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ORMI7313 | Forest Phytosociology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | Third Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Salih TERZİOĞLU | Co-Lecturer | None | Language of instruction | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | The course aims to provide the graduate students with a theoretical phytosociological knowledge especially on Turkish forests, to use these for the forest practices and determining the indicators for conserving plant biodiversity in forest ecosystems. |
Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | describe the importance of phytosociology in forestry | 1,7,11 | 1, | PO - 2 : | describe and explain the properties of phytosociological structure of forest ecosystems | 1,7,11 | 1, | PO - 3 : | describe the phytosociological terms and understand the relationship of the data to the other forest disciplines | 1,7,11 | 1, | PO - 4 : | describe the effects of living things on forest phytosociological structure | 1,7,11 | 1, | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | |
Distribution of forests in Turkey according to dominant species and their geographic distribution. The syntaxonomic categories; super class (Querco-Fagea) , class, ordo, alliance, association and sub-association. Characteristic and differential species and syntaxonomic categories in Turkish forests. Using the data from phytosociology in forestry. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Forest ecosystems an their dynamics | | Week 2 | Methods of phytosociology | | Week 3 | Cover-Abundance and sociability in forest ecosystems | | Week 4 | Main factors influence cover-abundance and sociability | | Week 5 | Determining the homogenous areas in forest ecosystems | | Week 6 | Determining minimal areas and their distribution in forest ecosystems | | Week 7 | Collecting data from stand samples | | Week 8 | Evaluating data obtain from field | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | Week 10 | Composing plant association tables | | Week 11 | Determining diagnostic taxa | | Week 12 | Second Mid-term Exam | | Week 13 | Field study | | Week 14 | Implementation of plant associations in forestry | | Week 15 | Mapping plant associations | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Akman, Y. , 1995; Türkiye Orman Vejetasyonu. Ankara Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi, Botanik Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, 450 s. | | |
1 | Kılınç, M., Kutbay, H.G, Yalçın, E., Bilgin, A., 2006. BİTKİ ekolojisi ve Bitki Sosyolojisi Uygulamaları. Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 362 s. | | |
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