological and physicochemical environmental factors including temperature, discharge, width, conductivity, dissolved oxygen and pH were also measured at each sampling site. Community indices were used to differentiate spatiotemporal changes of macrointertebrate communities. Multivariate analysis were used to characterize the relationships between communities and environmental factors. Differences of their environmental condition such as meteorological factors and stream hydromorphological factors were reflected in the ordination with macroinvertebrate communities.

Ground arthropods are abundant in urban ecosystem, but our understanding on their ecological traits is little. The aim of this study is to clarify the effect of urbanization on ground arthropod communities. Ground arthropods were monitored once a week from April to December 2005 in 6 sites: Yamato River riverbank (Site 1), Daisen Park (Site 2), Oizumi forest area (Site 3), Osaka Prefecture University campus (Site 4), Paddy field (Site 5), and Satoyama (Site 6). A total of 221,000 individuals of ground arthropods belonging to 19 orders were collected in 6 sites. Isopoda including Porcellionidae and Armadillidiidae was the 1st dominant and 195161 individuals were collected, representing 88.3% of the total. Mean density of ground arthropods in Site 1- 4, urbanized areas, was much higher than in paddy field and Satoyama. Pattern of ground arthropod community in riverbank did not differ with those of urban park, urban forest area, and campus. Our finding showed that ground arthropods in urban area tend to increase biomass and specific groups in area disturbed and urbanized by human activities.

Winter phenology (diapause and activity) of insects is expected to change more greatly compared with those of other seasons, because the temperature in winter increased higher than those in other seasons in the temperate regions. However, studies on changes of insect winter phenology due to climate warming are rare. It is expected that winter flights of flies (Diptera) will increase as climate warms. This study is aimed to predict the increase of fly winter flight according to temperature increase using the relationship between the flight and temperature. The survey on flies and weather (temperature and rainfall) was carried out in the Hongneung arboretum in Seoul. Flies were collected weekly from December 2012 to February 2013 using sweeping and Malaise trap. In the survey, 106 flies belonging to 28 morpho-species and 17 families were collected. Richness and abundance of flies were positively correlated with temperature. The increase of fly winter flight (richness and abundance) was projected according to temperature rise using the regression models for relationships between the fly flights and temperature.

The population of Myrmica ants, which is most abundant in high altitudinal areas in South Korea, is expected to decrease significantly due to climatic warming, whereas Aphaenogaster japonica population is expected to increase in these areas. The two ant groups are similar in shape, size, and ecology, indicating intensive competition in overlapping areas. To determine the competitions between the two groups, I investigated the ants at a high mountain (Mt. Gaebangsan) during two ant foraging seasons (2010 and 2011) using pitfall traps and bait traps along altitudinal gradients. Two Myrmica species (kotokui and kurokii) were present between 800 m to 1577 m, whereas A. japonica appeared up to 1200 m. Fights between ants were observed 22 times and fights between these two ant groups were most frequently found. Although a competitive hierarchy was not apparent, A. japonica appears to be dominant over Myrmica species in food competition when considering the more timid behavior of Myrmica species and my unpublished data. However, food discovery speed is greater in Myrmica species than in A. japonica, indicating a dominance-discovery tradeoff. The food discovery capability of A. japonica was greatly reduced at 1050 m elevation, which is around the elevational limit. This elevational suppression of food discovery capability was not found in Myrmica species.

Benthic macroinvertebrates are sedentary and have an intermediate life span ranging from months to a few years. They play a key role as consumers in the food trophic structure by linking producers, top carnivores, and decomposers in aquatic communities. Therefore, they have been widely used for ecological assessment of aquatic ecosystem health in an integrative and continuous manner. In this study, we characterized benthic macroinvertebrate communities at reference sites, which are not disturbed. Benthic macroinvertebrates were collected seasonally with a Surber net at three different streams (Pocheon, Hongcheon, and Namhae). In addition, hydrological and physicochemical environmental factors including temperature, discharge, width, conductivity, dissolved oxygen and pH were also measured at each sampling site. Spatial and temporal differences of benthic macrointertebrate communities were analyzed based on community indices, functional guilds, etc. relating to their environmental factors. Multivariate analysis were used to characterize the relationships between communities and environmental factors. Benthic macroinvertebrates were significantly different among sampling sites reflecting differences of their environmental condition such as hydromorphological factors, meteorological factors, etc.

Distribution and abundance of species are influenced by their environmental condition. Among various environmental factors, a vegetation is one of the most influential factors, because it is used as habitats as well as food resources. Arthropods including insects play a important role in forest ecosystems as grazers, scavenger, predators, etc. Deciduous and coniferous forests have different plant community composition, resulting in different environmental condition. In this study, we collected arthropod communities at two different deciduous and coniferous forest stands in the Mountain Gariwang. At each stand, three different sampling methods were used: soil core for soil macroinvertebrate, pitfall trap for wandering insects, and sweeping net for insects in the shrups. Therefore, sampling was conducted at vertical habitats in the forest. The results showed that there were no difference in the number of orders from soil at both coniferous and deciduous stands. However, the abundance was higher at coniferous stand than at deciduous stand. Collembola was the dominant taxa in soil. Meanwhile, there were no statistically significant differences of community composition between coniferous stand and deciduous stands. Multivariate analyses was conducted to characterize differences of communities at different stands as well as vertical distribution in forest.

본 연구는 개벌 후 나비군집의 변화를 파악하기 위해서 실시하였다. 조사는 2011년 개벌지, 임도, 산림에서 5월부터 11월까지 선조사법을 실시했다. 조사결과, 총 32종 398개체의 나비가 관찰되었다. 먹이생태지위 범위와 서식처 유형에서의 나비 개체수는 개벌지가 산림보다 유의하 게 높았다. 나비의 종수와 종다양도는 개벌지가 산림에 비하여 유의하게 높았다. 개벌지에서 환경부 취약종 기생나비와 은점표범나비의 많은 개 체가 확인되었다. 본 연구결과, 개벌로 인하여 형성된 초지는 산림생태계에서 나비의 다양성을 높이는 중요한 역할을 한다.

Forest resource development including plantation and thinning has severely influenced on the forest ecosystems. In this study, we compared differences of soil invertebrate communities between a larch planted forest and a natural deciduous forest. Soil invertebrates were collected at 6 sampling sites in the natural deciduous forest and at 9 sampling sites in the larch planted forest in June and September, 2013. Each study site was set in 1 ha and soil samples were collected using a soil core (5.5 cm diameter and 4.5 cm height). After sampling soil invertebrates, the invertebrates were extracted using Tullgren extractor for 72 hours. In total, 1,194 individuals and 22 taxa of soil invertebrates were identified in this study. Among them, Collembola was the most dominant taxa (41% of abundance). Abundance of the larch planted forest was higher two times than that of the natural deciduous forest. The results of this study provide fundamental information on soil invertebrate fauna before the forest managements. In the further study, we will examine the effects of various types of forest management on the community of soil invertebrates.

This study was carried out to investigate the changes of guilds in benthic macroinvertebrate community in a undisturbed headwater stream. Samples were collected seasonally with a Surber sampler (30×30cm) at three different sampling sites (five replicates in each sampling sites) at Bongsunsa stream in Korean National Arboretum in Gyeonggi-do for 7 years from 2006 to 2012. Physicochemical environmental factors including discharge, water width, substrate composition, dissolved oxygen, pH and conductivity were also measured at each sampling sites. Changes of community indices and functional guilds such as functional feeding groups and trophic groups were evaluated in each sampling sites during study periods. In the samples, 84 species (9 order, 36 family) were identified, and Gammarus sobuegensis, Chironomidae spp, Ephemera strigata and Ecdyonurus kibunensis were dominant taxa. Considering the changes of functional feeding groups, shredder tended to decrease from upstream to downstream, whereas collector-gatherer and collector-filterer became higher. In addition, shredder was higher during autumn seasons. Self-Organizing Map was also applied to find out the temporal changes of benthic macroinvertebrate community composition, displaying the effects of seasonal variations in reference stream ecosystems.

This study was conducted to evaluate the seasonal changes of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a reference stream as well as the effects of physicochemical environmental factors on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a study stream. Benthic macroinvertebrates were sampled seasonally at five different sampling sites with five replicates at Changjeon stream in Mountain Gariwang from spring to winter in 2011. Physicochemical environmental factors (e.g., discharge, width, substrate, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, pH and water temperature) were measured at each sampling sites. Water quality factors such as conductivity, dissolved oxygen and pH were similar among the sampling sites, whereas hydrological factors including discharge and width tended to be higher from upstream to downstream. In substrate composition, the relative ratio of large substrate such as cobbles was higher in summer season. In macroinvertebrate samples, 79 species with 2 phylum, 5 order and 9 family were identified during the sampling periods. Gammarus sp. was higher in upstream (sites 1 and 2), whereas Chironomidae spp. tended to be higher in downstream. In functional feeding groups, shredder was higher in upstream, whereas predator and collector-gatherer were higher in downstream. The ratios of Gammarus sp. and Plecopetera were higher in summer. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling was applied to figure out the differences of macroinvertebrate communities during the survey periods, representing the seasonal changes as well as hydrological gradients.

In South Korea, ants are predicted to shift their distributions northwards and upwards. It was predicted that ant fauna will be changed dramatically in highlands due to the range shifts. The Mymica ants which are most abundant in high altitudinal areas in South Korea will be nearly disappeared there in 2050s, and replaced by Aphaenogaster japonica which is abundant in lowlands. It was recently found that A. japonica shifted upwards in Mt. Hanla in Jeju island, South Korea. Interestingly, A. japonica is similar in shape and size with the Myrmica species, which indicate niche overlap and resulting intensive competition. To find elevational change of competitions between two specie, we investigated ants during two ant foraging periods (2010 and 2011) in a high mountain (Mt. Gaebang) using pitfall traps and bait traps along elevational gradients. Ten ant species were collected from a.s.l. 800 m to a.s.l. 1577 m. Myrmica sp. 1 was most abundant (35% of total ants) and collected at all elevations. Myrmica sp. 2 (19.7%) occurred from 1000 m to 1577 m. Meanwhile, A. japonica occurred up to 1200 m. Fights between ants were observed 22 times; fights between these two species were most frequently found. Although, competitive hierarchy was not recognized due to a low frequency of interspecific encounters, A. japonica is likely to be superior over Myrmica species in food competition when considering the slower and more timid behavior of Myrmica species compared with A. japonica. Therefore, it is likely that A. japonica would replace easily Myrmica species in Korean highlands when thermal barrier (i.e., cold climate in high elevations) will be removed due to climate warming.