A PostDoctoral researcher at the Department of Behavioural Ecology, University of Bern. His main research interest is the evolutionary ecology of cooperative breeding in cichlids.
Veröffentlichungen (17):
Heg, Dik & Z. Bachar, L. Brouwer, M. Taborsky. 2004. "Predation risk is an ecological constraint for helper dispersal in a cooperatively breeding cichlid". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 271(1555):2367–2374. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2855 (crc03692) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik & N. Bender, I. Hamilton. 2004. "Strategic growth decisions in helper cichlids". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 271(6):S505–S508. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0232 (crc03693) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik & Z. Bachar, M. Taborsky. 2005. "Cooperative breeding and group structure in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Neolamprologus savoryi". Ethology. 111(11):1017-1043. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2005.01135 (crc02629) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik & L. Brouwer, Z. Bachar, M. Taborsky. 2005. "Large group size yields group stability in the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher". Behaviour. 142(11-12):1615-1641. DOI: 10.1163/156853905774831891 (crc03694) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik & Ralph Bergmüller, Danielle Bonfils, Oliver Otti, Zina Bachar, Reto Burri, Gerald Heckel, Michael Taborsky. 2006. "Cichlids do not adjust reproductive skew to the availability of independent breeding options". Behavioral Ecology. 17(3):419-429. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj056 (crc02549) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik & Z. Bachar. 2006. "Cooperative breeding in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Julidochromis ornatus". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 76(2-4):265-281. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9032-5 (crc03690) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik & Z. Heg-Bachar, L. Brouwer, M. Taborsky. 2008. "Experimentally induced helper dispersal in colonially breeding cooperative cichlids". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 83(2):191-206. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9317-3 (crc03696) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik & E. Jutzeler, D. Bonfils, J.S. Mitchell. 2008. "Group composition affects male reproductive partitioning in a cooperatively breeding cichlid". Molecular ecology. 17:4359-4370. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03920 (crc02711) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik & I.M. Hamilton. 2008. "Tug-of-war over reproduction in a cooperatively breeding cichlid". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 62(8):1249-1257. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0553-0 (crc03978) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik & E. Jutzeler, J.S. Mitchell, I.M. Hamilton. 2009. "Helpful female subordinate cichlids are more likely to reproduce". Plos One. 4(5):1-6. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005458 (crc03697) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik & Zina Heg-Bachar. 2009. "Tauchexpedition Tanganjikasee 2005: Untersuchungen an kooperativ brütenden Cichliden bei Kasakalawe, Sambia". Deutsche Cichliden Gesellschaft- Informationen. 40(12):270–279 (crc03695)
Heg, Dik & S. Rothenberger, R. Schürch. 2010. "Habitat saturation, benefits of philopatry, relatedness, and the extent of co-operative breeding in a cichlid". Behavioral Ecology. 22(1):82-92. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq170 (crc04665) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik & Michael Taborsky. 2010. "Helper response to experimentally manipulated predation risk in the cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher". Plos One. 5(5):1-11. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010784 (crc03698) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik. 2010. "Status-dependent and strategic growth adjustments in female cooperative cichlids". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64(8):1309-1316. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0945-9 (crc03689) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik & R. Schürch, S. Rothenberger. 2011. "Behavioral type and growth rate in a cichlid fish". Behavioral Ecology. 22(6):1227-1233. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr118 (crc03502) (Kurzfassung)
Heg, Dik & S. Rothenberger, R. Schürch. 2011. "Habitat saturation, benefits of philopatry, relatedness, and the extent of co-operative breeding in a cichlid". Behavioral Ecology. 22(1):82-92. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq170 (crc03025) (Kurzfassung)