Dr Parastoo Mahdavi
Dr Parastoo Mahdavi
Curriculum vitae
Research assistant in the project "Biotopverbund Grasland", C.v.O. University of Oldenburg (2018-2021)
Ph.D. in Biology, Vegetation Ecology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Dept. of Vegetation Analysis & Phytodiversity (2011-2017)
- Dissertation: "Vegetation and functional diversity of sand dune habitats between and within different bioclimatic regions"
M.Sc. in Biology of Plants, Tehran University (2004-2007)
- Thesis: "Phytosociological study of montane and submontane zones of Tuchal Mountain, N. Tehran"
B.Sc. in Biology of Plants, Isfahan University (2000-2004)
Project: Grassland biotope network
Against the background of the decline in endangered species due to the increasing isolation of biotopes in intensively used agricultural areas on the one hand and the strong pressure on agricultural land on the other, this project aims to develop new ways to enable a biotope network. Where possible, existing nature conservation areas are to be utilised and used as donor areas for the creation or development of stepping stones and corridors. The aim of the project is to establish a biotope network in grassland with a focus on the three target species groups of vascular plants, butterflies and grasshoppers. The project is to be implemented in co-operation with stakeholders from agriculture, nature conservation, science and the relevant authorities. A key focus is on the inclusion of linear landscape elements such as dykes, dams, water and roadside verges and forest edges.
Project partners:
- University of Oldenburg (UO)
- Grassland Centre Lower Saxony/Bremen e.V. (GLZ)
- Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture (LWK)
- Oldenburger Land Nature Conservation Association (NABU)
Financing: German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU)
Duration: 01.10.2017 until 30.01.2021
Further information can be found here:
www.gruenlandzentrum.org/projekte-des-gruenlandzentrums/biotopverbund-grasland
Press Release
18.07.2020
NDR - Hallo Niedesachsen
"Cutting-edge research - locusts in focus"
www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/hallo_niedersachsen/Spitzenforschung-Heuschrecken-im-Fokus,hallonds59900.html
09.05.2020
Northwest newspaper
"How it blooms even without flower strips"
Academic appointment
2018-2021 Research associate in the project "Biotope Network Grassland". Funded by the DBU (University of Oldenburg)
2017 Mapping at F.R.A.N.Z. Project: Biodiversity in the agricultural landscape (University of Göttingen)
2015-2017 Research assistant for various courses, Department of Vegetation Analysis & Phytodiversity (University of Göttingen)
2013-2015 Mapping and status assessment of FFH habitat types of the Natura 2000 project on Crete, Greece (University of Göttingen & Athens)
2011-2013 Research and teaching assistant, Department of Vegetation Analysis & Phytodiversity (University of Göttingen)
2009-2010 Botanical mapping in southwest Iran (Khuzestan province) and vegetation status assessment at the petrochemical site (Tehran University)
2008 Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Heliotropium (Boraginaceae), Jodrell laboratory (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London)
2004-2010 Research assistant in the Department of Botany and Biodiversity (Tehran University)
Publications
Tordoni, E., Bacaro, G., ..., Mahdavi, P. et al. 2020. Disentangling native and alien plant diversity in coastal sand dune ecosystems worldwide. J Veg. Sc. doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12961
Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., ..., Mahdavi, P. et al. (2019): sPlot - a new tool for global vegetation analyses. Journal of Vegetation Science. 30:161-186.
Mahdavi, P. & Bergmeier, E. (2018): Distribution of C4 plants in sand habitats of different climatic regions. Folia Geobotanica. 53: 201-211.
Mahdavi, P., Isermann M. & Bergmeier, E. (2017): Sand habitats across biogeographical regions at species, community and functional level. Phytocoenologia 47: 139-165.
Mahdavi, P. & Bergmeier, E. (2016): Plant functional traits and diversity in sand dune ecosystems across different biogeographic regions. Acta Oecologica. 74: 37-45.
Akhani, H., Mahdavi, P., Noroozi, J. & Zarrinpour, V. (2013): Vegetation patterns of the Irano-Turanian steppe along a 3000 m altitudinal gradients in the Alborz Mountains of Northern Iran. Folia Geobotanica. 48 (2): 229-255.
Mahdavi, P. & Akhani, H. van der Maarel, E. (2013): Species diversity and life form patterns along 3000 m altitudinal gradient in the steppe vegetation of southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains, Iran. Folia Geobotanica. 48 (1): 7-22.
Akhani, H., Malekmohammadi, M., Mahdavi, P. & Chase, M. W. (2013): Phylogenetic relationship based on nrDNA ITS sequences resolves species delimitation and relationship of the Irano-Turanian lineage of the genus Limonium (Plumbaginaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 171: 519-550.
Akhani, H., Chatrenoor, T., Dehghani, M., Khoshravesh, R., Mahdavi, P. & Matinzadeh, Z. (2012) A new species of Bienertia (Chenopodiaceae) from Iranian salt deserts: a third species of the genus and discovery of a fourth terrestrial C₄ plant without Kranz anatomy. Plant Biosystems. 146 (3): 550-559.