Hermann Remmert

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Hermann Remmert (born March 29, 1931 in Hanover ; † June 23, 1994 in Goslar ) was a German ecologist and professor of ecology at the University of Marburg .

He was one of the few scientific German-speaking ecologists who enjoyed worldwide renown - even if his mosaic cycle theory could not prevail against the Forest Gap Theory .

Remmert was born as the son of a teacher couple in Hanover. As a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation , he studied in Kiel and received his doctorate there with a dissertation on ecological studies on dipteras from the North and Baltic Seas . In 1962 he completed his habilitation in Kiel with the work The Hatching Rhythm of Insects .

In 1968 he was appointed full professor of zoology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg . In 1976 he took over the chair for ecology at the Philipps University in Marburg, which he held until his death.

Remmert's main work on ecology - a textbook appeared in 5 editions and has been translated into 6 languages. He acted as editor for the book series Ecological Studies published by Springer and for the journals Oecologia und Naturwissenschaften .

Hermann Remmert was married and had a son.

Works

  • Hermann Remmert: Ecological studies on the Diptera of the North and Baltic Seas , Kiel 1953
  • Hermann Remmert: The hatching rhythm of the insects , Kiel 1962
  • Hermann Remmert: Arctic animal ecology (translated by Joy Wieser), Berlin Heidelberg New York 1980, ISBN 3-540-10169-1
  • Hermann Remmert: Nature conservation. A reader not only for planners, politicians and police officers, publicists and lawyers. Berlin Heidelberg 1988, ISBN 3-540-19377-4 .
  • Hermann Remmert: The mosaic cycle concept and its significance for nature conservation . Heidelberg 1991, ISBN 978-3924374709 .
  • Hermann Remmert (Ed.): The mosaic cycle concept of ecosystems , Berlin Heidelberg New York 1991, ISBN 3-540-52502-5
  • Hermann Remmert: Ecology . 5th edition. Berlin Heidelberg 1992, ISBN 3-540-54732-0 .

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  • Obituary by Hubert Ziegler. In: Naturwissenschaften , 82, January 1, 1995. [1]
  • Obituary by E. Glück. In: Journal of Ornithology , 137, January 1, 1996. [2]

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personal data
SURNAME Remmert, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ecologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 1994
Place of death Goslar