CURRICULUM VITAE Çağatay Tavşanoğlu, Ph.D. 24.02.2015 Birthplace and date: Ankara (Turkey), 19.07.1978 Address: Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, Ekoloji Anabilim Dali, Beytepe, 06800, Ankara-Turkey Tel: +90-312-2976770 Fax: +90-312-2992028 E-mail: ctavsan@hacettepe.edu.tr Web site: http://yunus.hacettepe.edu.tr/~ctavsan http://fesr.wordpress.com (Fire Ecology and Seed Research Lab.) Education: 2002-2008 Ph.D. Division of Ecology, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, Turkey 1999-2002 M.Sc. Division of Ecology, Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, Turkey 1994-1998 B.Sc. Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, Turkey Working Experience: 2013- Associate Professor Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, Turkey 2010-2013 Lecturer Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, Turkey 2008-2010 Research Associate Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, Turkey 2000-2008 Research Assistant Department of Biology, Hacettepe University, Turkey Languages: Turkish, English Main research areas: Fire ecology, Mediterranean ecosystems, plant ecology, germination ecology, biological diversity, disturbance ecology Scientific projects: 2013-2015 The dietary habits of brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the forests of western Black Sea region, Turkey and its effect on seed dispersal and germination. Supported by Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). (project leader) 2014-2015 Patterns of variation in leaf traits in Anatolian populations of Quercus robur. Supported by Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit. (project leader) 2013-2014 Determination of the relationship between seed traits and post-fire germination in Cistaceae family. Supported by Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). (project leader)
2013-2014 Post-fire conservation of the Mediterranean Basin forests: In search of fire ephemerals. Supported by Rufford Small Grants Foundation. (project leader) 2013-2014 Investigation of among-population variation in post-fire germination of Cistus salviifolius and Cistus creticus. Supported by Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit. (project leader) 2012-2014 Allelopatic effects of plant taxa in Turkish Red Pine forests on forest regeneration. Supported by Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). (researcher) 2012-2013 Determination of post-fire germination properties of Mediterranean plants. Supported by Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit. (project leader) 2012-2013 Effects of disturbance of plant communities of Central Anatolian steppe. Supported by Rufford Small Grant Foundation. (project advisor) 2012-2013 Effect of different cold stratification periods on germination in plant species of Central Anatolian steppe. Supported by Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). (project advisor) 2012-2013 Determination of post-fire germination properties of Mediterranean plants. Supported by Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit. (project leader) 2007-2013 Developing an extensive forest fire risk map model for Mediterranean ecosystems. Supported by Turkish State Planning Organization. (project leader) 2010-2012 Investigation of plant-polinator systems in phryganic plant species in Mediterranean ecosystems. Supported by Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Scientific Research Unit. (researcher) 2009-2010 Determining Large Mammal Species Richness and Distribution in Küre Mountain National Park. Supported by Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit. (project leader) 2007-2011 The Ecology of Large Mammals in Bartin Region and Their Conservation Planning. Supported by Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit. (project leader) 2003-2006 Post-fire faunistic and floristic successional dynamics in protected areas with Mediterranean climate. Supported by Hacettepe University Scientific Research Unit. (researcher) 2003-2006 GEF-II Biodiversity and Management of Natural Resources Project Köprülü Kanyon National Park. Supported by the Global Environment Found (GEF) of the World Bank, and conducted by Turkish Ministry of Forest and Environment. (voluntary researcher) 2001-2003 Investigation of secondary successional change in burned forest areas of Marmaris National Park. Supported by Hacettepe University Research Foundation. (researcher)
