Information Package / Course Catalogue
High Mountain Vegetation of Turkey
Course Code: BİO552
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Characteristics of high mountain ecosystems of Turkey. The vegetation types observed on high mountain ecosystems with its phtosociological units and characteristic species.

Course Content

Understanding of ecological characteristics of high high mountain ecosystems and its syntaxonimic units

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comprehend the general charcteristics of high mountain ecosystems
2.To be able to comprehend the vegetation types of high mountains
3.To be able to comprehend the characteristic species of associations belonging to the different vegetation types
4.To be able to comprehend the features of plant which adopted to the high mountain ecosystems
5.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.QUÉZEL, P. 1973. Contribution à l' étude phytosociologique du massif du Taurus. Phytocoenologia 1: 131-222.
2.QUÉZEL, P., CONTANDRIOPOULOS, J. AND PAMUKÇUOGLU, A. 1970. Contribution à l' étude de la flore des hautes montagnes de l' Anatolie occidentale. Candollea 25: 341-387.
3.EREN, Ö., GÖKÇEOĞLU, M. AND PAROLLY, G. 2004. The flora and vegetation of Bakırlı Dağı (Western Taurus Mts, Turkey), including annotations on critical taxa of the Taurus range. Willdenowia 34: 463-503
4.KÜRSCHNER, H. 1986b. The subalpine thorn-cushion formations (Tragacanthic vegetation) of western SW-Asia. Ecological characteristics, structure and zonation. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 89B: 169-179.
5.KÜRSCHNER, H., PAROLLY, G. AND RAAB-STRAUBE, E. V. 1998. Phytosociological studies on high mountain plant communities of the Taurus Mountains (Turkey). 3. Snow-patch and meltwater communities. Feddes Repertorium 109: 581-616.
6.PAROLLY, G. 1998. Phytosociological studies on high mountain plant communities of the South Anatolian Taurus mountains. 1. Scree plant communities (Heldreichietea): A Synopsis. Phytocoenologia 28: 233-284
7.PAROLLY, G. 2004. The high mountain vegetation of Turkey. A state of the art report, including a first annotated conspectus of the major syntaxa. Proceedings Plant Life of SW Asia Symposium Van, special issue of Turk. J. Bot. 28: 39-63.
8.AKMAN, A., KETENOĞLU, O. AND QUÈZEL, P. 1985. A new syntaxon from Central Anatolia. Ecologia Mediterranea 11: 111-121.
9.AKMAN, Y., KETENOĞLU, O., QUÈZEL, P. And DEMIRÖRS, M. 1984. A syntaxonomic study of steppe vegetation in Central Anatolia. Phytocoenologia 12: 563-584.
10.AKMAN, Y., QUEZEL, P., YURDAKULOL, E., KETENOĞLU, O. AND DEMIRÖRS, M. 1987. La vegetation des hauts sommets de l’Ilgaz Dağ Ecologia Mediterranea 13: 119-129.
11.AKMAN, Y., YURDAKULOL, E. AND DEMIRÖRS, M. 1983a. The vegetation of the Ilgaz mountains. Ecologia Mediterranea 9: 137-165
12.KETENOĞLU, O., QUEZEL, P., AKMAN, Y. and AYDOĞDU, M. 1983. New taxa on the gypsaceous formations in the Central Anadolu. Ecologia Mediterranea IX (fascicule 3-4) : 211-221
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General characteristics of high mountain ecosystems
Week 2 - Theoretical
The history of high mountain vegetation studies in Turkey
Week 3 - Theoretical
Zonation in high mountains
Week 4 - Theoretical
Vegetation types and phytosociological units of subalpine-alpine belt 1
Week 5 - Theoretical
Vegetation types and phytosociological units of subalpine-alpine belt 2
Week 6 - Theoretical
Scree vegetation
Week 7 - Theoretical
Rock vegetation 1
Week 8 - Theoretical
Rock vegetation 2, Midterm exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Thurn-cushion and dwarf-shrub formations 1
Week 10 - Theoretical
Thurn-cushion and dwarf-shrub formations 2
Week 11 - Theoretical
Vegetation of dolines
Week 12 - Theoretical
Snow-patch vegetation
Week 13 - Theoretical
Subalpine-alpine grass communuties
Week 14 - Theoretical
Vegetation of windbeaten hilltops and slopes
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Assignment142142
Reading142256
Individual Work100110
Midterm Examination101010
Final Examination101212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
OÇ-1
5
4
3
OÇ-2
5
4
OÇ-3
5
3
4
OÇ-4
4
3
OÇ-5
2
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