Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
PLANT DIVERSITY IN MEADOWS AND PASTURES 802200715150 3 + 0 3.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Nurdan ŞAHİN DEMİRBAĞ
Assistants
Goals The concept of biodiversity includes both genetic diversity and ecological diversity. Genetic diversity can be described as \x26quot;the diversity of hereditary information in a gene pool.Genetic diversity is essential for every living species to adapt to changing environmental conditions.Living species that do not have genetic diversity can not keep up with changing environmental conditions and are destined to disappear. In particular, plants and animals that are domesticated and of economic importance
Course Content Turkey is in a very special position in terms of plant genetic resources.Vavilov (1994) stated that the centers of diversity and origin of the Mediterranean and Near East Centers overlap in Turkey.In terms of plant genetic resources, Turkey is one of the richest countries in the world. According to J. Harlan, there are 5 micro-gene centers in our country that show more than 100 changes (Demir, 1990). Turkey, located in the temperate zone; Due to its geomorphological, topographic and climatic diversity, it has an extraordinary habitat richness. In addition to these, our country; Europe-Siberia, Mediterranean and Iran-Turan.
Learning Outcomes 1) Agronomy and crop production will gain visibility in the broader context of development capabilities, mainly graduates of the department, especially in fields where the knowledge gained in digital high diversity of flora and fauna genetic resources conservation and sustainability issues in Sayes. https://turkce-ingilizce.cevirsozluk.com/
2) Acquisition of scientific studies and research capabilities https://turkce.cevirsozluk.com/
3) Gaining the ability to work in interdisciplinary https://turkce.cevirsozluk.com/

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Place and importance of meralar in animal production in our country, case evaluation Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week The importance of Pasture plant biological diversity Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Pasture quality (what are the factors that increase / decrease feed quality) What are their implications for biodiversity? Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Consideration of the factors affecting the existing plant diversity in the Pasture (from pasture management, Pasture administration (extensively / intensively) he reasons for the topographic structure in which the merranar in general will be handled one by one. In the coming weeks, the relationship between these factors and biodiversity will be examined on a factor-by-factor basis Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week What are the relationships between grazing capacity (light, medium and intensive grazing) and biological diversity? Lecture; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Grazing season (early-late grazing and grazing in the grazing stage) will examine the positive or negative effect of existing rangeland plant biological diversity Discussion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Pasture animal grazing habits and selective effects on plant grazing pasture animals botanical composition; TYPE-feed grazing animals and their relationship to diversity; Grazing systems (permanent grazing, rotational grazing systems, etc.) and what are the relationships between plant diversity Lecture; Discussion; Education Excursion
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week exam Question Answer; Discussion; Education Excursion
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week Pasture botanical diversity in how the plant is expressed numerically? The methods used in the vegetation studies will examine the relationship between biodiversity index of the data obtained. https://turkce-ingilizce.cevirsozluk.com/ Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool; Colloquium; Debate
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week What are the diversity indexes? How they are expressed in spatial dimension? https://turkce-ingilizce.cevirsozluk.com/
Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Alpha-α, β-Beta-Gamma γ, δ-Sigma, ε-Epsilon index will be described in detail. https://turkce-ingilizce.cevirsozluk.com/ Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Whittaker's diversity indexes will be compared to other indexes (Bray-Curtis, Shannon, Evennes, etc.). Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Opinion Pool; Speech Loop
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week What are the Gradient Analysis Methods? Direct (direct) will be given information about the gradient analysis. https://turkce-ingilizce.cevirsozluk.com/ Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Education Excursion
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week indirectly (indirect) will be given information about the gradient analysis. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
BAKIR Ö. 1987. Çayır –Mer’a Amenajmanı. Ankara Üni.Ziraat Fak. Yay. No: 992, Ders Kitabı No: 292, Ankara, 362 s.
CHRISTIAN D. 2003. Artenzahl-Areal- Beziehungen von Wald und Offenlandgesellschaften.Mitteilung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geobotanik in Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg Heft 62.
CHRISTIAN D. 2003. Artenzahl-Areal- Beziehungen von Wald und Offenlandgesellschaften.Mitteilung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geobotanik in Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg Heft 62.
EKİZ H. 2010. Vejetasyon etüt ve ölçmeleri ders notları (Basılmamış).
ELSÄSSER, M. & OPPERMANN, R. (2003B): Futterwert, Schnittzeitpunkt und Düngung artenreicher Wiesen und Empfehlungen für die Praxis. in: Oppermann & Gujer (s.u.), S. 100-110.
ELSÄSSER, M.; OPPERMANN, R. (2003a): Einbettung der artenreichen Wiesen in den Futterbaubetrieb. In: Oppermann, R.; Gujer, H. (Hrsg.): Artenreiches Grünland. Stuttgart: 100-109.
Grime, J. P. 1979. Plant strategies and vegetation processes. New York: John Wiley and Sons. 222 p p.
HARPER .L. AND. HAWKSWORTH D.L 1995. Preface. In: D.L. Hawksworth, Editor, Biodiversity: Measurements and Estimation, Chapman and Hall, London (1995), pp. 5–12.
HİLL, M. O. 1973. Diversity and evenness: a unifying notation and its consequences. Ecology 54:427–432.
HOLE D. G. 2005. Does organic farming benefit biodiversity? Biological Conservation 122, 113–13.
KENT M, COKER P (2003) Vegetation Description and Analysis: A Practical Approach. John Willey & Sons Ltd., London.
KOCH, B. & SCHİESS-BÜHLER, C. (2003): Förderung der Artenvielfalt durch gezielte Bewirtschaftung oder Neuanlage artenreicher Wiesen. in: Oppermann & Gujer (s.u.), S. 116-119.
LANDE R. 1996. Statistics and partitioning of species diversity, and similarity among multiple communities, Oikos 76 (1996), pp. 5–13.
OPPERMANN, R. & GUJER, H. 2003. Artenreiches Grünland. Stuttgard (Ulmer-Verlag),199s.
PALMER MW (1993) Putting Things in Even Better Order: The Advantages of Canonical Correspondence Analysis. Ecology 74, 8, 2215-2230.
ROSENZWEİG, M. L. 1995. Species Diversity in Space and Time. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY.
SMİTH B. VE WİLSON, J.B. 1996 A consumer's guide to evenness indices, Oikos 76 (1996), pp. 70–82.
T´OTHM´ER´ESZ, B. (1995). Comparison of different methods for diversity ordering. Journal of Vegetation Science 6, 283–290.
TER BRAAK CJF (1986) Canonical Correspondence Analysis: A New Eigenvector Technique for Multivariate Direct Gradient Analysis. Ecology 67, 1167-1179.
WHİTE Denis, Minotti Priscilla G., BARCZAK Mary .J,SİFNEOS Jean C.,FREEMARK Kathryn E., SANTELMANN Mary V. , STEİNİTZ Carl F., KİESTER A. Ross, PRESTON Eric M. . ASSESSING RISKS TO BIODIVERSITY FROM FUTURE LANDSCAPE CHANGE Conservation Biology 11(2):349-360, April 1997
WHİTTAKER, R. H., 1977. Evolution of species diversity in land communities.. Evolutionary Biology 10:1-67.
WHİTTAKER, R.H. (1972). Evolution and measurement of species diversity. Taxon, 21, 213-251.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 15 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 5 10
Homework 2 10
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 2 10
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 5 2
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 1 8
Quiz 1 2
Midterm Exam 2 2
Final Exam 1 6
Time to prepare for Final Exam 2 5
3 5
3 5
2 6
1 6
1 8
1 2
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