Christian Wissel

Christian Wissel, originally a physicist and professor at the University of Marburg, is an important founding father of modern ecological modelling in Germany. He established an influential department at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and led it until his retirement in 2005.

Selected publications Simone K. Heinz, Christian Wissel & Karin Frank: The Viability of Metapopulations: Individual Dispersal Behaviour Matters In: Landscape Ecology Volume 21, pages 77–89 (2006) doi:10.1007/s10980-005-0148-3 V. Grimm & Christian Wissel: Babel, or the ecological stability discussions: an inventory and analysis of terminology and a guide for avoiding confusion In: Oecologia Volume 109, Pages 323–334 (1997) doi:10.1007/s004420050090 Birgit Müller, Karin Frank & Christian Wissel: Relevance of rest periods in non-equilibrium rangeland systems – A modelling analysis In Agricultural Systems Volume 92, Issues 1–3, January 2007, Pages 295-317 doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2006.03.010 Christian Wissel: Theoretische Ökologie. Eine Einführung Springer, 30 August 1989, ISBN 978-3-540-50848-9 doi:10.1007/978-3-642-74535-5