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| YHEY3004 | Wildlife Population Dynamics | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WILDLIFE ECOLOGY and MANAGEMENT | | 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. Şağdan BAŞKAYA | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of course is to learn definitions of population dynamics, and a variety of species presence in nature, the causes and the factors affecting it more or less to learn, population types, to learn the effect of the environment on the population, populations, types of development, growth rate, age distribution, fluctuations and to learn the causes of these fluctuations
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| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Learn about the definitions of Population dynamics
| 4,5,7,8 | 1,5 | | LO - 2 : | Presence of various species in nature, the causes and the factors affecting it learns more or less
| 4,5,7,8 | 1,5 | | LO - 3 : | Population varieties, to learn the effect of the environment on the population, populations, types of development, growth rate, age distribution, fluctuations and learns the reasons for these fluctuations
| 4,5,7,8 | 1,5 | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Dynamics of wild animal populations and births, deaths, migration, competition, other factors such as predators. Biotic potential and environmental resistance, demography and population growth, population growth of the dominant factors, growth models, modeling of the factors affecting growth, population fluctuations, population cycles. Habitat, carrying capacity, territory.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The dynamics of wildlife populations | | | Week 2 | Birth in wild animals | | | Week 3 | Death in wild animals | | | Week 4 | Migration of wild animals, competition, factors such as predators | | | Week 5 | Biotic potential | | | Week 6 | Environmental resistance, demography and population growth | | | Week 7 | Factors that dominate the population growth | | | Week 8 | Growth models | | | Week 9 | Mid-Term Exam | | | Week 10 | Presantation | | | Week 11 | Population fluctuations | | | Week 12 | Presantation | | | Week 13 | Loops in the population. Habitat, carrying capacity, territory | | | Week 14 | Modeling of the factors influencing growth | | | Week 15 | Modeling of the factors influencing growth | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Yaban Hayatı Ekolojisi, Oğurlu, İ., SDÜ Orman Fakültesi Yayın No:4, Isparta, 2001. | | | |
| 1 | Wildlife Demography : Analysis of Sex, Age, and Count Data, Skalski, J.R., Ryding, K.E. and Millspaugh, J., Academic Pres, 2005. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 16/04/2022 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 06/06/2022 | 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 | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 130 |
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