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| ORM5300 | Flora and Vegetation | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second 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 | Prof. Dr. Zafer Cemal ÖZKAN | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to provide graduate students to the general knowledge on flora, vegetation, formation types, plant ecology, plant geography, plant sociology, and climax. Implementation of vegetation data to technical forest activities. Using flora and vegetation data for conserving biodiversity in ecosystems. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | define and explain the importance of flora and vegetation | 1,7,10 | | | PO - 2 : | use the data of flora and vegetation in the technical forest activities | 1,7,10 | | | PO - 3 : | critique of effects of global climatic change on flora and vegetation | 1,7,10 | | | PO - 4 : | explain the side effects which are disturb flora and vegetation | 1,7,10 | | | PO - 5 : | use data of flora and vegetation for conserving biodiversity especially in forest ecosystems | 1,7,10 | | | 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 | | |
| Introduction to flora, vegetation and plant geography. Plant ecology and plant kingdoms. The floristic regions and main vegetation types of the world and especially of Türkiye. Structure, classification and measuring methods of vegetation. Vegetation mapping and advantages of vegetation maps. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to flora and Floristic regions of the world | | | Week 2 | Floristic elements | | | Week 3 | Floristic regions of Turkey | | | Week 4 | Main vegetation types of the world | | | Week 5 | Main vegetation types of Turkey nd their distributions | | | Week 6 | Forest vegetation and its floristic traits | | | Week 7 | Steppe vegetation and its floristic traits | | | Week 8 | Stream vegetation and its floristic traits | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Subalpine and alpine vegetations and their floristic traits | | | Week 11 | Hygrophilous vegetation and its floristic traits | | | Week 12 | Dune vegetation and its floristic traits | | | Week 13 | Lab. | | | Week 14 | Macchie and Pseudomacchie vegetations and their floristic traits | | | Week 15 | Field study | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Lawrence, H. M. 1958; Taxonomy of Vascular Plants, The Macmillan Company, New York, 823 p. | | | |
| 1 | Akman, Y., Ketenoğlu, O. 1992; Vejetasyon Ekolojisi ve Araştırma Metodları. Anakar Üniv. Fen Fak. Yayınları, Ankara, 279 s. | | | 2 | Yaltırık, F. , Efe, A. 1989; Otsu Bitkiler Sistematiği Ders Kitabı, İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayın No: 3568, İstanbul512 s. | | | 3 | Kılınç, M. 2005; Bitki Sosyolojisi (Vejetasyon Bilimi) . Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 284 s. | | | 4 | Judd W. S. et al, 2002; Plant Systematics (A Phylogenetic Approach) , Second Edition, Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers, USA, 576 p. | | | 5 | Rendle, A. B. 1971; The Classification of Flowering Plants, vols: 1-2, At the University Pres, Cambridge, 640 p. | | | 6 | Cronquist, A. 1968; The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants, London. | | | 7 | Öztürk, M.A., Seçmen, Ö. 1992; Bitki Ekolojisi. Ege Üniv. Fen Fak. Yay. No: 141, İzmir, 238 s. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 12/11/2021 | 2 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 28/12/2021 | 2 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 8 | 2 | 16 | | Ödev | 3 | 8 | 24 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 10 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | | Diğer 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | | Total work load | | | 200 |
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