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Preprints
2024
Coffin, J. L., B. L. Williams & M. Tobler (accepted) : Genetics and resource availability shape divergence in life history and behavior between locally-adapted populations of Atlantic mollies (Poecilia mexicana , Poeciliidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Gilbert, E. I., T. A. Diver, S. M. Mussmann, M. J. Saltzgiver, W. K. Knight, S. L. Durst, M. A. Farrington, S. L. Clark Barkalow, M. Tobler & N. R. Franssen (in press): Why is it too cold? Toward a mechanistic understanding of cold-water pollution effects on recruitment of an imperiled warmwater fish . Molecular Ecology .Johnson, E. S., S. D. Johnson, R. McNemee, R. Greenway, L. Arias Rodriguez & M. Tobler (in press): Genital evolution in the dark: characterization of male and female genitalia in cave mollies and their surface ancestors (Poecilia mexicana , Poeciliidae) . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society : blae040. Wilson, E. J., N. Barts, J. Coffin, J. B. Johnson, C. M. Rodríguez Peña, J. L. Kelley, M. Tobler, R. Greenway (2024) : Gene expression signatures of salinity transitions in Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae), with comparisons to other teleosts . PLoS One 19 (12): e0315014. Preising, G. A., T. Gunn, J. J. Baczenas, D. L. Powell, T. O. Dodge, S. T. Sewell, A. Pollock, J. A. Machin Kairuz, M. Savage, Y. Lu, M. Fitschen-Brown, A. Meyer, M. Schartl, M. Cummings, S. Thakur, C. M. Inman, O. Ríos-Cardenas, M. Morris, M. Tobler & M. Schumer (2024) : Recurrent evolution of small body size and loss of the sword ornament in Northern swordtail fish . Evolution 78 (12): 2017-2031.Greenway A. P. Brown H. Camarillo C. Delich K. L. McGowan J. T. Nelson L. Arias-Rodriguez J. L. Kelley & M. Tobler (2024): Integrative analyses of convergent adaptation in sympatric extremophile fishes . Current Biology 34 (21): 4968-4982.e7.Nobrega, M., R. Greenway, C. N. Passow, L. Arias Rodriguez & M. Tobler (2024): Effects of plasticity and genetic divergence on phenotypic trait expression of sulfide spring fishes . Environmental Biology of Fishes 107: 611-629.Rick, A., P. J. Pfaff, K. B. Gido, M. Tobler & Hannah Hoffman-Colburn (2024): Morphological plasticity of Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus from pond and stream habitats . Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 127 (1–2): 55-62.Perry, B. W., K. L. McGowan, Lenin Arias Rodriguez, M. Tobler & J. L. Kelley (2024): Nascent transcription reveals regulatory changes in extremophile fishes inhabiting hydrogen sulfide-rich environments . Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 291: 20240412.De-Kayne, R., B. W. Perry, K. McGowan, J. Landers, L. Arias Rodriguez, R. Greenway, C. M. Rodríguez Peña, M. Tobler & J. L. Kelley (2024): Evolutionary rate shifts in coding and regulatory regions underpin repeated adaptation to sulfidic streams in poeciliid fishes . Genome Biology and Evolution 16 (5): evae087.Johnson, E. S., M. Tobler & J. B. Johnson (2024): Seasonality predicts variation in life history phenotypes in the livebearing fish Priapichthys annectens . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 142 (1): 137-145.Barts, N. & M. Tobler (2024): Adaptation to hydrogen sulfide: A case study in sulfide spring fishes . In: S. L. Alderman & T. E. Gillis (eds.): Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology (Second Edition), Academic Press: 212-225.
2023
Ryan, K., R. Greenway, J. Landers, L. Arias-Rodriguez, M. Tobler & J. L. Kelley (2023): Selection on standing genetic variation mediates convergent evolution in extremophile fish . Molecular Ecology 32 (18): 5042–5054.Palacios Mejia, M., L. Arias-Rodríguez, M. Arciniega, V. Rodríguez, J. E. Barraza Sandoval, N. Herrera, D. C. Marroquín Mora, J. B. Ulloa Rojas, G. Márquez Couturier, G. Voelker & M. Tobler (2023) : Conservation genetics of the tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus , Lepisosteidae) . Conservation Genetics 24 (4): 405–415.Palacios Mejia, M., A. A. González-Díaz, L. Arias Rodriguez, M. Mateos, R. Rodiles-Hernández, Michael Tobler & G. Voelker (2023) : Phylogenetic relationships of shortfin mollies (Mollienesia , Poecilia , Poeciliidae) in Mexico . Neotropical Ichthyology 21 (2): e220101 .
