Assessment of grassland ecosystem functioning [Elektronische Ressource] : carbon dioxide exchange and the dynamics of carbon and nutrient pools in temperate and Mediterranean grasslands / by Heydar Mirzaei
Assessment of grassland ecosystem functioning: Carbon dioxideexchange and the dynamics of carbon and nutrient pools intemperate and Mediterranean grasslandsA Dissertation Submitted to theFaculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences of the University of BayreuthAs a Requirement for the Degree Dr. rer. nat.By:Heydar MirzaeiKermanshah, IranBayreuth, April 2008iiThis dissertation has been prepared at the Department of Plant Ecology at theUniversity of Bayreuth under the supervision of Prof. John D. Tenhunen(“Erstgutachter”) between November 2003 and April 2008.Vollständiger Abdruck der von der Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissen:schaften der Universität Bayreuth genehmigten Dissertation zur Erlangung desakademischen Grades eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.).Antrag auf Zulassung der Dissertation: 18. April 2008Wissenschaftliches Kolloquium: 3. Juli 2008Erstgutachter: Prof. J.D. Tenhunen (Ph.D.)Zweitgutachter: Prof. A. JentschiiiivAcknowledgmentI would like to express my deep and sincere gratitude to my supervisor, ProfessorJohn D. Tenhunen, Head of the Department of Plant Ecology, University of Bayreuthfor allowing me to join his team, and for his wide knowledge, that has provided agood basis for the present thesis. I am also grateful for his help to improve the Englishmanuscript.I am grateful to Prof. Christian Bernhofer, Dr. Thomas Grünwald for providing eddycovariance data, Prof. Joao S. Pereira, Dr. Nuno Ribeiro, Mr.