Theses: Tavşanoğlu, Ç., 2008. Post-fire vegetation dynamics of Pinus brutia (Turkish Red Pine) forests of Marmaris region. Ph.D. Thesis, Hacettepe University, Institute of Natural Sciences (in Turkish with English abstract). Tavşanoğlu, Ç., 2002. Studies on post-fire secondary plant succession in Marmaris National Park. M.Sc. Thesis, Hacettepe University, Institute of Natural Sciences (in Turkish with English abstract). Papers: Çatav, Ş.S., Küçükakyüz, K., Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Akbaş, K. (2015) Effects of aqueous smoke and nitrate treatments on the germination of 12 eastern Mediterranean plants. Annales Botanici Fennici 52: 93-100. Berber, A.S., Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Turgay, O.C. 2015. Effects of surface fire on soil properties in a mixed chestnut-beech-pine forest in Turkey. Flamma 6(2): 78-80. Çatav, Ş.S., Küçükakyüz, K., Akbaş, K., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2014. Smoke-enhanced seed germination in Mediterranean Lamiaceae. Seed Science Research 24: 257-264. Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Gürkan, B. 2014. Long-term post-fire dynamics of co-occuring woody species in Pinus brutia forests: the role of regeneration mode. Plant Ecology 215: 355-365. Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Çatav, Ş.S. 2012. Seed size explains within-population variability in post-fire germination of Cistus salviifolius. Annales Botanici Fennici 49: 331-340. Çatav, Ş.S., Bekar, İ., Ateş, B.S., Ergan, G., Oymak, F., Ülker, E.D., Tavşanoğlu, Ç., 2012. Germination response of five eastern Mediterranean woody species to smoke solutions derived from various plants. Turkish Journal of Botany 36: 480-487. Moreira, B., Tavsanoglu, Ç., Pausas, J.G., 2012. Local versus regional intraspecific variability in regeneration traits. Oecologia 168: 671-672. Şekercioğlu, Ç.H., Anderson, S., Akçay, E., Bilgin, R., Can, Ö.E., Semiz, G., Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Yokeş, M.B., Soyumert, A., İpekdal, K., Sağlam, İ.K., Yücel, M., Dalfes, H.N., 2011. Turkey's globally important biodiversity in crisis. Biological Conservation 144: 2752-2769. Tavsanoglu, C., 2011. Fire-related cues (heat shock and smoke) and seed germination in a Cistus creticus population in southwestern Turkey. Ekoloji 20: 99-104. Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Úbeda, X., 2011. Fire and soils: methodological issues and implications to management. Environmental Research 111:191-192.
Soyumert, A., Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Macar, O., Kaynaş, B.Y., Gürkan, B., 2010. Presence of large and medium-sized mammals in a burned pine forest in southwestern Turkey. Hystrix Italian Journal of Mammalogy 21: 97-102. Kavgacı, A., Tavşanoğlu, Ç., 2010. Post-fire vegetation dynamics in the Mediterranean Basin ecosystems. SDU Faculty of Forestry Journal 2: 149-166. (in Turkish with English abstract) Tavşanoğlu, Ç., 2010. Seed production and fruit parasitism in Cistus salviifolius L. (Cistaceae) along a post-fire successional gradient. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 9: 1120-1127. Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Gürkan, B., 2010. Physical and chemical properties of the soils at burned and unburned Pinus brutia Ten. forest sites in the Marmaris region, Turkey. Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry 38: 71-76. Paula, S., Arianoutsou, M., Kazanis, D., Tavsanoglu, Ç., Lloret, F., Buhk, C., Ojeda, F., Luna, B., Moreno, J.M., Rodrigo, A., Espelta, J.M., Palacio, S., Fernández-Santos, B., Fernandes, P.M., Pausas, J.G., 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420 and Ecological Archives E090-094-D1. Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Gürkan, B., 2009. Post-fire regeneration of a Pinus brutia (Pinaceae) forest in Marmaris National Park, Turkey. International Journal of Botany 5: 107-111. Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Coşgun, U., 2009. Effect of goat browsing on growth form of maquis species in Köprülü Kanyon National Park (Antalya, Turkey). Ekoloji 18: 74-80. (in Turkish with English abstract) Tavşanoğlu, Ç., 2008. The effect of aspect on post-fire recovery of a mixed Lebanon cedar-anatolian black pine forest: after the first 5 years. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences 7: 696-699. Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Gürkan, B., 2005. Post-fire dynamics of Cistus spp. in a Pinus brutia forest. Turkish Journal of Botany 29: 337-343. Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Gürkan, B., 2004. Adaptations of plants to drought and fire in Mediterranean Basin. The Herb Journal of Systematic Botany 11: 119-132 (in Turkish with English abstract). Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Gürkan, B., 2002. Postfire changes in soil properties of Pinus brutia Ten. forests in Marmaris National Park, Turkey. Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry 31: 95-105. Full-text proceedings: Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2009. Akdeniz Havzası ormanlarında yangın sonrası kendiliğinden gençleşme [Autosuccession in Mediterranean Basin forests after fire]. In: I. Orman Yangınları ile Mücadele Sempozyumu Tebliğleri, 7-10 Ocak, Antalya, T.C. Çevre ve Orman Bakanlığı Orman Genel Müdürlüğü, sf. 310-317. (in Turkish)
Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Kaynaş, B.Y., Gürkan, B., 2002. Plant species diversity in a post-fire successional gradient in Marmaris National Park, Turkey. In: Viegas, X.V. (ed.), Proceedings of the IV. International Conference on Forest Fire Research 2002 Wildland Fire Safety Summit, 18-23 November, Luso, Coimbra, Portugal Kaynaş, B.Y., Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Gürkan, B., 2002. Species diversity of small mammal community in different stages of post-fire succession in Marmaris National Park, Turkey. In: Viegas, X.V. (ed.), Proceedings of the IV. International Conference on Forest Fire Research 2002 Wildland Fire Safety Summit, 18-23 November, Luso, Coimbra, Portugal. Conference abstracts: Soyumert, A., Ertürk, A., Kazancı, D.D., Bekar, İ., Ülker, E.D., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. (2014) Dietary habits of brown bear in the forests of western Black Sea Region, Turkey: the preliminary results. Abstract Book of 23 rd International Conference on Bear Research and Management, October 5-11, Thessaloniki, Greece. (poster presentation) Soyumert, A., Ertürk, A., Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Gürkan, B. (2014) Activity patterns and distribution of brown bear in northwestern Anatolia. Abstract Book of 23 rd International Conference on Bear Research and Management, October 5-11, Thessaloniki, Greece. Çatav,Ş.S., Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Küçükakyüz, K., Akbaş, K. (2014) Allelopathic effect of aqueous extracts of Pinus brutia needles on the germination and seedling growth of 25 Mediterranean plants. Book of Abstracts of 5 th International Conference on Mediterranean Pines (MEDPINE 5), September 22-26, Solsona, Spain. (poster presentation) Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Gürkan, B. (2014) Long-term patterns of post-fire recovery in Pinus brutia forests. Book of Abstracts of 5 th International Conference on Mediterranean Pines (MEDPINE 5), September 22-26, Solsona, Spain. Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Kazancı, D.D., Çatav, Ş.S. 2014. Comparing patterns of post-fire germination in Central Anatolian Steppe and Mediterranean Plants: Implications for pyrogeography. Proceedings of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium, 12-13 July, İstanbul, Turkey. Kaynaş, B.Y., Kaynaş, S., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2014. Pollination strategies of plant species in phryganic ecosystems of southwestern Turkey. Proceedings of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium, 12-13 July, İstanbul, Turkey. Çatav, Ş.S., Akbaş, K., Küçükakyüz, K., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2014. Effects of smoke solutions and nitrates on seed germination in species from the eastern Mediterranean Basin. Proceedings of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium, 12-13 July, İstanbul, Turkey. (Poster presentation)
