Head of department
Contact
Room: 13/274
Phone: 0631 - 205 2360
Mail: buedel(at)rhrk.uni-kl.de
Plant Ecology & Systematics
Faculty of Biology
University of Kaiserslautern
PO-BOX 3049
67653 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Research interests
Phylogeny, taxonomy, and diversity of terrestrial cyanobacteria and cyanobacterial lichens
- the unicellular genus Chroococcidiopsis, species and phylogenetic position
- diversity of terrestrial rock and soil inhabiting cyanobacteria in general
- diversity of cyanobacterial photobionts of lichens
- cyanolichens of the families Lichinaceae and Peltulaceae
Ecology and eco-physiology of biological soil and rock crusts
- crust types and species composition
- global distribution patterns
- local and global CO2 balances of biological rock and soil crusts
- role of crusts in their referring ecosystems
Eco-physiology of rock, soil, and tree inhabiting lichens and bryophytes
- growth form and related photosynthetic CO2-patterns
- contribution to local and global CO2balances
Research programs, third party funds:
BiodivERsA/ DFG: PI of the multinational research project “Soil Crust InterNational (SCIN) – Understanding and valuing biological soil protection of disturbed and open land surfaces”. See project homepage for more detailed information http://www.soil-crust-international.org/
DFG-Projekt BU666/17.1
Biological soil crust algae in the polar regions - biodiversity, genetic diversity and ecosystem resilience under global change scenarios
