Michael Burkart
Michael Burkart (born July 27, 1960 in Singen (Hohentwiel) ) is a German botanist .
Burkart is the son of a gardener. He learned the gardening trade from his father before studying and embarking on a scientific career. In 1998 he received his doctorate at the University of Potsdam on the grassland vegetation of the lower Havelaue .
Burkart works at the Institute for Biochemistry and Biology at the University of Potsdam and is the custodian of the local botanical garden . He has been conducting botanical excursions for several years. Burkart primarily devotes himself to the vegetation of meadows, pastures and steppes.
Burkart worked as a technical advisor for the German edition of the botanical work Botanica .
Publications (selection)
- Independent title
- The grassland vegetation of the lower Havel floodplain from a synecological and syntaxonomic perspective (1998; also dissertation)
- Molinio Arrhenatheretea (E1). Cultivated grassland and related vegetation types. Part 2: Molinietalia. Forage and litter meadows in damp and wet locations and Molinio-Arrhenatheretea class overview. Series title: Synopsis of the Plant Societies in Germany , Volume 9 (2004; with H. Dierschke, N. Hölzel, B. Nowak, T. Fartmann)
- Essays
- M. Burkart, V. Kummer, W. Fischer: Floristic new and re-finds in the area of the Lower Havel . In: Mitt. Flor. Mapping Halle 20 (1995), pp. 24-36.
- V. Kummer, M. Burkart: The flora of the river valley meadows on the Lower Havel and other botanical features . In: Landesanstalt f. Large protected areas (Ed.): Havelreport I (1996), pp. 30–39
- M. Burkart, A. Hinrichsen, M. Kühling, S. Oehlschlaeger, D. Wallschläger, G. Wiegleb, S. Wolters: Introduction: Open sand landscapes of Central Europe, military training areas and nature conservation . In: K. Anders (Hrsg.), J. Mrzljak (Hrsg.), D. Wallschläger (Hrsg.), G. Wiegleb (Hrsg.): Handbook of Open Land Management using the example of former and currently in use military training areas . Pp. 1-23. (Springer) Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2004.
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- Gordon Cheers (Ed.): Botanica: The ABC of Plants. 10,000 species in text and images . Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft, 2003, ISBN 3-8331-1600-5 , p. 5 .
- Michael Burkart , short entry at the University of Potsdam
Web links
- The botanist - close-up: curator Dr. Michael Burkart looks after the "green collection" in the botanical garden . Portal of the Potsdam University Newspaper, July to December 2009.
- Death by the wayside . DIE ZEIT, August 9, 2007, No. 33.
- Beloved parasite . Der Tagesspiegel, December 24, 2009
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SURNAME | Burkart, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German botanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Singing (Hohentwiel) |