Dr. rer. nat. Saskia Hesse
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Research Intrest:
In autumn 2010 I finished my diploma thesis at the Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology. I worked with the cichlid Pelvicachromis taeniatus and studied kin recognition mechanism in juveniles of this species.
In my PhD thesis I will focus on the effects of kinship and inbreeding on social behaviour in our model system P. taeniatus.
Particularly, I am interested in the influence of relatedness on
cooperation in juvenile and adult fish of these species. This project is
conducted in collaboration with Dr. Timo Thünken.
Ausgewählte Publikationen
- Hesse, S., Bakker, T. C. M., Baldauf, S. A. & Thünken, T. (2016) Impact of social environment on inter- and intra-sexual selection in a cichlid fish with mutual mate choice. Anim. Behav. 111: 85-92. pdf upon request
- Thünken, T., Hesse, S., Bakker, T. C. M. & Baldauf, S. A. (2015) Benefits of kin shoaling in a cichlid fish: familiar and related juveniles show better growth. Beh. Ecol. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arv166 pdf upon request
- Hesse, S., Anaya-Rojas J. M., Frommen, J. G. & Thünken, T. (2015) Kinship reinforces cooperative predator inspection in a cichlid fish. J. Evol. Biol. 28:2088–2096. pdf upon request
- Hesse, S., Anaya-Rojas, J. M., Frommen, J. G. & Thünken, T. (2015). Social deprivation affects cooperative predator inspection in a cichlid fish. Roy. Soc. Open Sci. 2:140451. pdf upon request
- Hesse, S. & Thünken, T. (2014). Growth and social behavior in a cichlid fish are affected by social rearing environment and kinship. Naturwissenschaften 101:273–283. pdf upon request
- Hesse, S., Bakker, T. C. M. , Baldauf, S. A. & Thünken, T. (2012). Kin recognition by phenotype matching is family-rather than self-referential in juvenile cichlid fish. Anim. Behav. 84: 451-457 Download
- Thünken, T., Baldauf, S. A., Kullmann, H., Schuld, J., Hesse, S. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2011). Size-related inbreeding preference and competitiveness in male Pelvicachromis taeniatus (Cichlidae). Beh. Ecol. 22:358–362
Diploma thesis:
- Hesse, S. (2010). Kin recognition in juvenile Pelvicachromis taeniatus. MSc-thesis, University of Bonn, Germany.
