W. Daniel Kissling
(Dr. rer. nat., M.Sc., Dipl. Laök, PGDipl.)
Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity Group, Department of Bioscience,
Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, DK-08000 Aarhus C, Denmark; Phone:
0045-87154345; Email: danielkissling [@] web.de
I am a research
scientist in the Ecoinformatics
& Biodiversity Group at Aarhus University, Denmark. My interest
is in quantitative
biodiversity science, including macroecology, biogeography, plant-animal
interactions, and global change (see here
for more details). In my work, I take advantage of recent advances
in technology, computing, numerical databasing, Geographic Information
Systems (GIS), and environmental modelling to (1) better understand
the broad-scale distribution of life on Earth, and (2) develop solutions
to cross-scale environmental problems in global change biology and
conservation management. This requires an integrated and interdisciplinary
effort and I collaborate with a number of people from a variety of
backgrounds and countries (see here).
I believe that a sound management of our biosphere requires a quantitative
understanding of biological patterns and processes across space and
time, and a better transfer of ecological knowledge into conservation
management and political decision making.
LATEST NEWS:
We have published a new paper on large-scale modelling of biotic interactions
in multispecies assemblages. See here
Selected publications
(for a complete list click here)
Kissling, W.D.,
Baker, W.J., Balslev, H., Barfod, A.S., Borchsenius, F., Dransfield,
J., Govaerts, R. & Svenning, J.-C. (2011): Quaternary and pre-Quaternary
historical legacies in the global distribution of a major tropical
plant lineage. Global Ecology & Biogeography. [Early
Online]
Kissling, W.D.,
Field, R., Korntheuer, H., Heyder, U. & Böhning-Gaese, K.
(2010): Woody plants and the prediction of climate change impacts
on bird diversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
B 365: 2035–2045. [ABSTRACT]
Kissling, W.D.,
Böhning-Gaese, K. & Jetz, W. (2009): The global distribution
of frugivory in birds. Global Ecology and Biogeography 18:
150–162. [ABSTRACT]
Kissling, W.D.
& Carl, G. (2008): Spatial autocorrelation and the selection of
simultaneous autoregressive models. Global Ecology and Biogeography
17: 59–71. [ABSTRACT]
Kissling, W.D.,
Rahbek, C. & K. Böhning-Gaese (2007): Food plant diversity
as broad-scale determinant of avian frugivore richness. Proceedings
of the Royal Society B 274: 799–-808. [ABSTRACT]
