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| ORM7312 | Plant Succession | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide the graduate students with a general knowledge on the mechanism of the forest dynamics, determination of the secondary succession and find out the parameters to monitoring plant biodiversity changes in any time period. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | characterize the mechanism of the forest dynamics | 2,5,8 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | evaluate the type of succession in a studied forest land | 2,5,8,9 | 4 | | PO - 3 : | find out the parameters in order to monitoring plant diversity and patches (numbers, mean patch size etc.) | 3,5,6,7,9 | 1 | | PO - 4 : | integrate the data to the forest management plans | 2,4,6,7 | 4 | | PO - 5 : | compare plant succession data with other factors occur in the studied area | 6,7,9,10,11 | 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 | | |
| Theories on Plant Succession, mechanisms of Succession, alternative Succession models, seral stages: nudation, migration, ecesis, competition, reaction, stabilization. Primary Succession, secondary Succession, progressive Succession, regressive Succession, otogenic Succession, allogenic Succession and the methods of determining Succession. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to Plant Succession | | | Week 2 | Succession types | | | Week 3 | Research methods of succession | | | Week 4 | Determining stand patches | | | Week 5 | Evaluating patches Using FRAGSTATS | | | Week 6 | Seres of seconder forest succession | | | Week 7 | Mapping secondary forest succession | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Secondary forest succession in Picea orientalis forest | | | Week 10 | Second midterm exam | | | Week 11 | Secondary forest succession Cedrus libani forest | | | Week 12 | Secondary forest succession in Pinus brutia forest | | | Week 13 | Secondary forest succession Fagus orientalis forest | | | Week 14 | Secondary forest succession in deciduous mixed forest | | | Week 15 | Secondary forest succession in mixed conifer forest | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Glenn-Lewin, D. C., Peet, R. K. & Veblen, T. T. 1992. Plant Succession: Theory and Prediction. Cambridge: Chapman & Hall., 352p.
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| 1 | Kılınç, M. 2005. Bitki Sosyolojisi (Vejetasyon Bilimi) . Palme Yayıncılık, 284 s. | | | 2 | Oliver, C.D., Larson, B.C., 1996. Forest Stand Dynamics, Update Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , USA, 520 p. | | | 3 | Akman, Y. , Ketenoğlu, O. , 1987. Vejetasyon Ekolojisi (Bitki Sosyolojisi) , Ankara Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi, yayın No: 146, Ankara, 117 s. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 10 | | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 13 | 39 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 7 | 14 | | Arasınav | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Uygulama | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 5 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Diğer 2 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Total work load | | | 200 |
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