Dietrich Meyer Professor emeritus, Department of Biology. Research interests in ecology and animal behaviour
	My research interests   In the past my group focused on Community Ecology and Conservation Biology and on adaptive traits of passerine wetland birds at the Grande Cariçaie. We altered habitat structures experimentally and isolated factors that influenced genetic fitness. We proposed a lottery model of sexual selection for Savi's warbler (Locustella luscinioides). We were able to demonstrate that  sexual infidelity in the Reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) is advantageous to females, that it increases their reproductive  success. We investigated the sexual selection, the functions of dawn chorus song and the reaction of cuckolded social male partners. We were  testing the compatible- gene hypothesis. We proposed a mixed two-stage mating system.    • For publications and more, click here   Curriculum vitae 1941 Born in Geneva, schools in Baden/ Switzerland 1965 Diploma in Zoology at the University of Zürich (with P. Tardent) 1968 Dr. sc.nat. at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich (with P. Bovey) to 1973 Postdoctoral positions at Texas A& M University (with H. Röller) and at the University of Bern (with M. Lüscher) 1973 Habilitation; Assistant professor in Zoology at the University of Fribourg 1990 Professor for Ecology at the University of Fribourg 2000 Head of department 2006 Retirement, Prof. emeritus      • For private stuff,  click here
Former address University of Fribourg Dept. of Biology Unit of Ecology & Evolution FRIBOURG/Switzerland
E-mail dietrich.meyer (at ) unifr.ch