Fire Ecology
Semester Course: 3rd
Credits: 7,5 ECTS
Prerequisites: Forest Fires (6 ECTS) or override permit by the lecturer
Lecturers: Ertuğrul BİLGİLİ
- Objectives:
To acquaint the students with the underlying principles in resource management in the face of fires, and difficulties encountered in the integration of fire concerns into management planning
- Programme topics:
- Fire management
- Fuel type modeling
- Temporal and spatial analysis of forest fires
- Post forest fire ecology
- Integration of fires into forest management plans
- Fire danger rating system
- Future uncertainties
- Case study: Mediterranean Pinus brutia forests
- Assessment:
Course requirements include a written midterm exam (30%), term projects, presentation performance and oral exam (20%) and a written final exam (50%)