미래 산림식생분포의 변화를 전망하기 위해 우리나라의 현재 산림식생분포도를 기준으로 환경변수와 다항로짓모델을 이용하였다. 환경변수는 지형, 최한월온도, 여름평균강수량, 토양염기포화율, 토양유기물함량 자료를 구축하였으며, MIROC3.2 hires A1B 시나리오 자료와 통계적 상세화 기법을 적용하여 미래기후변화시나리오를 구축하였다. 미래 여름강수량은 현재보다 각각 -1.2%, 5.7%, 5.3%로 증가추세였고, 미래 최한월온도는 2020s, 2050s, 2080s에 현재보다 각각 $4.4^{circ}C$, $6.0^{circ}C$, $9.4^{circ}C$ 증가하였다. 미래 여름평균강수량과 최한월온도를 이용하여 미래 산림식생분포변화를 전망한 결과 현재 산림식생분포에 비해 2080s에 미래 활엽수림과 혼효림은 각각 56.9%와 8.3% 증가하고 미래 침엽수림은 11.2% 감소하는 것으로 전망되었다.
To predict the future distribution of forest vegetation, the present forest stand distributions of South Korea were represented by multinomial logit model with the following environmental variables: summer average precipitation, the coldest month average temperature, elevation, degree of base saturation, and soil organic matter. The future forest community was predicted by applying the MIROC3.2 hires A1B scenario. The future climate data were downscaled by statistically method. The coldest month average temperature increased $4.4^{circ}C$, $6.0^{circ}C$, and $9.4^{circ}C$, and 3 months average precipitation changed -1.2%, 5.7%, and 5.3% for 2020s, 2050s, and 2080s respectively. For the projected summer precipitation and the coldest temperature, the future deciduous and mixed forests in the study area increased 56.9% and 8.3% and the coniferous forest decreased 11.2% in 2080s based on present.
