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| ORI7251 | Forest Dyanamics and Modelling | 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 | yok | | 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 | 2,3,4 | 3, | | PO - 2 : | Lay out management strategies and use the models to solve the problem | 2,3,4 | 3, | | PO - 3 : | Apply the models in large scale forest management unit and be able to analyze the forest dynamics under various settings | 2,3,4 | 3,5, | | PO - 4 : | Show the cause and effect relationships in a forest ecosystem and draw a conclusion by interpreting the results. | 2,3,4 | 3,5, | | 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 | Introductory to course | | | Week 2 | A range of quantitative models that form the basis of modern forest management and conservation | | | Week 3 | An overview of models to evaluate forest dynamics from the scale of individual trees up to forested landscapes | | | Week 4 | Models used to assess and manage forests and their ecosystem services | | | Week 5 | Models for strategic forest planning | | | Week 6 | Developing timber production model | | | Week 7 | Developing soil loss and water production model | | | Week 8 | Developing carbon storage model | | | Week 9 | Assignement | | | Week 10 | Integrating spatial constarints to the model | | | Week 11 | Intagrating ecosystem services to the model | | | Week 12 | Solving the model using LINGO software | | | Week 13 | Assignement | | | Week 14 | Creating different alternatives | | | Week 15 | Examination of the effects of different alternative outputs on forest composition and configuration. | | | Week 16 | Final Examination | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 9
12 | 16/11/2021
121/12/2021 | 4
4 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 15/01/2022 | 4 | 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 | 13 | 3 | 39 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 10 | 4 | 40 | | Ödev | 10 | 4 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Total work load | | | 123 |
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