Bekar, İ., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2014. Global warming and germination patterns in Central Anatolian Steppe (Turkey): An experimental approach. Proceedings of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium, 12-13 July, İstanbul, Turkey. (Poster presentation) Ülker, E.D., Perktaş, U., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2014. Effects of past climate changes on the geographic distribution of Quercus robur. Proceedings of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium, 12-13 July, İstanbul, Turkey. (Poster presentation) Özüdoğru, Ö., Özüdoğru, B., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2014. Yapay müdahalelerin İç Anadolu Bozkırında bitki tür zenginliği ve tür bileşimi üzerine etkisi. [Effects of disturbances on plant species richness and composition in Central Anatolian steppe] 22. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 23-27 Haziran, Eskişehir. (in Turkish) Hekimoğlu, O., Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Kaynaş, B.Y., Özer, N. 2014. Muğla ve Aydın illerinde bulunan kene türleri üzerinde ön çalışmalar. [Preliminary studies on thick species in Mugla and Aydin provinces (Turkey)] 22. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 23-27 Haziran, Eskişehir. (in Turkish) (poster presentation) Yeşilyurt, E.B., Ergan, G., Erik, S., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2014. Mekanik zedeleme ve sıcaklık şokunun Helianthemum taksonlarının (Cistaceae) tohum çimlenmesi üzerine etkisi [Effects of mechanical scarification and heat shocks on the germination of Helianthemum taxa (Cistaceae)]. 22. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 23-27 Haziran, Eskişehir. (in Turkish) (poster presentation) Çatav, Ş.S., Akbaş, K., Küçükakyüz, K., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2014. Kızılçam (Pinus brutia) ibrelerinden elde edilen özütlerin 17 Akdeniz bitkisinin çimlenmeleri üzerine etkisi. [Effects of the extracts from Turkish Red Pine (Pinus brutia) needles on the germination of 17 Mediterranean plants] 22. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 23-27 Haziran, Eskişehir. (in Turkish) (poster presentation) Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Kazancı, D.D., Çatav, Ş.S. 2013. Bitkilerde yangın sonrası çimlenme davranışının şekillenmesinde yangın rejimlerinin rolü. [The role of fire regimes in shaping post-fire germination behavior in plants] XI. Ulusal Ekoloji ve Çevre Kongresi Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 1-4 Ekim 2013, Samsun. (İn Turkish) Ülker, E.D., Perktaş, U., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2013. Küresel iklim değişimlerinin saplı meşenin coğrafi dağılımına etkisi. [Effcts of climatic changes on geographic distribution of English Oak] XI. Ulusal Ekoloji ve Çevre Kongresi Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 1-4 Ekim 2013, Samsun. (in Turkish) Kazancı, D.D., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2013. Akdeniz bitkilerinin yangın sonrası çimlenmesinde popülasyonlar arası değişkenlik. [Interpopulational variability in post-fire germination of Mediterranean plants] XI. Ulusal Ekoloji ve Çevre Kongresi Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 1-4 Ekim 2013, Samsun. (in Turkish)
