2010

Franssen, N. R., M. Tobler & K. B. Gido (accepted): Annual variation of community biomass is lower in more diverse stream fish communities. Oikos.

Tobler, M., Z. W. Culumber, M. Plath, K. O. Winemiller & G. G. Rosenthal (accepted): An indigenous religious ritual selects for resistance to a toxicant in a livebearing fish. Biology Letters.

Schlupp, I., R. Riesch, M. Tobler, M. Plath, J. Parzefall & M. Schartl (accepted): A novel, sexually selected trait in poeciliid fishes: female preference for mustache-like, rostral filaments in male Poecilia sphenops. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

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Ketmaier, V., H. Stuckas, J. Hempel, I. Laneck, M. Tobler, M. Plath & R. Tiedemann (accepted): Genetic and morphological divergence in the gravel bank grasshopper Chorthippus pullus (Acrididae) from contrasting environments. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.

Tobler, M. & M. Plath (in press): Living in extreme environments. In: J. Evans, A. Pilastro & I. Schlupp (eds.): Ecology and evolution of poeciliid fishes. Chicago University Press, Chicago, IL, USA.

Plath, M., B. Hermann, C. Schröder, R. Riesch, M. Tobler, F.J. García de León, I. Schlupp & M. Plath (2010): Catastrophic flood does not lead to loss of small-scale genetic differentiation among locally adapted populations of an extremophile fish (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 256.

Voelker, G., R. K. Outlaw, S. Reddy, M. Tobler, J. M. Bates, S. J. Hackett, C. Kahindo, B. D. Marks, J. K. Peterhans & T. P. Gnoske (2010): A new species of boubou (Malaconotidae: Laniarius) from the Albertine rift. The Auk 127 (3): 678-689.

Plath, M., R. Riesch, A. Oranth, J. Dzienko, N. Karau, A. Schiessl, S. Stadler, A. Wigh, C. Zimmer, L. Arias-Rodriguez, I. Schlupp & M. Tobler (2010): Complementary effects of natural and sexual selection against immigrants maintains differentiation between locally adapted fish. Naturwissenschaften 97 (8): 769-774.

Tobler, M. & E. W. Carson (2010): Environmental variation, hybridization, and phenotypic diversification in Cuatro Ciénegas pupfishes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1475-1489.

Schlupp, I., A. Taebel-Hellwig & M. Tobler (2010): Equal fecundity in asexual and sexual mollies (Poecilia). Environmental Biology of Fishes 88 (2): 201-206.

Tobler, M. & I. Schlupp (2010): Differential susceptibility to food stress in neonates of sexual and asexual mollies (Poecilia, Poeciliidae). Evolutionary Ecology 24 (1): 39-47.

Tobler, M., S. W. Coleman, B. D. Perkins & G. G. Rosenthal (2010): Reduced opsin gene expression in a cave-dwelling fish. Biology Letters 6 (1): 98-101.

Plath, M. & M. Tobler (2010): Subterranean fishes of Mexico (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae). In: E. Trajano, M. E. Bichuette & B. G. Kapoor (eds.): The biology of subterranean fishes. Science Publishers, Enfield, NH, USA: 283-332.

2009

Tobler, M., R. Riesch, C. M. Tobler, T. Schulz-Mirbach & M. Plath (2009): Natural and sexual selection against immigrants maintains differentiation among micro-allopatric populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22 (11): 2298-2304.

Fontanier, M. E. & M. Tobler (2009): A morphological gradient revisited: cave mollies vary not only in eye size. Environmental Biology of Fishes 86 (2): 285-292.

Tobler, M., R. Riesch, C. M. Tobler & M. Plath (2009): Compensatory behavior in response to sulfide-induced hypoxia affects time budgets, feeding efficiency, and predation risk. Evolutionary Ecology Research 11(3): 935-948.

Tobler, M. & M. Plath (2009): Threatened fishes of the world: Poecilia sulphuraria (Alvarez, 1948) (Poeciliidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 85 (4): 333-334.

Tobler, M. (2009): Does a predatory insect contribute to the divergence between cave- and surface-adapted fish populations? Biology Letters 5 (4): 506-509.