2022
2021
Wilson E. J., M. Tobler, R. Riesch, L. Martínez-García & F. J. García de León (2021): Natural history and trophic ecology of three populations of the Mexican cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus . Environmental Biology of Fishes 104: 1461–1474.Kelley, J. L., T. Desvignes, K. L. McGowan, M. Perez, L. Arias Rodriguez, A. P. Brown, Z. W. Culumber & M. Tobler (2021): microRNA expression variation in a natural system as a potential molecular mechanism contributing to adaptation to hydrogen sulfide . Journal of Evolutionary Biology 34 (6): 977–988.Kelley, J. L., M. Tobler, D. Beck, I. Sadler-Riggleman, C. R. Quackenbush, L. Arias Rodriguez & M. K. Skinner (2021): Epigenetic inheritance of DNA methylation changes in fish living in hydrogen-sulfide-rich springs . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 118 (26): e2014929118 .
2020
Greenway, R., N. Barts, C. Henpita, A. P. Brown, L. Arias-Rodriguez, C. M. Rodríguez Peña, S. Arndt, G. Y. Lau, M. P. Murphy, L. Wu, D. Lin, J. H. Shaw, J. L. Kelley & M. Tobler (2020): Convergent evolution of conserved mitochondrial pathways underlies repeated adaptation to extreme environments . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 117 (28): 16424–16430.Camarillo, H., L. Arias Rodriguez & M. Tobler (2020): Functional consequences of phenotypic variation between locally adapted populations: swimming performance and ventilation in extremophile fish . Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33 (4): 512–523.
2019
Frenette, B. D., L. A. Bruckerhoff, M. Tobler & K. B. Gido (2019): Temperature effects on performance and physiology of two prairie stream minnows . Conservation Physiology 7 (1): coz063.McGowan, K. L., C. N. Passow, L. Arias Rodriguez, M. Tobler & J. L. Kelley (2019): Expression analyses of cave mollies (Poecilia mexicana ) reveal key genes involved in the early evolution of eye regression . Biology Letters 15 (10): 20190554.Tobler, M., N. Barts & R. Greenway (2019): Mitochondria and the origin of species: bridging genetic and ecological perspectives on speciation processes . Integrative and Comparative Biology 59 (4): 900–911.Greenway, R., R. McNemee, A. Okamoto, M. Plath, L. Arias Rodriguez & M. Tobler (2019): Correlated divergence of female and male genitalia in replicated lineages with ongoing ecological speciation . Evolution 73 (6): 1200–1212.Brown, A. P., K. L. McGowan, E. J. Schwarzkopf, R. Greenway, L. Arias Rodriguez, M. Tobler & J. L. Kelley (2019): Local ancestry analysis reveals genomic convergence in extremophile fishes . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374 (1777): 20180240.Lau, G. Y., N. Barts, R. C. Hartley, M. Tobler, J. G. Richards, M. P. Murphy & S. Arndt (2019): Detection of changes in mitochondrial hydrogen sulfide (H2 S) in vivo in the fish model Poecilia mexicana (Poeciliidae) . Biology Open 8 (5): bio041467.Hotaling, S., C. R. Quackenbush, J. Bennett-Ponsford, D. D. New, L. Arias-Rodriguez, M. Tobler & J. L. Kelley (in press): Microbial diversity in replicated hydrogen sulfide-rich streams . Microbial Ecology 77 (3): 559–573.Husemann, M., M. Tobler, B. Ding, R. Nguyen, C. McCauley, T. Pilger & P. D. Danley (2019): Complex patterns of genetic and phenotypic divergence in populations of the Lake Malawi cichlid Maylandia zebra . Hydrobiologia 832 (1): 135–151.