Özüdoğru, Ö., Özüdoğru, B., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2013. Effects of disturbance on plant communities of central Anatolian steppe: the early results. In: Abstract Book of Plant Life of South West Asia 8. 1-5 July 2013, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK. Kazancı, D.D., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2013. Interpopulational variation in seed germination of Lavandula stoechas L. in relation to fire. In: Atalay, İ., Efe, R. (Eds.) Abstract Book of the 3 rd International Geography Symposium, 10-13 June 2013, Antalya, Turkey. Çatav, Ş.S., Küçükakyüz, K., Akbaş, K., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2013. The promotive effect of plant-derived smoke extracts on seed germination of Mediterranean Lamiaceae species. In: Atalay, İ., Efe, R. (Eds.) Abstract Book of the 3 rd International Geography Symposium, 10-13 June 2013, Antalya, Turkey. (Poster presentation) Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2013. Yangının bitkilerin evrimindeki rolü. [The role of fire in the plant evolution] 3. Evrimsel Biyoloji Öğrenci Kongresi Özet Kitapçığı, 4-5 Mayıs 2013, Ankara. (in Turkish) (invited oral presentation) Ergan, G., Ülker, E.D., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2013. Türkiye de yayılış gösteren farklı Rumex crispus popülasyonlarında tohum çimlenmesi üzerine soğuk katlamanın etkisi. [Effect of cold stratification on seed germination of various Rumex crispus populations in Turkey] Ekoloji Sempozyumu 2013 Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 2-4 Mayıs 2013, Tekirdağ. (in Turkish) Kazancı, D.D., Tavşanoğlu, Ç. 2013. Güneybatı Anadolu da bulunan 23 bitki türünün çimlenmesi üzerine farklı sıcaklık şoklarının etkisi. [Effects of various heat shocks on 23 plant species in southwestern Anatolia] Ekoloji Sempozyumu 2013 Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 2-4 Mayıs 2013, Tekirdağ. (in Turkish) Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Moreira, B., Pausas, J.G. 2013. Bitkilerdeki rejenerasyon karakterlerinde yerel ve bölgesel türiçi değişkenlik. [Local and regional interspecific variability in regeneration traits of plants] Ekoloji Sempozyumu 2013 Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 2-4 Mayıs 2013, Tekirdağ. (in Turkish) Yeşilyurt, E.B., Erik, S., Gömürgen, N., Doğan, C., Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Özmen, E., Akaydın, G., 2012. Helianthemum salicifolium (Cistaceae) üzerinde taksonomik, morfolojik, sitolojik, palinolojik ve ekolojik çalışmalar [Taxonomical, morphological, cytological, palynological and ecological studies on Helianthemum salicifolium (Cistaceae)]. In: Abstract Book of XXI. National Biology Congress, 3-7 September, Izmir, Turkey. (in Turkish) Çatav, Ş.S., Tavşanoğlu, Ç., 2011. Farklı bitkilerden üretilmiş duman çözeltilerinin dört Akdeniz bitkisinin çimlenmesi üzerine etkisi [The effect of smoke solutions derived from different plants on the germination of four Mediterranean plants]. In: Abstract Book of X. National Ecology and Environment Congress, 4-7 October, Çanakkale, Turkey. (in Turkish)
Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Arianoutsou, M., Kazanis, D., 2010. Potential risks for high-altitude Mediterranean forests due to climate change: the case of fire across Pinus nigra forests in Turkey and Greece. In: Abstract Book of EFIMED (European Forest Institute, Mediterranean Regional Office) Annual Meeting: Progress Meeting and Scientific Seminar: Knowledge Base Management of Mediterranean Forests under Climate Driven Risks: the Ways Ahead, 14-16 April, Antalya, Turkey. Tavşanoğlu, Ç., 2009. Akdeniz vejetasyonunda yangına bağlı dinamikler [Fire-related dynamics of Mediterranean vegetation]. In: Abstract Book of Workshop Today and future of ecological and evolutionary studies in Turkey, 19-21 December, ITU, İstanbul, Turkey. (in Turkish) Tavşanoğlu, Ç., 2009. Türkiye'de orman yangınlarının ekolojik etkileri: mevcut bilgi birikimi ve araştırma gereksinimleri [Ecological effects of forest fires in Turkey: current knowledge and research needs]. In: Abstract Book of IX. National Ecology and Environment Congress, 7-10 October, Ürgüp, Nevsehir, Turkey. Kazanis D., Tavsanoglu C., Gürkan B., Arianoutsou M., 2009. Woody