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| ORM3011 | Plant Biodiversity | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Salih TERZİOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Zafer Cemal ÖZKAN
Prof. Dr. Bedri SERDAR | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course is designed to present an introduction to the general concept of Plant Biodiversity. To acquaint students with plant diversity data collection, their usage in forestry and monitoring forest biodiversity in forest ecosystems
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| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | describe biodiversity and its components | 4,5,6 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | informed about plant biodiversity both country and global scale | 5,6 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | measure and describe indicators of plant biodiversity | 6 | 4 | | LO - 4 : | monitor and protect plant biodiversity | 6 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | integrate the plant biodiversity data to forest management plans | 1,4,6 | 4 | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction to Pland Biodiversity, assessment of plant diversity in a given ecosystem, national and international regulations, the usage of data of plant biodiversity in technical forestry, monitoring plant biodiversity in forest ecosystems |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to Plant Biodiversity and its components | | | Week 2 | Plant biodiversity in the world | | | Week 3 | Plant biodiversity in Turkey | | | Week 4 | Plant biodiversity in floristic regions and vegetation types | | | Week 5 | Measuring plant biodiversty and the indicators | | | Week 6 | Focal species, keystone, flag species and umbrella species | | | Week 7 | IUCN red list categories, Bern list and CITES | | | Week 8 | Succession types; Primer and seconder sucession | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Determining seconder forest succession | | | Week 11 | Succession seres - plant bidiversity-climax | | | Week 12 | Mapping plant biodiversity | | | Week 13 | Monitoring plant biodiversity | | | Week 14 | Conserving plant biodiversity and plant biodiversity in forest management planning process | | | Week 15 | Second mid-term and make-up exam | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Groves, C. R. 2003; Drafting a conservation blueprint, The nature conservancy, Island Press, London, 458 p. | | | 2 | Hill, D., Fasham, M., Tucker, G., Shewrty, M., Shaw, P. 2006; Handbook of Biodiversity Methods. Cambridge Univ. Press. Chambridge, UK., 549 p. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 19/11/2016 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 10/01/2016 | 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 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 5 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 6 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Diğer 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Total work load | | | 75 |
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