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 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.

자생 초본식물의 보존과 임간재배에 필요한 기초자료를 얻고자, 가리왕산과 중왕산 지역의 아고산대에 분포하는 천연활엽수림을 중심으로 주요 자생 초본식물의 분포와 입지인자를 조사하고 상호관련성을 분석하였다. 초본식물 분포조사에서는 136종의 초본식물이 확인되었으며, 개별꽃의 상대우점치가 10.8%로 가장 높게 나타났다. 그 밖에 주요 식물종은 벌깨덩굴, 현호색, 참나물, 대사초, 단풍취, 큰개별꽃, 얼레지, 곰취, 만주족도리풀, 피나물, 노루오줌 등 이었다. 노루귀와 단풍취; 참나물과 두메투구꽃; 두메투구꽃과 풀솜대; 벌깨덩굴과 큰개별꽃, 등의 종간에는 매우 높은 정의 상관이 인정되었다. 주요 식물종의 유집분석 결과, 7개의 그룹으로 나뉘어졌다. 주요 자원식물종이 선호하는 입지인자들이 밝혀졌다. 곰취, 단풍취, 박쥐나물, 얼레지, 참나물 등은 해발고가 높을수록 많이 분포하였고, 곰취는 토심이 깊을수록 많이 분포하는 것으로 나타났다. 얻어진 결과는 평창군 아고산 천연활엽수림의 보전과 주요 지원식물의 임간재배에 활용할 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.

본 연구는 가리왕산 산림유전자원보호구역의 관속식물상을 밝히고 주요 식물들의 분포를 조사하였다. 2011년 5월부터 동년 10월까지 3회 조사, 그리고 2012년 2회 추가 조사로 총 5차례에 걸쳐 조사한 결과 관속식물은 89과 272속 458종 3아종 62변종 6품종의 총 529분류군으로 조사되었다. 이 중 한국 특산식물은 총 22분류군이 확인되었으며, 산림청 지정 한국 희귀식물은 30분류군이 조사되었다. 환경부 지정 특정 식물은 V등급 7종류, IV등급 17종류, III등급 35종류, II등급 39종류, I등급에는 46종류 등 총 144종류가 분포하고 있었다. 귀화식물은 15분류군으로 확인되었으며, 귀화율은 2.83%로 나타났다. 가리왕산 산림유전자원보호구역 내 자생하는 529분류군의 식물에 대한 유용식물분류에 따르면, 식용 178분류군(33.6%), 약용 144분류군(27.2%), 목초용 163분류군(30.8%), 관상용 68분류군(12.8%), 목재용 20분류군(3.8%), 섬유용 8분류군(1.5%) 등으로 나타났다.