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Tobler, M. & M. Plath (2009): Threatened fishes of the world: Gambusia eurystoma Miller, 1975 (Poeciliidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 85 (3): 251.

Tobler, M. & I. Schlupp (2009): Threatened fishes of the world: Poecilia latipunctata Meek, 1904 (Poeciliidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 85 (1): 31-32.

Riesch, R., M. Tobler, M. Plath & I. Schlupp (2009): Offspring number in a livebearing fish (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae): reduced fecundity and reduced plasticity in a population of cave mollies. Environmental Biology of Fishes 84 (1): 89-94.

2008

Plath, M., M. Tobler, O. Klawonn & J. Parzefall (2008): Male mating behavior and sexual harassment in population hybrids of cave and surface dwelling Atlantic mollies (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae). Bulletin of Fish Biology 10 (1/2): 69-80.

Schaschl, H., M. Tobler, M. Plath, D. J. Penn & I. Schlupp (2008): Polymorphic MHC loci in an asexual fish, the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa, Poeciliidae). Molecular Ecology 17: 5220-5230.

Franssen, C., M. Tobler, R. Riesch, F. J. Garcia de Léon, R. Tiedemann, I. Schlupp & M. Plath (2008): Sperm production in an extremophile fish, the cave molly (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae, Teleostei). Aquatic Ecology 42: 685-692.

Tobler, M. (2008): Divergence in trophic ecology characterizes colonization of extreme habitats. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95: 517-528.

Tobler, M., T. J. DeWitt, I. Schlupp, F. J. Garcia de Léon, R. Herrmann, P. G. D. Feulner, R. Tiedemann & M. Plath (2008): Toxic hydrogen sulfide and dark caves: Phenotypic and genetic divergence across two environmental gradients Poecilia mexicana. Evolution 62 (10): 2643-2649.

Tobler, M., I. Schlupp & M. Plath (2008): Does divergence in female mate choice affect male size distributions in two cave fish populations? Biology Letters 4 (5): 452-454.

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Tobler, M. & I. Schlupp (2008): Expanding the horizon: The Red Queen and potential alternatives. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86 (8): 765-773. 

Tobler, M., C. M. Franssen & M. Plath (2008): Male-biased predation on a cave fish by a giant water bug. Naturwissenschaften 95 (8): 775-779. 

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Tobler, M., R. Riesch, F. J. García de León, I. Schlupp & M. Plath (2008): A new and morphologically distinct cavernicolous population of Poecilia mexicana (Poeciliidae, Teleostei). Environmental Biology of Fishes 82 (1): 101-108.

Tobler, M., R. Riesch, F. J. Garcia de Léon, I. Schlupp & M. Plath (2008): Two endemic and endangered fishes, Poecilia sulphuraria (Alvarez, 1948) and Gambusia eurystoma Miller, 1975 (Poeciliidae, Teleostei), as only survivors in a small sulphidic habitat. Journal of Fish Biology 72 (3): 523-533.

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Tobler, M. & I. Schlupp (2008): Influence of black spot disease on shoaling behaviour in female western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis (Poeciliidae, Teleostei). Environmental Biology of Fishes 81 (1): 29-34. 

2007

Plath, M., M. Tobler, R. Riesch, F. J. Garcia de Léon, O. Giere & I. Schlupp (2007): Survival in an extreme habitat: the role of behavior and energy limitation. Naturwissenschaften 94: 991-996. 

Tobler, M., I. Schlupp & M. Plath (2007): Predation of cave fish (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae) by a giant water-bug (Belostoma, Belostomatidae) in a Mexican sulfur cave. Ecological Entomology 32 (5): 492-495. 

Parzefall, J., C. Kraus, M. Tobler & M. Plath (2007): Photophilic behaviour in a cave fish, Poecilia mexicana (Poeciliidae). Journal of Fish Biology 71 (4): 1225-1231. 

Plath, M. & M. Tobler (2007): Sex recognition in surface- and cave-dwelling Atlantic molly females (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae, Teleostei): influence of visual and non-visual cues. Acta Ethologica 10 (2): 81-88. 

Tobler, M. (2007): Reversed sexual dimorphism and female courtship in the Topaz cichlid, Archocentrus myrnae (Cichlidae, Teleostei), from Costa Rica. Southwestern Naturalist 52 (3): 371-377. 

