Kyung Hee University · Environmental Science
Professor Young-Seuk Park's research lab focuses on ecological and environmental sustainability, with a strong emphasis on biodiversity conservation, species distribution modeling under climate change, and the impacts of human development on aquatic and forest ecosystems. The lab employs advanced ecological modeling techniques—such as MaxEnt—to predict the distribution of invasive and endemic species, particularly in East Asian river systems and monsoon-affected regions. Research also extends to physiological ecology, examining ion transport mechanisms in amphibians and their responses to environmental stressors. The lab’s work bridges fundamental biological research with practical conservation strategies in the face of global environmental change.
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Abstract: The largest damming project to date, the Three Gorges Dam has been built along the Yangtze River (China), the most species‐rich river in the Palearctic region. Among 162 species of fish inhabiting the main channel of the upper Yangtze, 44 are endemic and are therefore under serious threat of global extinction from the dam. Accordingly, it is urgently necessary to develop strategies to minimize the impacts of the drastic environmental changes associated with the dam. We sought to identi
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The tropical fire ant <i>Solenopsis geminata</i> (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is a serious invasive species that causes a decline in agricultural production, damages infrastructure, and harms human health. This study was aimed to develop a model using the maximum entropy (MaxEnt) algorithm to predict the current and future distribution of <i>S. geminata</i> on a global scale for effective monitoring and management. In total, 669 occurrence sites of <i>S. geminata</i> and six bioclimatic variables o
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