To analyse the relationship between above-ground carbon stocks, species diversity and broadleaved forests structural diversity of South Korean forests, we collected vegetation inventories from environmental impact assessment projects over the past 10 years. The available data were selected and organised including tree species, DBH and area each projects. The data was classified by forest type, aboveground carbon stocks were calculated and compared, and the correlation between aboveground carbon stocks and biodiversity and structural diversity was analysed. The results showed that above-ground carbon stocks were higher in mixed forests and broadleaved forests and lower in needleleaved forests, similar to previous studies. However aboveground carbon stocks of mixed forests were higher in natural forests than in plantations. Aboveground carbon stocks in broadleaved forests were higher in plantations than natural forests, and there was no statistical different of between natural and plantations in needleleaved forest. This could be the result of a variety influences including biological and environmental factors in the study area, and further research is needed to analyse the effects on carbon sequestration. Correlation analysis showed no correlation between biodiversity and above-ground carbon stocks, but a positive correlation between structural diversity and above-ground carbon stocks. This indicates that above-ground carbon stocks in forests are associated with unevenness diameters and the proportion and evenness of tree species by diameter. In addition, it has been analysed that the high succession stages in forest have higher species diversity and structural diversity, and greater efficiency in the utilization of resources required for plant growth, leading to increased plant productivity and storage. Considering that the study sites were young forests with an average DBH of 14.8~23.7 cm, it is expected that carbon stocks will increase as biodiversity and structural diversity increase. Further research is needed to develop techniques to quantitatively assess the relationship of diversity to carbon stocks for policy use in assessing and increasing carbon stocks in forests.

Pararhabdepyris Gorbatovsky, 1995, is a small genus in Bethylidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea), currently comprising only six valid species worldwide. A new species is described and illustrated from South Korea. Pararhabdepyris sp. nov., which appears closely related to P. paradoxus, is characterized by the combination of the following characters: the basal two-thirds of the scape are dark castaneous, coxa and femora are dark castaneous, the median and submedian metapectal-propodeal disc is rugulose, and the transverse posterior carina is straight. Images of diagnostic characteristics and an updated key to the seven world species of the genus are presented.

This study reports the first records of four coleophorids, namely Coleophora kamchatica (Anikin, 1999), C. lativittella Erschoff, 1877, C. levantis Baldizzone & Oku, 1988, and C. citrarga Meyrick, 1934, in Korea. Additionally, the presence of two species, C. montaniella Oku & Kusunoki, 2018, and C. artemisicolella Bruand, 1855, in Korea has been overlooked in the previous checklist of the family Coleophoridae in Korea, despite there being evidence of their existence. Consequently, with these additions, the total number of known species in Korea has been confirmed to be 42, expanding from the previously identified 36 species. Diagnostic characteristics and photographs of adults and genitalia for the four newly recorded species are provided, along with evidence supporting the presence of the two overlooked species in Korea.

In this study, based on an analysis of two DNA barcode markers (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and cytochrome b genes), we performed species identification and monitored labeling compliance for 50 commercial pufferfish products sold in on-line markets in Korea. Using these barcode sequences as a query for species identification and phylogenetic analysis, we screened the GenBank database. A total of seven pufferfish species (Takifugu chinensis, T. pseudommus, T. xanthopterus, T. alboplumbeus, T. porphyreus, T. vermicularis, and Lagocephalus cheesemanii) were identified and we detected 35 products (70%) that were non-compliant with the corresponding label information. Moreover, the labels on 12 commercial products contained only the general common name (i.e., pufferfish), although not the scientific or Korean names for the 21 edible pufferfish species. Furthermore, the proportion of mislabeled highly processed products (n = 9, 81.8%) was higher than that of simply processed products (n = 26, 66.7%). With respect to the country of origin, the percentage of mislabeled Chinese products (n = 8, 80%) was higher than that of Korean products (n = 26, 66.7%). In addition, the market and dialect names of different pufferfish species were labeled only as Jolbok or Milbok, whereas two non-edible pufferfish species (T. vermicularis and T. pseudommus) were used in six commercial pufferfish products described as JolboK and Gumbok on their labels, which could be attributable to the complex classification system used for pufferfish. These monitoring results highlight the necessity to develop genetic methods that can be used to identify the 21 edible pufferfish species, as well as the need for regulatory monitoring of commercial pufferfish products.

본 연구는 으아리속 6종 종자의 휴면유형을 분류하고 발아 를 위한 조건을 확립하기 위해 수행되었다. 개버무리, 병조희 풀, 자주조희풀, 사위질빵, 대구으아리, 참으아리의 배의 길이 를 측정하였으며 상대적 고온(25/15℃)과 저온(5℃)에서의 발 아양상을 조사하였다. 그리고 명조건과 암조건에서도 발아율 도 조사하였다. 으아리속 6종의 종자는 모두 미숙배를 가지고 있었으며 발아 시기에 배가 133~700% 정도 신장하는 형태적 휴면을 가지고 있었다. 개버무리, 병조희풀, 자주조희풀, 사위 질빵은 광 조건과 관계없이 25/15℃에서 30일 이내에 발아가 이루어져 생리적휴면은 없는 형태적휴면 유형임을 알 수 있었 다. 25/15℃ 고온처리에서 명조건에서 개버무리, 병조희풀, 자주조희풀, 사위질빵의 최종발아율이 각각 88.3, 83.3, 85.0, 75.0%로 높게 나타났다. 하지만 대구으아리와 참으아 리 종자는 30일 이내에 발아가 거의 이루어지지 않았으며 25/15℃에서 100일 이상 배양을 해야 발아가 이루어지는 형 태생리적휴면(MPD)을 가지고 있었다. 25/15℃에서 140일이 경과했을 때 대구으아리와 참으아리의 최종 발아율이 각각 91.7, 80%이었다. 하지만 5℃에서는 대구으아리와 참으아리 종자에서 발아가 전혀 이루어지지 않은 것으로 보아 대구으아 리와 참으아리 종자는 배의 신장과 발아에 상대적 고온을 필요 로 하는 non-deep simple morphophysiological dormancy 를 가지고 있다고 판단된다.

본 연구를 통해 가는나방과의 Aristaea屬 이 우리나라에서 처음으로 보고되며, 본 屬의 2종 <A. bathracma (Meyrick, 1912) 쑥부쟁이가는 나방 (신칭) 및 A. pavoniella (Zeller, 1847) 국화가는나방 (신칭)>이 한국미기록종으로 기록된다. 본 연구에서 보고되는 모든 종에 대한 분류 및 기주식물 정보를 종합하여 정리하였으며 성충 및 생식기의 특징을 도해와 함께 재기재하였다.