Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure

Korean Society of Ecology and Infrastructure Engineering (응용생태공학회)
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Ecological Status and Improvement Suggestion of a Wildlife Road-Crossing Structure at the Jingmaei-Pass in Incheon, Korea

인천시 징매이고개의 도로에 설치한 생태통로의 생태 현황과 개선 방안

  • Received : 2016.08.03
  • Accepted : 2016.09.10
  • Published : 2016.09.30
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Abstract

Roads are widely accepted to be as a major cause of habitat fragmentation. The wildlife road-crossing structure is one of the most acceptable alternatives among the solutions to provide connectivity between patches isolated by roads. We investigated noise disturbance, vegetation structure and wildlife crossing and habitation at a wildlife road-crossing structure located at the Jingmaei-Pass in Incheon, Korea, to monitor and evaluate its conservation value and ecological performance and to propose measures for their adaptive management. From the result of noise measurement, the noise disturbance from the road traffic was not properly blocked out at the wildlife crossing structure. The survey results of vegetation structure showed that the early-successional plant species such as Ambrosia trifida, Erigeron annuus, Pueraria lobata, Rosa multiflora invaded widely on the crossing structure. An efficient management of the vegetation should be necessarily considered for the facilitation of vegetation succession and the improvement of animal habitat. The crossing structure was used by limited mammal species: Apodemus agrarius, Nyctereutes procyonoides, Mogera wogura and Sciurus vulgaris coreae as the results of the monitoring using footprints and closed-circuit television. In conclusion, The Jingmaei-Pass wildlife crossing structure is unable to function properly as a biological corridor because of the interference of noise and flourishing disturbed vegetation. Therefore, proper alternatives are required for improving animal habitats and mobile environments to enhance the ecological function of a wildlife corridor.

도로가 서식지 파편화를 초래하는 주요인이라고 널리 인식되고 있다. 이러한 도로에서 야생동물 이동통로는 격리된 서식지 사이의 연결성을 제공하는 가장 일반적인 해결방안 중의 하나이다. 본 연구에서는 인천시 징매이고개의 도로에 설치된 야생동물 생태통로에서 보전 가치와 생태적 효율성을 평가하고 적응관리를 위한 대책을 제안하기 위하여, 생태통로에서 소음 교란도, 식생 구조 및 야생동물의 이동과 서식에 대하여 조사하였다. 조사지인 징매이고개 생태통로에서는 도로 차량으로부터의 소음 교란이 적절하게 차단되지 않고 있었다. 생태통로 식생에서는 단풍잎돼지풀, 개망초, 칡, 찔레꽃 등과 같은 천이초기종이 번성하고 있었다. 그러므로 식생 천이를 촉진하고 동물 서식지 환경을 개선하기 위하여 효과적인 식생 관리가 필요할 것으로 생각된다. 생태통로에서 족적과 폐쇄회로 티비로 야생동물을 조사한 결과, 등줄쥐, 너구리, 두더지, 청솔모 등의 제한된 포유류가 이동통로로 이용하고 있었다. 결론적으로 징매이고개 생태통로는 현재 소음 간섭과 교란 식생의 번성으로 생물 이동통로로서의 적적한 기능을 할 수 없을 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 야생동물 이동통로로서 기능을 향상하기 위하여 동물 서식과 이동 환경을 개선하기 위한 적절한 대책이 요구된다.

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