Richard Pott (geobotanist)

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Richard Pott (born July 8, 1951 in Tecklenburg ) is Professor of Geobotany and Managing Director of the Institute for Geobotany at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover . In addition to his numerous scientific papers, Pott has made a name for himself by writing textbooks on general and special geobotany. Pott is also chairman of the Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft .

research

With colleagues from the Faculty of Agriculture at Ningxia University in Yinchuan , People's Republic of China, Pott investigated the possibility of reducing particulate matter pollution in an urban area . For the test series with different traffic densities, the authors used common plants on the roadside. The ivy ( Hedera helix ) presented large leaves , while the yew ( Taxus baccata ) had waxed needles. With high and medium traffic volumes, the yew tree is able to collect more dust particles of the PM10 caliber . And the needle-leaved type was also more successful in binding fine particulate matter (caliber PM2.5) in high traffic.

Works (selection)

  • General geobotany. Biogeosystems and Biodiversity. Springer, Berlin et al. 2005, ISBN 3-540-23058-0 .
  • The North Sea: a natural and cultural history . CH Beck, Munich 2003. ISBN 3406510302 .
  • The plant communities of Germany. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8252-8067-5 .
  • together with Joachim Hüppe, Wolfredo Wildpret de la Torre: The Canary Islands: Natural and cultural landscapes. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003. ISBN 3-8001-3284-2 . → Describes 580 plants, most of which are endemic species.
  • together with Dominique Remy: Inland waters. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3157-9 ( Ecosystems of Central Europe from a geobotanical point of view ), (also: ibid. 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-1722-2 ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ C He, K Qiu, Richard Pott: Reduction of traffic-related particulate matter by roadside plants: Effect of traffic pressure and sampling height. In: Int J Phytoremediation 27, 2019: 1-17. DOI 10.1080 / 15226514.2019.1652565. Epub ahead of print .

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personal data
SURNAME Pott, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geobotanist
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Tecklenburg