Schlupp, I., R. Riesch & M. Tobler (2007): Quick guide –Amazon mollies. Current Biology 17: R536-R537. 

Plath, M., A. M. Makowicz, I. Schlupp & M. Tobler (2007): Sexual harassment in livebearing fishes (Poeciliidae): comparing courting and non-courting species. Behavioral Ecology 18: 680-688. 

Tobler, M., I. Schlupp, F. J. Garcia de Leon, M. Glaubrecht & M. Plath (2007): Extreme habitats as refuge from parasite infections? Evidence from an extremophile fish. Acta Oecologica 31: 270-275. 

Plath, M., S. Hauswaldt, K. Moll, M. Tobler, F. J. Garcia de Léon, I. Schlupp & R. Tiedemann (2007): Local adaptation and pronounced genetic differentiation in an extremophile fish, Poecilia mexicana, inhabiting a Mexican cave with toxic hydrogen sulfide. Molecular Ecology 16: 967-976. 

2006

Tobler, M., H. Burmeister, I. Schlupp & M. Plath (2006): Regressive evolution of visually mediated preferences in the Cave molly (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae, Teleostei). Subterranean Biology 4: 59-65. 

Plath, M. & M. Tobler (2006): Coercive mating and genitalia size in two populations of a livebearing toothcarp (Poecilia mexicana): do Cave molly males have shorter gonopodia? Zeitschrift für Fischkunde 8 (1): 103-106. 

Tobler, M. (2006): The eggspots of cichlids: Evolution through sensory exploitation? Zeitschrift für Fischkunde 8 (1-2): 39-46. 

Schlupp, I., J. Poschadel, M. Tobler & M. Plath (2006): Correlation between gonosomatic index (GSI) and male size reflects alternative mating behavior in mollies (Poecilia latipinna, P. mexicana, Poeciliidae, Teleostei). Zeitschrift für Fischkunde 8 (1-2): 9-16. 

Tobler, M., I. Schlupp, K. U. Heubel, R. Riesch, F. J. Garcia de Leon, O. Giere & M. Plath (2006): Life on the edge: Hydrogen sulfide and the fish communities of a Mexican cave and surrounding waters. Extremophiles 10 (6): 577-585. 

Riesch, R., I. Schlupp, M. Tobler & M. Plath (2006): Reduction of the association preference for conspecifics in cave-dwelling Atlantic mollies, Poecilia mexicana. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60: 794-802. 

Tobler, M., M. Plath, H. Burmeister & I. Schlupp (2006): Black spots and female association preferences in a sexual/ asexual mating complex (Poecilia, Poeciliidae, Teleostei). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60: 159-165. 

2005

Tobler, M., K. Wiedemann & M. Plath (2005): Homosexual behaviour in a cavernicolous fish, Poecilia mexicana (Poeciliidae, Teleostei). Zeitschrift für Fischkunde 7 (2): 95-99. 

Tobler, M., T. Wahli & I. Schlupp (2005): Comparison of parasite communities in native and introduced populations of sexual and asexual mollies of the genus Poecilia (Poecliidae, Teleostei). Journal of Fish Biology 67 (4): 1072-1082. 

Tobler, M. & I. Schlupp (2005): Parasites in sexual and asexual molly species of the genus Poecilia (Poeciliidae, Teleostei): A case for the Red Queen? Biology Letters 1 (2): 166-168. 

Tobler, M. (2005): Feigning death in the Central American cichlid Parachromis friedrichsthalii. Journal of Fish Biology 66 (3): 877-881.

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2004

Plath, M., M. Tobler & I. Schlupp (2004): Cave fish looking for mates: A visual mating preference in surface and cave-dwelling Atlantic mollies (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae). Zeitschrift für Fischkunde 7 (1): 61-69. 

Tobler, M. (2007): Book review of Subterranean Fishes of the World by G. S. Proudlove. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 69 (2): 294-295. 

Tobler, M. (2006): What can observations in aquaria tell us about the natural behavior? Observations of molly species (Poecilia, Poeciliidae, Teleostei) in their natural habitats and in aquaria. In: H. Greven & R. Riehl (eds.): Biologie der Aquarienfische. Tetra Verlag, Berlin: 183-197.