Table 4. Frequency of co-occurring words for each period (top 15 words).

Rank The 1st period (2001∼2005) The 2nd period (2006∼2010) The 3rd period (2011∼2015) The 4th period (2016∼2020) Total
word freq. word freq. word freq. word freq. word freq.
1 species 78 plant 23 environment 52 plant 123 species 198
2 vegetation 55 soil 20 species 51 habitat 79 plant 175
3 structure 55 vegetation 20 change 51 species 59 diversity 174
4 diversity 43 urban 20 vegetation 46 diversity 57 habitat 142
5 community 30 species 18 diversity 46 climate 53 vegetation 128
6 plant 30 area 14 climate 44 environment 42 environment 125
7 soil 24 tourism 12 plant 44 ecosystem 40 climate 101
8 landscape 24 ecosystem 12 ecosystem 41 area 34 ecosystem 97
9 management 21 structure 11 soil 36 vegetation 32 soil 77
10 urban 21 diversity 11 structure 34 healing 29 management 70
11 Korea 18 index 11 index 33 distribution 28 biology 66
12 nature 17 nature 10 management 31 management 27 landscape 64
13 correlation 17 environment 10 area 31 naturalization 27 Korea 63
14 importance 17 habitat 9 conservation 19 value 26 structure 60
15 community 16 Korea 9 system 19 landscape 22 urban 57