vegetation patterns along noncalcareous post-fire chronosequences of Mediterranean-climate pine forests in Greece and Turkey: A functional group approach. In: Abstract Book of 52nd IAVS (International Association for Vegetation Science) Symposium, 30 May-4 June, Island of Crete, Greece. Tavşanoğlu, Ç. Gürkan, B., 2009. Soil physical and chemical properties of burned and unburned Pinus brutia Ten. forest sites in Marmaris region, Turkey. In: Abstract Book of FESP2009 (2nd International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties), pp. 54, 11-15 February 2009, Marmaris, Turkey. Ürker, O., Gürkan, B., Tavşanoğlu, Ç., 2009. Effects of post-fire regeneration treatments on plant community on serpentine soils in Marmaris region, Turkey. In: Abstract Book of FESP2009 (2nd International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties), pp. 50, 11-15 February 2009, Marmaris, Turkey. Tavşanoğlu, Ç., 2008. Bitki fonksiyonel grupları ve yangın sonrası rejenerasyon çalışmalarındaki önemi [Plant functional groups and their importance in the studies on post-fire regeneration]. In: Proceedings of XIX. National Biology Congress, June, 23-27, Trabzon, Turkey (in Turkish). Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Gürkan, B., 2007. Marmaris civarı Kızılçam (Pinus brutia Ten.) ormanlarının yangın sonrası rejenerasyonu: bitki kommünitesi özelliklerinin değişimi [Post-fire regeneration of Turkish Red Pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) forests around Marmaris: the change of plant community properties]. In: Proceedings of VII. National Ecology and Environment Congress, September, 10-13, Malatya, Turkey (in Turkish)
Tavşanoğlu, Ç., 2007. Ekolojik bir etmen olarak yangın: Marmaris örneği [Fire as an ecological factor: the case of Marmaris]. In: Proceedings of VII. National Ecology and Environment Congress, September, 10-13, Malatya, Turkey (in Turkish). Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Gürkan, B., 2006. Marmaris civarı Kızılçam (Pinus brutia) ekosistemlerinde yer alan bitkilerin yangın sonrası örtü derecelerindeki değişim: rejenerasyon stratejilerinin rolü [Post-fire change of coverage of plants in Turkish Red Pine (Pinus brutia) ecosystems around Marmaris: the role of regeneration strategy]. In: XVIII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 26-30 Haziran, Kuşadası, Aydın (in Turkish). Tavşanoğlu, Ç, Gürkan, B., 2004. Marmaris Milli Parkı nda Pinus brutia Ten. (Kızılçam) ormanlarında yangın sonrası bitki süksesyonu [Post-fire plant succession in Pinus brutia Ten. (Turkish Red Pine) forests in Marmaris National Park]. In: Abstract Book of V. National Ecology and Environment Congress, October 5-8, Bolu, Turkey (in Turkish). Tavşanoğlu, Ç., 2004. Akdeniz vejetasyonunda yer alan Cistus (Cistaceae) türlerinin yangın sonrası populasyon dinamikleri [Post-fire population dynamics of Cistus species (Cistaceae) in Mediterranean vegetation]. In: Abstract Book of V. National Ecology and Environment Congress, October 5-8, Bolu, Turkey (in Turkish). Tavşanoğlu, Ç., Kaynaş, B.Y., Gürkan, B., 2002. Early postfire regeneration of a Pinus brutia forest in Marmaris National Park, Turkey. MEDPINE 2 (International Conference on Conservation, Regeneration and Restoration of Mediterranean Pines and their Ecosystems), 8-13 September, Chania, Crete, Greece. Other scientific activities: Editorial board member in Eurasian Journal of Forest Science journal (2013- ) Guest Editor of the special section of the Environmental Research journal (2011): Ç. Tavşanoğlu, X. Úbeda (eds.) Fire Effects on Soil Properties: Forest Fires and Prescribed Fires. Environmental Research 111 (2), pp. 191-247. Reviewer of articles in following journals: International Journal of Wildland Fire (2009, 2010); Turkish Journal of Botany (2010); Batı Akdeniz Araştırma Ormancılık Enstitüsü Dergisi (2010); Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (2011); Geoderma (2011 2 reviews); Annals of Forest Science (2013); Eurasian Journal of Forest Science (2013); Seed Science Research (2014 2 reviews).
