COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FERHAT MATUR

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biology
Biology

Course Objective

The course will focus on the following topics: patterns and processes creating biological diversity; estimates of extinction rates; consequences of diversity losses; approaches to conserving diversity, including large-scale conservation planning; conservation biology tools, such as population viability analyses and conservation triage; and causes of diversity loss including habitat loss/fragmentation, invasive species, and climate change.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Wilkinson, D.M. 2004. Do we need a process-based approach to nature conservation Continuing the parable of Green Mountain Ascension Island. Journal of Biogeography 31: 2041-2042.
Ricciardi, A. 2007. Are modern biological invasions an unprecedented form of global change Conservation Biology 21: 329-336.
Ricciardi, A. and Simberloff, D. 2009. Assisted colonization is not a viable conservation strategy. 24:248-253.
Principles of Conservation Biology. 1997. G. K. Meffe, C. R. Carroll, and contributors. Second edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, MA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with presentations, homework presentation, final exam and attending class per week

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 80% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://fbe.deu.edu.tr/

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ferhat.matur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes