Ryu, Heungjin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1048-9519
Kinoshita, Kodzue
Joo, Sungbae
Choi, Yu-Seong
Kim, Sun-Sook https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8927-3261
Article History
Received: 26 September 2022
Accepted: 15 December 2023
First Online: 5 January 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The current study was conducted as a part of the Basic Ecological Study Programs (1105-1 to Kim). This study was approved by the Research Planning Review Committee of the National Institute of Ecology. We declare that we adhered to the Wildlife Protection and Management Act of Korea and Institutional Research Ethics Regulations and Guidelines. All handling and sampling permission was approved by the local government (Mungyeong 2017-1 to Kim). We have complied with all relevant ethical regulations for animal use.