TY - JOUR
T1 - Healing environments of major tree species in Kyushu University forests
T2 - A case study
AU - Kim, Geonwoo
AU - Park, Bum Jin
AU - Joung, Dawou
AU - Yeom, Dong Geol
AU - Koga, Shinya
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was conducted in collaboration with Kyushu University Forests in Japan. The authors thank Professor Kyoichi Otsuki, Kyushu University Forests for valuable discussion and a lot of great help for field researches. This study was performed with the support of Forest Science & Technology Projects (Project No. S211214L010110) provided by the Korea Forest Service.
PY - 2015/9
Y1 - 2015/9
N2 - The present study was performed to compare healing environments among five tree species in the Kasuya Research Forest of Kyushu University. Measurements of forest stand-specific natural volatile organic compound (NVOC) concentrations and predicted mean vote (PMV) and predicted percentage of dissatisfied (PPD) indexes were performed simultaneously in the same region. Samplings were performed using Tenax TA-filled tubes and mini pumps to collect NVOCs in the forest air. The collected NVOCs were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. In addition, measurements of physical features of the forest environment (including temperature, humidity, wind velocity, and illumination intensity) were performed at a time interval of 1 min. Eucalyptus gomphocephala emitted the highest concentration of NVOCs (3.13 ng/m3). Thermal comfort was the highest in E. saligna community (PMV: -0.1; PPD: 6.9%), which revealed that Eucalyptus species has an excellent healing environment. The data obtained from this study may be used as beneficial information for citizens, who in turn will view the value of forest in a new perspective.
AB - The present study was performed to compare healing environments among five tree species in the Kasuya Research Forest of Kyushu University. Measurements of forest stand-specific natural volatile organic compound (NVOC) concentrations and predicted mean vote (PMV) and predicted percentage of dissatisfied (PPD) indexes were performed simultaneously in the same region. Samplings were performed using Tenax TA-filled tubes and mini pumps to collect NVOCs in the forest air. The collected NVOCs were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. In addition, measurements of physical features of the forest environment (including temperature, humidity, wind velocity, and illumination intensity) were performed at a time interval of 1 min. Eucalyptus gomphocephala emitted the highest concentration of NVOCs (3.13 ng/m3). Thermal comfort was the highest in E. saligna community (PMV: -0.1; PPD: 6.9%), which revealed that Eucalyptus species has an excellent healing environment. The data obtained from this study may be used as beneficial information for citizens, who in turn will view the value of forest in a new perspective.
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M3 - Article
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SN - 0023-6152
VL - 60
SP - 477
EP - 483
JO - Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
JF - Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
IS - 2
ER -