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History of the Waldstein Measuring Sites

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The chapter gives an overview of the research at the Waldstein site related to “fluxes of energy and matter of a forest ecosystem” from the founding of BITÖK (Bayreuth Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research) in 1992 up to the present. This includes tables of all relevant projects and experiments together with the scientific focus of these initiatives and the link to the relevant chapters of the book. The research periods can be separated into two parts: the BITÖK funding up to 2004, with additional funding for carbon fluxes by the European Community, and the single projects, funded mainly by the German Science Foundation, under the umbrella of BayCEER (Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research) since 2005. Due to a stable program of climate and air pollution monitoring, it was easy to piggyback comprehensive experimental activities. The FLUXNET station DE-Bay has a nearly 20-year measuring file covering a change from a more homogeneous to a heterogeneous forest.

T. Foken: Affiliation during the work at the Waldstein sites—University of Bayreuth, Department of Micrometeorology, Germany

J. Tenhunen: Affiliation during the work at the Waldstein sites—University of Bayreuth, BITÖK, Chair of Plant Ecology, Germany

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    The German department (Abteilung) is comparable with a laboratory or a research group.

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Acknowledgments

The research at the Waldstein sites were funded by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology, the European Community, the German Science Foundation, and others. For details and relevant project numbers, see the chapters of the book. The authors acknowledge Dr. Thomas Gollan for his support with historical documents and his helpful discussion.

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Results of the implementation and four research periods of BITÖK:

1989–1992 BITÖK Forschungsbericht 1989–1992, Bayreuth 1993, 180 S.

1993–1994 BITÖK Forschungsbericht 1993, BITÖK, Bayreuth 1994, 249 S.; BITÖK Forschungsbericht 1994, Bayreuther Forum Ökologie No. 15, 1995, 266 S.

1995–1997 BITÖK Forschungsbericht 1995–1997, Bayreuther Forum Ökologie No. 56, 1998, 256 S.

1998–2000 BITÖK Forschungsbericht 1998–2000, Bayreuther Forum Ökologie No. 84, 2001, 382 S.

2001–2004 BITÖK Forschungsbericht 2001–2004, BITÖK, Bayreuth 2005, 306 S. (unpublished). The meteorological projects are published in: Foken, T. (Ed.): Klimatologische und mikrometeorologische Forschungen im Rahmen des Bayreuther Institutes für Terrestrische Ökosystemforschung (BITÖK) 1989–2004. Arbeitsergebnisse, Universität Bayreuth, Abt. Mikrometeorologie, No. 29, 2005, 105 S. (ISSN: 1614–8916).

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Foken, T., Tenhunen, J. (2017). History of the Waldstein Measuring Sites. In: Foken, T. (eds) Energy and Matter Fluxes of a Spruce Forest Ecosystem. Ecological Studies, vol 229. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49389-3_1

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