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ORM7350Modeling of Forest Ecosystems3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseThird Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerProf. Dr. Nuray MISIR
Co-LecturerN0ne
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
To acquaint the students with concept of forest ecosystems, to teach them the growth process and to help them use their knowledge to model this process mathematically.
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : Understand processing forest ecosystems.3,51,3,5
PO - 2 : Comprehend the growth process in forest ecosystems.1,3,51,3,5
PO - 3 : Model growth in forest10,111,3,5
PO - 4 : Run models and compare and analyze the performance of each model with a number of outputs.3,51,3,5
PO - 5 : Stratify the growth models.31,3,5
PO - 6 : Validate growth models and make evaluation.3,51,3,5
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

 
Contents of the Course
Concepts within forest growth modelling, growth and yield process, modeling approaches, models to understanding and estimating, empirical models, mechanistic models, biological-process-based models, deterministic and stochastic models, individual tree growth models, stand-level growth models, database design for models, evaluation and validation.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Concepts within tree growth modelling
 Week 2The process of growth in forest ecosystems
 Week 3Modelling process and components
 Week 4Modelling approaches
 Week 5Models to understanding
 Week 6Models to estimating
 Week 7Empirical models
 Week 8 Mechanistic models
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10Process-oriented pyhsiologic models
 Week 11Deterministic models
 Week 12Stochastic models
 Week 13Evaluting models and validation
 Week 14Student presentations
 Week 15Discussion
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
 
Recommended Reading
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 2021 3 30
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 13
14
2021 3 20
End-of-term exam 16 2022 3 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 6 14 84
Arasınav için hazırlık 5 4 20
Arasınav 3 1 3
Ödev 3 2 6
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 6 4 24
Dönem sonu sınavı 3 1 3
Total work load182