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Burkhard Büdel is affiliated with the Technical University of Kaiserslautern in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Subfields in which they have published include Ecology, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main research topics covered by Büdel's work are diverse and detailed. These include Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, Lichen and fungal ecology, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Polar Research and Ecology, Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research, Diatoms and Algae Research, and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics.

Among recent publications attributed to Büdel are several papers appearing between 2020 and 2022. Notable examples include:

  • What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community, 2022, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Biodiversity of Algae and Cyanobacteria in Biological Soil Crusts Collected Along a Climatic Gradient in Chile Using an Integrative Approach, 2020, Microorganisms
  • Shifting Boundaries: Ecological and Geographical Range extension Based on Three New Species in the Cyanobacterial Genera Cyanocohniella, Oculatella, and, Aliterella, 2020, Journal of Phycology
  • Opening the Gap: Rare Lichens With Rare Cyanobionts - Unexpected Cyanobiont Diversity in Cyanobacterial Lichens of the Order Lichinales, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Towards an understanding of future range shifts in lichens and mosses under climate change, 2022, Journal of Biogeography

Büdel's frequent co-authors include Patrick Jung, Michael Lakatos, Karen Baumann, Peter Leinweber, and Tatiana Mikhailyuk. Collaboration with these researchers has contributed to multiple studies and publications.

Regular publication venues for Büdel's work include Frontiers in Microbiology, Microorganisms, Journal of Phycology, ISME Communications, and Biodiversity and Conservation. These journals reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research spanning microbiology, ecology, and biodiversity.

Best Publications

  • Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny

    Timothy Y. James;Frank Kauff;Conrad L. Schoch;P. Brandon Matheny

  • Contribution of cryptogamic covers to the global cycles of carbon and nitrogen

    Wolfgang Elbert;Bettina Weber;Susannah Burrows;Jörg Steinkamp

  • The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits

    Conrad L. Schoch;Gi Ho Sung;Francesc López-Giráldez;Jeffrey P. Townsend

  • Biological Soil Crusts: Characteristics and Distribution

    Jayne Belnap;B. Budel;Otto L. Lange

  • Biological Soil Crusts as an Organizing Principle in Drylands

    Jayne Belnap;Bettina Weber;Burkhard Büdel

  • Dryland photoautotrophic soil surface communities endangered by global change

    Emilio Rodriguez-Caballero;Emilio Rodriguez-Caballero;Jayne Belnap;Burkhard Büdel;Paul J. Crutzen

  • Progress in Botany

    Ulrich Lüttge;Wolfram Beyschlag;Burkhard Büdel;Dennis Francis

  • Taxonomic composition and photosynthetic characteristics of the biological soil crusts covering sand dunes in the western Negev Desert

    O. L. Lange;G. J. Kidron;B. Büdel;A. Meyer

  • A five-gene phylogeny of Pezizomycotina

    Joseph W. Spatafora;Gi Ho Sung;Desiree Johnson;Cedar Hesse

  • Southern African Biological Soil Crusts are Ubiquitous and Highly Diverse in Drylands, Being Restricted by Rainfall Frequency

    Burkhard Büdel;Tatyana Darienko;Kirstin Deutschewitz;Stephanie Dojani

  • New insights into classification and evolution of the Lecanoromycetes (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) from phylogenetic analyses of three ribosomal RNA- and two protein-coding genes

    Jolanta Miadlikowska;Frank Kauff;Valérie Hofstetter;Emily Fraker

  • Thallus morphology and anatomy

    B. Büdel;C. Scheidegger

  • Reshaping of sandstone surfaces by cryptoendolithic cyanobacteria: bioalkalization causes chemical weathering in arid landscapes

    B. Büdel;B. Weber;M. Kühl;H. Pfanz

  • Ultraviolet-absorbing scytonemin and mycosporine-like amino acid derivatives in exposed, rock-inhabiting cyanobacterial lichens

    B. Budel;Ulf Karsten;Farran Garcia-Pichel

  • Further evidence that activation of net photosynthesis by dry cyanobacterial lichens requires liquid water

    O.L. Lange;B. Büdel;A. Meyer;E. Kilian

  • Cyanobacteria and Algae of Biological Soil Crusts

    Burkhard Büdel;Tamara Dulić;Tatyana Darienko;Nataliya Rybalka

  • Ecology and diversity of rock-inhabiting cyanobacteria in tropical regions

    Burkhard Büdel

  • Functional characteristics of corticolous lichens in the understory of a tropical lowland rain forest

    Michael Lakatos;Uwe Rascher;Uwe Rascher;Burkhard Büdel

  • Temperate rainforest lichens in New Zealand: high thallus water content can severely limit photosynthetic CO2 exchange.

    O. L. Lange;B. Büdel;U. Heber;A. Meyer

  • Pedogenic and microbial interrelations to regional climate and local topography: New insights from a climate gradient (arid to humid) along the Coastal Cordillera of Chile

    Nadine Bernhard;Lisa-Marie Moskwa;Karsten Schmidt;Ralf A. Oeser

  • Controls on Distribution Patterns of Biological Soil Crusts at Micro- to Global Scales

    Matthew A. Bowker;Jayne Belnap;Burkhard Büdel;Christophe Sannier

Frequent Co-Authors

Otto L. Lange
Otto L. Lange University of Würzburg
Ulf Karsten
Ulf Karsten University of Rostock
Ulrich Lüttge
Ulrich Lüttge Technical University of Darmstadt
T.G. Allan Green
T.G. Allan Green University of Waikato
Wolfram Beyschlag
Wolfram Beyschlag Bielefeld University
Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Jörg Bendix
Jörg Bendix Philipp University of Marburg
Jayne Belnap
Jayne Belnap United States Geological Survey
Leopoldo G. Sancho
Leopoldo G. Sancho Complutense University of Madrid
Ulrich Pöschl
Ulrich Pöschl Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

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