PHD RESEARCH · SINCE NOVEMBER 2025
Diversity and Functional Trait Distribution in Oro-Mediterranean Plant Communities
Current doctoral research on Mediterranean high-mountain plant communities across the Western Taurus Mountains.
ACADEMIC PROFILE
Research across scales.
From species discovery and evolutionary histories to functional diversity across mountain communities.
RESEARCH AREA · 01
Functional Ecology
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Ecology and Evolution · 2025
↗02Patterns of Functional Diversity, Species Diversity, and Endemicity Driven by Elevation and Topographic Complexity in a Mediterranean Mountain Refuge
Contemporary Problems of Ecology · 2023
↗03Determining Optimal Plot Size Using Saturation and Unsaturation Curves in the Western Taurus Area of the Mediterranean Region, Turkey
Bilge International Journal of Science and Technology Research · 2026
↗04Anatolian Sageretia as an Indicator Species for Prediction of Putative Refuges in Taurus Mountains
6th International Conference on Computational Mathematics and Engineering Sciences · 2022
↗Estimating Sample Completeness for Biodiversity Assessment Based on Tree and Shrub Species in Sarıkaya WLDA/Antalya
RESEARCH AREA · 02
Systematic Botany
01
Phytotaxa · 2021
↗02Omphalodes nedimeae (Boraginaceae), a New Species from the Mediterranean Region of Turkey
Acta Botanica Croatica · 2022
↗03Festuca albomontana (Poaceae), a New Chasmophytic Fescue from the Western Taurus Mountains (Antalya, Turkey)
Journal of Agriculture and Nature · 2024
↗04Evaluation of Biological Activities of Various Extracts of Glaucium alakirensis, Marrubium bourgaei, and Peucedanum alpinum from Türkiye
Turkish Journal of Botany · 2023
↗05A New Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae) Species Without Staminodes in the Enigmatic ‘Canina’ Clade from the Western Taurus (Türkiye)
Turkish Journal of Botany · 2024
↗The Sect. Tricheroides in the Genus Knautia (Caprifoliaceae) Is More Complex Than Known: An Unusual New Species from Türkiye
PROJECTS
Current and completed.
TÜBİTAK 1001 · PROJECT 120Z584 · PHD SCHOLAR · 2023–2024 · COMPLETED
Functional Plant Diversity in the Sarıkaya Wildlife Development Area, Antalya
Calculation, modelling and mapping of functional plant diversity across a Mediterranean mountain landscape.
AKDENİZ UNIVERSITY BAP · PROJECT ID 3773 · 2018–2021
↗Antalya İli Yüksek Dağ Katı Buğdaygilleri (Poaceae) Üzerine Bir Araştırma
Research on the high-mountain grasses of Antalya.
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Anatolian Sageretia as an Indicator Species for Prediction of Putative Refuges in Taurus Mountains
Berberoğlu, E., Aykurt, C., Gülsoy, S., Mert, A., Günaydın, S., Gülben, M. & Süel, H. · Bilge International Journal of Science and Technology Research 10(1): 112–136
Patterns of Functional Diversity, Species Diversity, and Endemicity Driven by Elevation and Topographic Complexity in a Mediterranean Mountain Refuge
Aykurt, C., Özkan, K., Gülben, M., et al. · Ecology and Evolution 15(5): e71354
Functional Diversity Patterns in a Mountainous Mediterranean Refuge
Preprint · Research Square · subsequently published in 2025
The Sect. Tricheroides in the Genus Knautia (Caprifoliaceae) Is More Complex Than Known: An Unusual New Species from Türkiye
Aykurt, C., Gülben, M., Günaydın, S., et al. · Turkish Journal of Botany 48(3): 135–144
Evaluation of Biological Activities of Various Extracts of Glaucium alakirensis, Marrubium bourgaei, and Peucedanum alpinum from Türkiye
Delik, E., Eroğlu, B., Gülben, M., Aykurt, C. & Tefon Öztürk, B. E. · Journal of Agriculture and Nature 27(6): 1249–1261
Determining Optimal Plot Size Using Saturation and Unsaturation Curves in the Western Taurus Area of the Mediterranean Region, Turkey
Özkan, K., Şentürk, Ö., Aykurt, C., Gülben, M., et al. · Contemporary Problems of Ecology 16(6): 900–912
A New Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae) Species Without Staminodes in the Enigmatic ‘Canina’ Clade from the Western Taurus (Türkiye)
Aykurt, C., Gülben, M., Özüdoğru, B., Sari, D., Deniz, İ. G. & Çıngay, B. · Turkish Journal of Botany 47(5): 388–398
Festuca albomontana (Poaceae), a New Chasmophytic Fescue from the Western Taurus Mountains (Antalya, Turkey)
Aykurt, C., Çıngay, B., Sümbül, H., Gülben, M., Cabi, E. & Öz, Z. · Acta Botanica Croatica 81(1): 61–69
Omphalodes nedimeae (Boraginaceae), a New Species from the Mediterranean Region of Turkey
Aykurt, C., Sümbül, H., Gülben, M., Sari, D. & Konuralp, L. Y. · Phytotaxa 498(4): 242–254
THESES
Questions that grow
into research.
Diversity and Functional Trait Distribution in Oro-Mediterranean (Mediterranean High-Mountain) Plant Communities of the Western Taurus Mountains
Batı Toroslar’da Bulunan Oro-Mediteran (Akdeniz-Yüksek Dağ) Bitki Komünitelerinde Çeşitlilik ve Fonksiyonel Özellik Dağılımı
Determination of Functional Diversity of Mediterranean Plants and Evaluation by Analytical Methods According to Environmental Variables (Sarıkaya YGHS Example)
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Candan Aykurt
National Thesis Center ↗EDUCATION
Academic journey.
PhD in Biology
Akdeniz University · Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Master’s Degree in Tourist Guiding
Cappadocia University
MSc in Biology
Akdeniz University · Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
BSc in Biology
Akdeniz University · Faculty of Science