| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insect Ecology and Epidemiology | BTK309 | 5. Semester | 3 + 0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator |
Prof. Dr. Emine DEMİR ÖZDEN |
| Instructors |
Emine DEMİR ÖZDEN |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | To provide an understanding of interactions between insects and their surrounding factors with the resulting effects on their populations. The students are expected to have the ability to use this understanding especially for pest control in agricultural ecosystems |
| Course Content | Abiotic and biotic factors underlying the distribution, abundance, and dynamics of insects. How to measure these factors, and how they affect insect population processes (population stability and pest outbreaks), interactions, and community structure, especially in agricultural ecosystems |
| Learning Outcomes |
- Learning the relationship between incests and their environment - Lerning factors influencing the diversity, distribution and abundance of insects environment - Learning structure and dynamics of population systems - learning population demography, sampling, life-tables, temperature-dependent development - learning predation, competition, dispersal, population stability and pest outbreaks |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Introduction of insect ecology, the subjets of insect ecology | |
| 2. Week | Branches of ecology: autoecolgy, population ecology and community ecology | |
| 3. Week | The ecosystem concept, elements and functions of ecosystems | |
| 4. Week | Factors influencing the diversity, distribution and abundance of insects environment carrying capacity | |
| 5. Week | Böceklerin çoğalmaları ve gelişmeleri üzerinde sıcaklığın etkisi | |
| 6. Week | The effects of the humidity and water on insects development | |
| 7. Week | Light, soil, atmospheric gases, gravity | |
| 8. Week | Midterm exam | |
| 10. Week | Population density, competition, resource sharing and niche | |
| 11. Week | Structure and dynamics of population systems, sampling, | |
| 12. Week | Population demography - life-tables | |
| 13. Week | Population demography - mortality factors, key factor analysis, density dependence analyses | |
| 14. Week | Population stability and pest outbreaks |
| Insect Ecology. An Ecosystem Approach (2nd edition), Timothy D. Schowalter, Academic Press, London, UK, 2006, Ecological Methodology, |
| Önder, F.2004 Bitki Zararlılarının Ekolojisi ve Epidemiyolojisi , Meta Basım Mat. Bornova-İzmir Kansu, A..İ. 2005. Böcek Çevre Bilimi. A.Ü. Zir. Fak. Ders Kitabı 302 |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | Measurement Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course's Level of contribution | None | Very Low | Low | Fair | High | Very High |
| Method of assessment/evaluation | Written exam | Oral Exams | Assignment/Project | Laboratory work | Presentation/Seminar |
| Event | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midterm 1 | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Final | 1 | 35 | 35 |
| Classroom Activities | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Total Workload | 102 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4.0 | ||