Scientific Committee and Organizing Committee Membership of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium which held in Istanbul (Turkey) between 12-13 July 2014. Worked in the scientific research project titled Comparison of the Geographical Distributions of Resprouter and Seeder Species in the Mediterranean Basin at Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación (Desertification Research Center) between 24 th January 7 th February 2012 in Valencia, Spain. This project was conducted under the supervising of Dr. Juli G. Pausas, and financially supported in part by Hacettepe University Rectorship. Scientific Committee Membership of the 3 rd International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties which held in Guimares (Portugal) between 15-19 March 2011. Worked in the scientific research project titled Comparison of Germination Responses to Fire in Eastern and Western Mediterranean Plant Populations at Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación (Desertification Research Center) between 1 st July 28 th September 2009 and 1 st 23 rd June 2010 in Valencia, Spain. This project was conducted under the supervising of Dr. Juli G. Pausas, and financially supported by European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). Worked as the general secretary of the 2 nd International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties held on 11 th -15 th February 2009 in Marmaris, Turkey. Participated the scientific studies within the PERSIST Project (Post-fire Persistence Mechanisms in Mediterranean Plants: Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences) as a visitor researcher at CEAM (Fundación Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo) between 16 th July 28 th August 2008 in Valencia, Spain. Educational activities: Since 2015 Lecturer in undergraduate course Environmental Biology II (Hacettepe University Department of Biology) Since 2014 Lecturer in undergraduate course Global Change Ecology (Hacettepe University Department of Biology) Since 2014 Lecturer in undergraduate course Ecology and Environment (Hacettepe University Elective Courses Coordinatorship)
Since 2013 Lecturer in undergraduate course Go (Hacettepe University Elective Courses Coordinatorship) Since 2013 Responsible for Training Course (Hacettepe University Department of Biology) Since 2013 Lecturer in M.Sc. course Fire Ecology (Hacettepe University Department of Biology) Since 2010 Lecturer in M.Sc. course Advanced Environmental Biology (Hacettepe University Department of Biology) Since 2010 Lecturer in undergraduate course Environmental Biology I (Hacettepe University Department of Biology) 2013-2014 Lecturer in undergraduate course Go (Hacettepe University School of Sport Sciences and Technology) 2010-2013 Lecturer in undergraduate course Ecology and Environment (Hacettepe University School of Sport Sciences and Technology) 2012 Lecturer in M.Sc. course Environmental Impact Assessment and Applications (Hacettepe University Department of Biology) 2001-2010 Lecturer at Ecology Lab. (Hacettepe University Department of Biology) Since 2001 Go (igo, weiqi, baduk; a board game) instructor. (Hacettepe University Go Club) Lectures within the Professional Development for Biologists program in Turkey (2005). Lecture titles: Sampling methods for plants, Statistics and data evaluation in ecology, and Conservation biology and biodiversity. The program was supported by European Union Commission. Seminar presentations at the first (Feb. 2002), the second (Feb. 2003) and the third (Jan. 2004) Winter School for Ecology organized by Hacettepe University Ecology Group. 2001-2002 Lecturer at General Biology Lab. (Hacettepe University Department of Biology) M.Sc. Thesis supervised: İsmail BEKAR (2014-2015) The role of anthropogenic and natural factors in shaping recent fire regimes in Mediterranean ecosystems, Hacettepe University Institute of Natural Sciences (advisor) (ongoing)
