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| ORM7251 | Forest Dynamics and Modeling | 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 | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to generate awareness about the sustainable management of forest ecosystems in preparing forest management plans with multiple objectives and conservation targets. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Develop a simulation and an optimization model for managing a forest landscape | 1,2,4,9,10 | 1,3,4 | | PO - 2 : | Lay out management strategies and use the models to solve the problem | 2,4,8,9 | 3,4 | | PO - 3 : | Apply the models in large scale forest management unit and be able to analyze the forest dynamics under various settings | 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | 3,4 | | PO - 4 : | Show the cause and effect relationships in a forest ecosystem and draw a conclusion by interpreting the results. | 1,2,3,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 | 4,5 | | 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 | | |
| Introduction to forest ecosystems or landscape management and its evolution. Exploring the role of ecological integrity, biodiversity, forest healthy, habitat management, natural disturbances and spatial planning in ecosystem management. Forest certification and sustainable forest management criteria and indicators. Social, ecological, economic and technological aspects of ecosystem management. Identification and examination of factors affecting forest landscape patterns/structure and process over time. Application of management science techniques to ecosystem management |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction and decsription of the contents of the course | | | Week 2 | Introduction to forest dynamics and modelling | | | Week 3 | General principles of forest dynamics; the relationships of tree, stand, habitat, ecosystem and forests | | | Week 4 | Natural disturbances and management actions/treatments to be applied to forests | | | Week 5 | Description of compositional and configuration of forest ecosystmes | | | Week 6 | Monitoring the spatio-temporal changes of forest ecosystems | | | Week 7 | The effects of changes in spatial structure of forests and their relationships to forest management objectives | | | Week 8 | Documentation of commonly used forest management planning models | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | The use of forest management models in forest resource management | | | Week 11 | Introduction to simulation models and determination of forest dynamics under classical management prescriptions | | | Week 12 | Introduction to optimization models and determination of forest dynamics under classical management prescriptions | | | Week 13 | Assigment 2 | | | Week 14 | Modelling forest management problems with linear programming | | | Week 15 | Development of plan alternatives, model outputs, assessement of forest dyanmics with performance indicators and comparision of various planning alternatives | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Başkent, EZ. 2004, Yöneylem Araştırması: Modelleme ve doğal kaynak uygulamaları,Trabzon | | | 2 | Eraslan İ ve Eler Ü. 2003. Orman İşletmelerinin Planlanması ve Denetimi, Isparta | | | |
| 1 | Lawrence S. Davis, K. Norman Johnson, Pete Bettinger, and Theodore E. Howard 2002. Forest Management, To Sustain Ecological, Economic, and Social Values, 4th Edition, USA | | | 2 | Kapucu, F. 2002. Orman Amenajmanı, Trabzon | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11/11/2014 | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 15 | 11/12/2014
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2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 17 | 22/01/2014 | 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 | 2 | 5 | 10 | | Uygulama | 5 | 3 | 15 | | Ödev | 7 | 10 | 70 | | Proje | 6 | 5 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Total work load | | | 176 |
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