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| YHEL7013 | Bird Migratıon and Wetlands | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WILDLIFE ECOLOGY and MANAGEMENT | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Ahmet ARPACIK | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Şağdan BAŞKAYA,
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Alptuğ SARI,
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ahmet ARPACIK | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To give information about bird migration routes passing through Turkey and important wetlands. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | The world knows bird migration routes | 2,10 | 1,2,3, | | PO - 2 : | Turkey knows bird migration routes | 2,10 | 1,2,3, | | PO - 3 : | Find out which migrant species use which road while passing through Turkey | 2,10 | 1,2,3, | | PO - 4 : | Understands wetland ecosystems | 2,10 | 1,2,3, | | PO - 5 : | Turkey knows important wetlands | 2,10 | 1,2,3, | | 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 | | |
| Birds and migration, world bird migration routes, Turkey bird migration routes, roads that are used by migratory species while they use passing through Turkey, wetland ecosystems, important wetlands, our rivers, lakes, ponds, dam lakes, peat bogs, like the sea, wetlands, rivers lengths (riparian) ecology, ecological balance, food chain, matter and energy transfer, ecological challenges, threats and solutions |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | birds and migration | | | Week 2 | World bird migration routes | | | Week 3 | Turkey bird migration routes | | | Week 4 | Routes used by migratory species while passing through Turkey | | | Week 5 | wetland ecosystems | | | Week 6 | Our important wetlands | | | Week 7 | Wet areas such as rivers, lakes, ponds, dam lakes, peatlands, sea | | | Week 8 | Ecology of rivers (riparian) | | | Week 9 | Ecological balance | | | Week 10 | | | | Week 11 | Food chain, Matter and energy transfers | | | Week 12 | Ecological problems, threats and solutions | | | Week 13 | Presentation of Student Seminars | | | Week 14 | Presentation of Student Seminars | | | Week 15 | Presentation of Student Seminars | | | Week 16 | End of term exam | | | |
| 1 | Gwinner, E., 2011. Bird Migration: Physiology and Ecophysiology, Springer; Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990 edition, 447p.
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| 1 | Elphick, J., Lovejoy, T., 2011. Atlas of Bird Migration: Tracing the Great Journeys of the World's Birds, Firefly Books, 176p. | | | 2 | Greenberg R. and Marra P. P., 2005. Birds of Two Worlds: The Ecology and Evolution of Migration, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 488p.
| | | 3 | Weller, M.W.,1999. Wetland Birds: Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications, Cambridge University Press, 316p. | | | 4 | Mitsch, W. J., Gosselink, J. G., Zhang, L., and Anderson, C. J., Wetland Ecosystems, Wiley; 1 edition, 304p. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 22/04/2022 | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 12 | 13/05/2022 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 17 | 15/06/2022 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 7 | 2 | 14 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 5 | 3 | 15 | | Ödev | 10 | 5 | 50 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 5 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 210 |
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