Gökhan ERGAN (2014-2015) Investigation of the relationship Mediterranean plants with fire, and determination of fire ephemerals, Hacettepe University Institute of Natural Sciences (advisor) (ongoing) Özlem ÖZÜDOĞRU (2012-2015) Effects of disturbance on Central Anatolian plant communities Hacettepe University Institute of Natural Sciences (advisor) (ongoing) Elif Deniz ÜLKER (2013-2015) Determination of genetic variation patterns and the last glacial refugia of English oak (Quercus robur L.) in Anatolia, Hacettepe University Institute of Natural Sciences (advisor) (ongoing) Duygu Deniz KAZANCI (2012-2014) Determination of post-fire germination properties of Mediterranean plants Hacettepe University Institute of Natural Sciences (advisor) (completed) Şükrü Serter ÇATAV (2012-2013) Determination of post-fire germination properties in Cistus salviifolius L. (Cistaceae). Muğla University Institute of Natural Sciences (co-advisor) (advisor: Assist. Prof.Dr. Köksal Küçükakyüz) (completed) Scientific meetings: 2015 Genomic Methods in Ecology and Evolution Workshop, 07-08 February, Mersin, Turkey. 2014 5th International Conference on Mediterranean Pines (MEDPINE 5), 22-26 July, Solsona, Spain. 2014 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium, 12-13 July, Istanbul, Turkey. 2013 IV. Evolution, Science and Education Symposium, 21-22 December, Istanbul, Turkey. 2013 Project evaluation meeting of the project titled Adaptive Mitigation Strategies to Protect European Freshwater Ecosystems from the Effects of Climatic Change (REFRESH), 2 December, Ankara, Turkey. 2013 XI. National Ecology and Environment Congress, 1-4 October, Samsun, Turkey. 2013 4th International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties, 2-5 July, Vilnius, Lithuania. 2013 3rd Evolutionary Biology Student Congress, 4-5 May, Ankara, Turkey.
2013 Ecology Symposium -2013, 2-4 May, Tekirdağ, Turkey. 2012 COST Action FP0701 Post-fire forest management in southern Europe Final Conference, 27-28 March Thessaloniki, Greece. 2011 2nd FUME (Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world) Project Meeting. 26-29 October, Antalya, Turkey. 2011 X. National Ecology and Environment Congress, 4-7 October, Çanakkale, Turkey. 2010 ESOF 2010 (European Science Forum 2010), 2-7 July, Torino, Italy. 2010 EFIMED (European Forest Institute, Mediterranean Regional Office) Annual Meeting: Progress Meeting and Scientific Seminar: Knowledge Base Management of Mediterranean Forests under Climate Driven Risks: the Ways Ahead, 14-16 April, Antalya, Turkey. 2009 Workshop Today and future of ecological and evolutionary studies in Turkey, 19-21 December, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. 2009 Working Group Meeting of Forestry Research Directorates, Ministry of Forestry and Environment of Turkey, 14-18 December, Kemer, Antalya, Turkey. 2009 IX. National Ecology and Environment Congress, 7-10 October, Ürgüp, Nevşehir, Turkey. 2009 II. International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties, 11-15 February, Marmaris, Turkey. 2009 I. Symposium on struggle with forest fires, 7-10 January, Antalya, Turkey. 2008 XIX. National Biology Congress, 23-27 June, Trabzon, Turkey. 2007 VII. National Ecology and Environment Congress, 10-13 September, Malatya, Turkey. 2007 Symposium on Turkey towards the application of European Landscape Agreement, 17-20 May, Ankara, Turkey. 2006 XVIII. National Biology Congress, 26-30 June, Kuşadası, Aydın, Turkey. 2004 V. National Ecology and Environment Congress, 5-8 October, Bolu, Turkey.
2003 II. National Forestry Congress: Management of Turkish Forests and Participation, 19-20 March, Ankara, Turkey. 2002 IV. International Conference on Forest Fire Research 2002 Wildland Fire Safety Summit, 18-23 November, Luso, Coimbra, Portugal 2002 MEDPINE 2 (International Conference on Conservation, Regeneration and Restoration of Mediterranean Pines and their Ecosystems), 8-13 September, Chania, Crete, Greece 2002 TREE SEEDS 2002 (2002 Annual Meeting of IUFRO 2.09.00 Research Group for Seed Physiology and Technology ), 11-15 September, Chania, Crete, Greece 1997 III. National Ecology and Environment Congress, 3-5 September, Kırşehir, Turkey.