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| ORML7421 | Monitoring Changes in Forest Ecosystems | 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 | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Uzay KARAHALİL | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Mehmet MISIR | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach monitoring techniques or methods used in area and spatial changes in forested ecosystems as well as changes in biodiversity, forest health and carbon storage. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | display the temporal changes in forest ecosystems in terms of area and volume | 1,2,11 | 3, | | PO - 2 : | display the spatial changes in forest ecosystems in terms of area and volume | 1,2,10 | 3, | | PO - 3 : | calculate spatial indices such as number of patches, mean patch size or area weighted mean shape index and use software as Patch Analyst | 1,2,10 | 3, | | PO - 4 : | use different commands of ArcGIS and functions of Excel in order to display the spatiotemporal changes of forest ecosystems | 1,2,10 | 3, | | 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 | | |
| This course aims to provide using techniques to determine changes in forest ecosystems in terms of area, and spatial; monitoring methods based on satellite images; basic approaches used in monitoring changes in carbon storage in forest ecosystems; monitoring biodiversity indexes. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Become acquainted with, content of the course, assignments ve exams, rules to be followed
| | | Week 2 | Previously conducted studies - Köprülü Canyon National Park and Çaykara Planning Unit | | | Week 3 | Previously conducted studies - Karagöl-Sahara National Park and Çaykara Planning Unit | | | Week 4 | Forest management plan stand type maps | | | Week 5 | Providing an old stand type map | | | Week 6 | Georeferencing the previous stand type map | | | Week 7 | Digitization of the boundary | | | Week 8 | Cutting the stands | | | Week 9 | Mid term assignment | | | Week 10 | Building the database considering different parameters such as tree species mixture, developmental stage and crown closure | | | Week 11 | Organizing the new database | | | Week 12 | Assignment | | | Week 13 | Creating transition matrix | | | Week 14 | Spatial changes | | | Week 15 | Wrapping up the outputs | | | Week 16 | Final assignment | | | |
| 1 | Sauti, R., Karahalil, U., 2022. Investigating the spatiotemporal changes of land use/land cover and its implications for ecosystem services between 1972 and 2015 in Yuvacık, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194(311), 4, doi:10.1007/s10661-022-09912-x | | | |
| 1 | Karahalil, U., Kadıoğulları, A.İ., Başkent, E.Z. ve Köse, S., 2009. The Spatiotemporal Forest Cover Changes in Köprülü Canyon National Park (1965-2008) in Turkey, African Journal of Biotechnology, 8(18), 4495-4507. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 16/04/2025 | 168 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | 28/04/2025 | 168 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 13/06/2025 | 168 | 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 | 12 | 36 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 12 | 36 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Ödev | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Total work load | | | 112 |
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