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| ORM7310 | Research Methods of Plant Sociology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to provide graduate students to the general knowledge on research methods of plant sociology and the selection of the most suitable one for different vegetation types. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | recall the knowledge for almost all related courses | 1,2 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | effectively use different methods for vegetation studies | 1,9 | 1 | | PO - 3 : | prepare the vegetation tables and determine the plant associations | 1 | 4 | | PO - 4 : | determine both differential and characteristic species of the associations | 1,2 | 1 | | PO - 5 : | use computer effectively on flora and vegetation studies | 9,12 | 4 | | 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 Plant Sociology, history and the methods of Plant sociology. Braun-Blanquet approach and the vegetation classification according to this method; determining the study sites, floristic list, minimal area etc. Determining characteristic and differential species and syntaxonomic categories together with plant associations. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to Plant Sociology | | | Week 2 | Vegetation, Flora and Formation types | | | Week 3 | Vegetastion types of Turkey and their distributions | | | Week 4 | Research Methods of Plant Sociology | | | Week 5 | Braun-Blanquet approach | | | Week 6 | Analitic stage | | | Week 7 | Describing flora and studied field | | | Week 8 | Finding out the homogenous area and Establishing stand sample in the field | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Describing cover-abundance and sociability in stand sample | | | Week 11 | Composing tables of records from stand samples | | | Week 12 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 13 | Introduction to Syntaxa; composing association tables depend on diagnostic taxa | | | Week 14 | Field study | | | Week 15 | Using Plant Sociological data in forestry | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Akman, Y., Ketenoğlu, O. 1992; Vejetasyon Ekolojisi ve Araştırma Metodları. Anakar Üniv. Fen Fak. Yayınları, Ankara, 279 s. | | | 2 | Braun-Blanquet, J. 1932; Plant Sociology (Translated by Fuller and Conard) , New York & London. | | | |
| 1 | Kılınç, M. , Kutbay, H. G. , Yalçın, E and Bilgin, A. 2006; Bitki Ekolojisi ve Bitki Sosyolojisi Uygulamaları, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 362 p. | | | 2 | Kılınç, M. 2005; Bitki Sosyolojisi (Vejetasyon Bilimi) . Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 284 s. | | | 3 | Oliver, C. D. , Larson, B. C. 1996; Forest Stand Dynamics, Update Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , USA, 520 p. | | | 4 | Akman, Y. , Ketenoğlu, O. 1987; Vejetasyon Ekolojisi (Bitki Sosyolojisi) , Ankara Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi, yayın No: 146, Ankara, 117 s. | | | 5 | Çetiki, R. 1973; Vejetasyon Bilimi, Ülkemiz Matbaası, Istanbul, 181 s. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | | 1 | 15 | | Practice | 14 | | 1 | 3 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 14 | | 0,75 | 2 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 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 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Arasınav | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Uygulama | 2 | 12 | 24 | | Ödev | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 10 | 20 | | Diğer 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | | Total work load | | | 200 |
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