David C. Heins

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

David C. Heins is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Heins has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 47 papers in Ecology and 34 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in David C. Heins's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (62 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (31 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (30 papers). David C. Heins is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (62 papers), Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (31 papers) and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (30 papers). David C. Heins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. David C. Heins's co-authors include John A. Baker, William J. Matthews, Kurt D. Fausch, Michael J. Blum, Susan A. Foster, Richard King, Craig S. Hood, Michael A. Bell, Karoun H. Bagamian and Nancy J. Brown‐Peterson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David C. Heins

91 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Community and Evolutionary Ecology of North American Stream Fishes

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David C. Heins United States	27	1.6k	1.5k	761	638	398	93	2.5k
Rune Knudsen Norway	38	2.5k 1.5×	2.6k 1.8×	967 1.3×	1.0k 1.6×	859 2.2×	136	4.0k
Steven Weiss Austria	31	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	929 1.2×	1.8k 2.8×	268 0.7×	115	3.4k
Sigurður S. Snorrason Iceland	28	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	869 1.1×	1.3k 2.1×	465 1.2×	66	2.9k
Peder Fiske Norway	30	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	351 0.5×	670 1.1×	813 2.0×	91	2.6k
Jos Snoeks Belgium	28	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	693 1.1×	156 0.4×	145	2.7k
Joost A. M. Raeymaekers Belgium	28	702 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	295 0.4×	1.3k 2.0×	231 0.6×	81	2.4k
Jouni Taskinen Finland	29	484 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	186 0.2×	421 0.7×	294 0.7×	106	2.2k
Patrick Berrebi France	37	2.4k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 2.6×	2.5k 4.0×	414 1.0×	171	4.3k
E. Verspoor United Kingdom	35	2.6k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	848 1.1×	2.4k 3.7×	642 1.6×	94	3.9k
Chris C. Wilson Canada	31	2.5k 1.5×	2.6k 1.7×	842 1.1×	2.0k 3.1×	461 1.2×	149	4.6k

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Hahn, Megan, Olivia Roth, Nolwenn M. Dheilly, et al.. (2021). Cross-continental experimental infections reveal distinct defence mechanisms in populations of the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 288(1959). 20211758–20211758. 2 indexed citations

Baker, John A., et al.. (2019). Trajectory and rate of change in female life-history traits following colonization of a freshwater, lacustrine environment by oceanic Threespine stickleback. Evolutionary ecology research. 20(3). 247–263. 6 indexed citations

Heins, David C., et al.. (2018). Are solo infections of the diphyllobothriidean cestodeSchistocephalus solidusmore virulent than multiple infections?. Parasitology. 146(1). 97–104. 2 indexed citations

Heins, David C.. (2017). The cestode parasiteSchistocephalus pungitii: castrator or nutrient thief of ninespine stickleback fish?. Parasitology. 144(6). 834–840. 2 indexed citations

Bell, Michael A., et al.. (2016). Reintroduction of threespine stickleback into Cheney and Scout Lakes, Alaska. Evolutionary ecology research. 17(2). 157–178. 12 indexed citations

Heins, David C., et al.. (2016). Shifts in life-history traits of two introduced populations of threespine stickleback. Evolutionary ecology research. 17(2). 225–242. 9 indexed citations

Heins, David C., et al.. (2016). Consumptive and non-consumptive effects of predation by introduced northern pike on life-history traits in threespine stickleback. Evolutionary ecology research. 17(3). 355–372. 14 indexed citations

Gagne, Roderick B., David C. Heins, Peter B. McIntyre, James F. Gilliam, & Michael J. Blum. (2016). Mutual dilution of infection by an introduced parasite in native and invasive stream fishes across Hawaii. Parasitology. 143(12). 1605–1614. 10 indexed citations

Sprehn, C. Grace, Michael J. Blum, Thomas P. Quinn, & David C. Heins. (2015). Landscape Genetics of Schistocephalus solidus Parasites in Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from Alaska. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0122307–e0122307. 28 indexed citations

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Heins, David C. & John A. Baker. (2014). Fecundity compensation and fecundity reduction among populations of the three-spined stickleback infected bySchistocephalus solidusin Alaska. Parasitology. 141(8). 1088–1096. 20 indexed citations

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Heins, David C., et al.. (2012). The Rise and Fall of an Epizootic of the Diphyllobothriidean Cestode Schistocephalus pungitii Infecting the Ninespine Stickleback. Journal of Parasitology. 98(1). 1–5. 5 indexed citations

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Heins, David C., et al.. (2011). Processes Influencing the Duration and Decline of Epizootics in Schistocephalus solidus. Journal of Parasitology. 97(3). 371–376. 20 indexed citations

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Baker, John A., David C. Heins, Richard King, & Susan A. Foster. (2011). Rapid shifts in multiple life history traits in a population of threespine stickleback. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24(4). 863–870. 15 indexed citations

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Heins, David C. & John A. Baker. (2010). Castration of Female Ninespine Stickleback by the Pseudophyllidean Cestode Schistocephalus pungitii: Evolutionary Significance and Underlying Mechanism. Journal of Parasitology. 96(1). 206–208. 11 indexed citations

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Heins, David C. & Nancy J. Brown‐Peterson. (2010). Influence of the pseudophyllidean cestode Schistocephalus solidus on oocyte development in the threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. Parasitology. 137(7). 1151–1158. 11 indexed citations

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Heins, David C., et al.. (2010). Host mortality and variability in epizootics of Schistocephalus solidus infecting the threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Parasitology. 137(11). 1681–1686. 32 indexed citations

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Baker, John A., William A. Cresko, Susan A. Foster, & David C. Heins. (2005). Life-history differentiation of benthic and limnetic ecotypes in a polytypic population of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Evolutionary ecology research. 7(1). 121–131. 39 indexed citations

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Heins, David C., et al.. (2003). The Effect of Phylogeny on Interspecific Body Shape Variation in Darters (Pisces: Percidae). Systematic Biology. 52(4). 488–500. 24 indexed citations

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Heins, David C. & John A. Baker. (2003). REDUCTION OF EGG SIZE IN NATURAL POPULATIONS OF THREESPINE STICKLEBACK INFECTED WITH A CESTODE MACROPARASITE. Journal of Parasitology. 89(1). 1–6. 64 indexed citations

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Heins, David C., et al.. (2002). THE “CROWDING EFFECT” IN THE CESTODE SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS: DENSITY-DEPENDENT EFFECTS ON PLEROCERCOID SIZE AND INFECTIVITY. Journal of Parasitology. 88(2). 302–307. 50 indexed citations

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