Urban flora and ecological characteristics of the Kartal District (Istanbul): A contribution to urban ecology in Turkey

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dc.authoridOzyigit, Ibrahim Ilker/0000-0002-0825-5951
dc.contributor.authorAltay, Volkan
dc.contributor.authorOzyigit, Ibrahim Ilker
dc.contributor.authorYarci, Celal
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T21:00:29Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T21:00:29Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractFor years, ecologists who have been trying to understand the relationship between the organisms with each other and/or their environments, have carried out their researches sometimes far from civilization, sometimes on a desolate island or in a tropical rainforest. Today, about half of the world's population lives in urban areas. Therefore, most of the ecological problems have been brought to these areas. Nevertheless, in cities, preserving and maintaining natural habitats, providing a place not only to live but also to enjoy and to relax, are possible only by applying the principles and concepts of urban ecology in planning. This study presents the outcomes of unplanned urbanization and possible preventive measures, which could be taken in the Kartal District, Istanbul-Turkey. Moreover, in this study, different kinds of urban habitats within the frontiers of Kartal were described and an inventorial study containing native, exotic and cultivated plant taxa were realized. For this plant inventory of the Kartal District, all the greenery in the area were explored in different seasons. Plant samples were collected, dried, labelled and then determined according to standard herbarium procedures. In the present study, totally 576 plant taxa were determined, whereas 477 (395 species, 51 subspecies and 31 varieties) of them were natural and 99 were exotic and cultivated. The most native taxa were in the Asteraceae family (50 species), while the most found kind of exotic plant family was Rosaceae (16 species). The archaeophyte and neophyte plants in these taxa, endemic, rare, endangered, medicinal and poisonous species were also mentioned. Furthermore, the necessity of having ecological studies become widespread in urban areas, initially in Istanbul and later in other places was emphasized in the study.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage200en_US
dc.identifier.issn1992-2248
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-76049098549en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage183en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/12712
dc.identifier.volume5en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000275269400006en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Journalsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofScientific Research and Essaysen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectUrban floraen_US
dc.subjecturban habitaten_US
dc.subjecturban ecologyen_US
dc.subjectKartalen_US
dc.subjectIstanbulen_US
dc.titleUrban flora and ecological characteristics of the Kartal District (Istanbul): A contribution to urban ecology in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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