Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
0701308109INSECT ECOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGYCompulsory364
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
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
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Celalettin GÖZÜAÇIK
Learning Outcomes
1Learning the relationship between incests and their environment
2Learning structure and dynamics of population systems, population demography, sampling, life-tables, temperature-dependent development, predation, competition, dispersal, population stability and pest outbreaks
3Böceklerin içinde bulundukları çevresel (abiyotik ve biyotik) koşullarla bireysel düzeyde (autoecology) ilişkileri ile ilgili temel kavram ve bilgiler
4Populasyon sistemlerinin yapısı ve dinamikleri, yaşam çizelgeleri, sıcaklığa bağlı gelişme ve üreme, avcılık, asalaklık, rekabet, yayılma ve dağılış, populasyon stabilitesi ve epidemi hakkında yeterli bilgi edinilmesi
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
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
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction to autoecology
2The ecosystem concept, elements and functions of ecosystems
3Factors influencing the diversity, distribution and abundance of insects environment carrying capacity
4Temperature, temperature dependent development
5water and humidity, wind
6Light, soil, atmospheric gases, gravity
7Plant - herbivor interactions
8Midterm exam
9Predator-prey, parasitoid-host relationships, The concept of functional and numerical response, determination of functional response types
10Population density, competition, resource sharing and niche
11Structure and dynamics of population systems, sampling,
12Population demography - life-tables
13Population demography - mortality factors, key factor analysis, density dependence analyses
14Population stability and pest outbreaks
15Final Exam
16
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Self Study14684
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11010
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
Homework11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)117
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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LO11 3 22  4 2 
LO2 2 3  21 2 3
LO3      4     
LO4     2      
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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