Structural
and distributional evaluation of forest ecosystems in Turkey
Ibrahim Atalay1 and Recep Efe*2
1Department of Geography, Buca Faculty of
Education, Dokuz
Eylul University, 35150, Buca, Izmir, Turkey
2Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Balikesir University, 10145, Balikesir, Turkey
(Received: February 15, 2009; Revised
received: May 20,
2009; Accepted: September 10, 2009)
Abstract: Turkey has very rich ecosystems and
habitats in which various types of vegetation communities and fauna are
found. These properties of Turkey depend
on its geographical position, different climatic region, mountainous
topographical conditions and climatic changes occurred during the Pleistocene.
Several field works have been conducted during the period of 1975-2008. The
field observations and analyses of data reveal that Turkey?s
forests can be divided into six main forest ecosystems (Black
sea region, Marmara transitional region,
Mediterranean region, Mediterranean transitional region, Inner and Eastern anatolian region, Southern anatolian region) in terms of floristic composition, forest
productivity and climatic properties.
?Key words: Forest ecosystem, Turkey, Black sea region, Miditerranean region
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