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] 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 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 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