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| YHEY3006 | Important Species Ecology and Management | 2+1+0 | ECTS:5 | | 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 and 1 hour of practicals 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 explain important concepts of species, conservation of biological diversity and to teach concepts such as planning and management of places of important species.
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| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Have information about Population ecology, population genetics, and
| 4,7,8,9 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | Learn about environmental and regulatory factors limiting
| 4,7,8,9 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | Learn about the ecology of the important species and an overview of management issues
| 4,7,8,9 | 1 | | 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 | | |
| What is the special kind. Indicator species, flagship species, umbrella species, key species, the target species, rare species, endangered species understanding of the most well-known in the world and in our country special species, conservation of biological diversity, and in planning a special role and importance of the species. And economically important species have protected our animals prey ecology and management.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | What is a special species | | | Week 2 | What is indicator species | | | Week 3 | What is flag species | | | Week 4 | What is umbrella species | | | Week 5 | What is key species | | | Week 6 | What is target species | | | Week 7 | Explaining the concept of endangered species | | | Week 8 | ost special species known in the world and in our country | | | Week 9 | Mid-Term Exam | | | Week 10 | Presantation | | | Week 11 | Our protection species | | | Week 12 | Presantation | | | Week 13 | Ecology and management of our hunting animals with economic importance | | | Week 14 | The importance of the specific types of biodiversity conservation and planning | | | Week 15 | The importance of the specific types of biodiversity conservation and planning | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Wildlife Management: Upland Game and General Principles, Trippensee, R.E., McGraw-Hill Publishing, 2004. | | | |
| 1 | Large Herbivore Ecology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Conservation (Conservation Biology), Danell, K., Bergström, R., Duncan, P. and Pastor, J., Cambridge University Pres, 2006. | | | 2 | Biodiversity An Introduction, Kevin J. Gaston and John I. Spicer, 191pp. Blackwell, 2004. | | | 3 | Principles of Conservation Biology, Groom, M.J., Meffe, G.K. and Carroll, C.R., Sinauer, 2005. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 18/04/2022 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 09/06/2022 | 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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