Abstract:

The study area includes Keçiboyduran and Melendiz Volcanic Mountains and its Environs. It was detected that agriculture, cattle-breeding activities and wrong land-use play a restrictive role on distribution of natural vegetation cover in the environment of these mountainous areas. The part of 15,53 % of the west and southwest of Keçiboyduran Mt. and the part of 21.67% of the north of Melendiz Mt. compose of xerophyte forest areas where are scattered cluster. The great part of the areas to be unsuitable to agriculture is found in these woodland or its environments. Dry-farming carries out in especially unproductive areas such as IV, VI, VII and VIII category areas. The forests are destroyed for the vineyard. This situation is followed over grazing and ensuring firewood. Dry fruit garden-farming and dry vineyard-farming carry out on colluvial soil which has environmental problems such as stony, shallow, rocky and erosion in study area. Furthermore, natural vegetation cover was restricted to high rocky areas having not destruction due to both ensuring house necessity of increasing population and forming agricultural areas. The oak forests are limited on southwest, west, northwest and north slopes of Keçiboyduran Mt., between 1400-1850m and 20-40% inclined areas, west and northwest slopes of Göllü Mt. and Red Mountains, between 1600-1820m, 20-40% inclined areas. 40-60% inclined areas have not woodlands and are exposed to violent erosion. Briefly, if unproductive areas occurring in mountainous areas are converted productive forest areas, problems such as erosion and desertification are formed in study area. Keywords: Mt by Mt. The wrong land-use, dry forest

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