Bitişik Ekosistemler Arasındaki Sınırlar: Ekolojik Geçiş Zonları

Abstract

Boundaries among adjacent ecological systems serve as habitat for various plant and animal species as well as human kind with the rich ecological diversity. Homogeneous ecological units which were easy to study and define until 1980’s have been the subject of broad studies especially within the science of ecology, while these heterogeneous subjects which has no strict boundaries were ignored and were not reduced to a simple line on the map. These fields which enable flow of energy, nutrient, water, material and information between technological developments and ecological systems were determined to be a functional part of the position they are located with their structure and function. In this scope, this essay which was developed out of the theoretical section of the PhD thesis entitled “Ecological Transition Zones in Relation of Sustainable City and Landscape: Case of Istanbul Beykoz” present the theoretical grounds of the issue in order to form a scientific basis in Turkey