COURSE SYLLABUS

ALPINE VEGETATION

1	Course Title:	ALPINE VEGETATION
2	Course Code:	BIO6604
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	No prerequisite course.
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. GÜRCAN GÜLERYÜZ
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Fen-EdebiyatFakültesi, BiyolojiBölümü, GörükleKampüsü, 16059 Bursa 0 224 29 41988 gurcan@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The main objective of this course is to introduce ecological characteristics of the vegetation zones of high mountains and also reinforced with general properties and vegetation belts of Uludağ Mountain.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Understanding the vejetation belts of high mountains.;
2	Understanding the characteristics of sub-alpine plants.;
3	Understanding the relationship between soil development and vegetation in alpine belt.;
4	Understanding the plant traits on alkaline soils in alpine belts.;
5	Understanding the plant traits on acidic soils in alpine belts.;
6	Understanding the special habiats of alpine belt.;
7	Understanding the ecophysiological traits of sub-alpine plants.;
8	Understanding the ecophysiological traits of alpine plants.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The vegetation belts in the high mountains, flora of alpine belt.
2	Woodland and Tree Lines as Lower Limits of the alpine region.
3	The Climate Subalpine Belts and Its Local Variations.
4	The Development of Soil and Vegetation in Alpine Belt.
5	Ecological and Phytosociological Clasification of Alpine Vegetation, Subalpine and Alpine Grassland on Carbonate Soils.
6	Subalpine and Alpine Grassland on Acidic Soils, Dwarf Shrub Heaths of the Lower Alpine and Subalpine Belts.
7	Snow Patches and Related Communities, Subalpine and Alpine Fens and Spring-Swamp Communities.
8	The Colonisation of Scree Slopes and Glacial Morains.
9	The Vegetation of Rocks and Boulders, Plant Life in the Region of Eternal Snow.
10	Ecophysiology of plants in Alpine and subalpine - I
11	Ecophysiology of plants in Alpine and subalpine - II
12	General Properties of Subalpine and Alpine belts of Uludağ Mountain and Its vegetation zones.
13	Current articles reading and discussion on Ecology of plants in Alpine and subalpine
14	Current articles reading and discussion on Ecology of plants in Alpine and subalpine

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Ellenberg H (1988) Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe. 4th Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Körner C (1999). Alpine Plant Life, Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 2nd Ed. Billings WD, Mooney HA (1968). The Ecology of Arctic and Alpine Plants. Biological Reviews 43:481-529. Bliss, LC (1971). Arctic and Alpine Plant Life Cycles. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 2:405-438. Körner C (1998). A re-assessment of high elevation treeline positions and their explanationOecologia 115: 445-459. Rehder H, Gökçeoğlu M, Gebauer G, Güleryüz G (1994). Die Vegetation des Uludağ-Gebirges (Anatolien). Phytocoenologia 24:167-192.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High