sdu faculty of forestry journal special edition 2009 - Orman Fakültesi

SDÜ ORMAN FAKÜLTESİ DERGİSİ
The Köprülü Kanyon National Park (37º01′N and 31º14′E) is located in the
western part of the Taurus Mountains in Antalya province in southern Turkey. The
annual average rainfall is 1140.5 mm and the annual average temperature is 18.3
ºC. The cypress forest in the national park is composed of pure (195.6 ha) and
mixed stands with P. brutia (255.6 ha) at elevations ranging from 650 to 950 m
(Anonymous, 2008).
Aydıncık (36º11′N and 33º27′E) is situated along hillsides of the central part of
the Taurus Mountains facing Mediterranean Sea coast in Mersin province, 325 km
east of Antalya. The annual average rainfall is 936.2 mm and the annual average
temperature is 19.1ºC. While degraded (292.5 ha) and normal (88.5 ha) stands
comprised a total of 381 ha of cypress forest in Aydıncık, within the same basin the
total cypress forests made up 1247.5 ha, at elevations from 20 to 120 m,
representing the largest distribution area of this variety (Özçelik, 2005). The
cypress forest within Aydıncık, composed of pure and mixed stands (P. brutia) was
mostly spread along the valley of the Sipahili (Babadili) stream.
Sampling
plots
Table 1: Characteristics of the sampling plots
Location Latitude
(N)
Coordinates
Longitude
(E)
Altitude
(m a.s.l.)
143
Exposure Description
KK1 Köprülü Kanyon 37 º12′ 31 º09′ 710 S Groups of seedlings and saplings along road side
KK2 Köprülü Kanyon 37 º13′ 31 º08′ 844 S Groups of seedlings and saplings along road side
KK3 Köprülü Kanyon 37 º13′ 31 º08′ 736 SE Groups of seedlings and saplings along road side
KK4 Köprülü Kanyon 37 º13′ 31 º08′ 151 S Groups of seedlings and saplings along road side
KK5 Köprülü Kanyon 37 º12′ 31 º09′ 740 SE Groups of seedlings and saplings along road side
KK6 Köprülü Kanyon 37 º11′ 31 º11′ 737 S Groups of seedlings and saplings along road side
M1 Aydıncık 36° 11' 33° 27' 49 W Degrade, Mixed with P. brutia
M2 Büyükeceli 36 °11' 33° 27' 6 W Degrade, Mixed with P. brutia
M3 Aydıncık, Babadili 36°12' 33° 27' 24 SE Degrade, Mixed with P. brutia, Gene protection forest
M4 Aydıncık, Babadili 36°12' 33° 27' 29 E Degrade, Mixed with P. brutia, Gene protection forest
M5 Aydıncık, Babadili 36°12' 33° 27' 172 E Pure, Gene protection forest
M6 Aydıncık, Karaseki 36°10' 33°23' 61 NE Degrade, Pure, along stream
M7 Aydıncık, Babadili 36° 12 ' 33° 27' 157 E Pure, Gene Protection Forest
M8 Aydıncık, Babadili 36° 11' 33 °27' 114 NE Pure
M9 Aydıncık, Babadili 36° 11' 33 °27' 72 E Degrade, Pure
M10 Aydıncık, Duruhan 36°13' 33°17' 482 N
Degrade, Mixed with P. brutia, along stream and
agricultural fields
In Köprülü Kanyon, seedlings and saplings of C. sempervirens along the road
sides within 6 sampling plots, and in Aydıncık cypress trees of different age classes