2018
Brown, A. P., L. Arias-Rodriguez, M.-C. Yee, M. Tobler & J. L. Kelley (2018): Concordant changes in gene expression and nucleotides underlie independent adaptation to hydrogen-sulfide-rich environments . Genome Biology and Evolution 10 (11): 2867–2881.Culumber, Z. W. & M. Tobler (2018): Correlated evolution of thermal niches and functional physiology in tropical freshwater fishes . Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31 (5): 722-734.Tobler, M., J. L. Kelley, M. Plath & R. Riesch (2018): Extreme environments and the origins of biodiversity: adaptation and speciation in sulfide spring fishes . Molecular Ecology 27 (4): 843–859. Barts, N., R. Greenway, C. N. Passow, L. Arias-Rodriguez, J. L. Kelley & M. Tobler (2018): Molecular evolution and expression of oxygen transport genes in livebearing fishes (Poeciliidae) from hydrogen sulfide rich springs . Genome 61 (4): 273–286.
2017
Passow, C. N., C. Henpita, J. H. Shaw, C. R. Quackenbush, W. C. Warren, M. Schartl, L. Arias-Rodriguez, J. L. Kelley & M. Tobler (2017): The roles of plasticity and evolutionary change in shaping gene expression variation in natural populations . Molecular Ecology 26 (22): 6384–6399.Passow, C. N., L. Arias-Rodriguez & M. Tobler (2017) : Convergent evolution of reduced energy demands in extremophile fish . PLOS ONE 12 (10): e0186935 .Brown, A. P., R. Greenway, S. Morgan, C. R. Quackenbush, L. Giordano, L. Arias-Rodriguez, M. Tobler & J. L. Kelley (2017): Genome-scale data reveals that endemic Poecilia populations from small sulphidic springs display no evidence for inbreeding . Molecular Ecology 26 (19): 4920–4934.Passow, C. N., A. P. Brown, L. Arias-Rodriguez, M.-C. Yee, A. Sockell, M. Schartl, W. C. Warren, C. Bustamante, J. L. Kelley & M. Tobler (2017): Complexities of gene expression patterns in natural populations of an extremophile fish (Poecilia mexicana , Poeciliidae) . Molecular Ecology 26 (16): 4211–4225.Culumber, Z. W. & M. Tobler (2017): Sex-specific evolution during the diversification of live-bearing fishes . Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 (8): 1185–1191.Husemann, M., M. Tobler, C. McCauley, B. Ding & P. D. Danley (2017): Body shape differences in a pair of closely related Malawi cichlids and their hybrids: effects of genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and transgressive segregation . Ecology and Evolution 7 (12): 4336–4346.Voelker, G., M. Tobler, H. L. Prestridge, E. Duijm, D. Groenenberg, M. R. Hutchinson, A. D. Martin, A. Nieman, C. S. Roselaar & J. W. Huntley (2017): Three new species of Stiphrornis Forest Robins (Aves: Muscicapidae) from the Afro-tropics with a molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus . Systematics and Biodiversity 15 (2): 87–104.Hopper, G., R. L. Morehouse & M. Tobler (2017): Body shape variation in two species of darters (Etheostoma , Percidae) and its relation to the environment . Ecology of Freshwater Fish 26 (1): 4–18.Bagley, J. C., W. Matamoros, C. McMahan, M. Tobler, P. Chakrabarty & J. B. Johnson (2017): Phylogeography and species delimitation in convict cichlids (Cichlidae: Amatitlania ): implications for taxonomy and Plio–Pleistocene evolutionary history in Central America . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 120 (1): 155–170.
2016
Culumber, Z. W., G. W. Hopper, N. Barts, C. N. Passow, S. Morgan, A. Brown, L. Arias-Rodriguez & M. Tobler (2016): Habitat use of two extremophile, highly endemic, and critically endangered fish species (Gambusia eurystoma and Poecilia sulphuraria ; Poeciliidae) . Aquatic Conservation – Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 26 (6): 1155–1167.Greenway, R., S. Drexler, L. Arias-Rodriguez & M. Tobler (2016): Adaptive, but not condition-dependent, body shape differences contribute to assortative mating during ecological speciation . Evolution 70 (12): 2809–2822.Tobler, M., C. N. Passow, R. Greenway, J. L. Kelley & J. H. Shaw (2016): The evolutionary ecology of animals inhabiting hydrogen sulfide rich environments . Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 47: 239–262.Schulz-Mirbach, T., C. Eifert, R. Riesch, M. Farnworth, C. Zimmer, D. Bierbach, S. Klaus, M. Tobler, B. Streit, J. R. Indy, L. Arias-Rodriguez & M. Plath (2016): Toxic hydrogen sulphide shapes brain anatomy: a comparative study of sulphide-adapted ecotypes in the Poecilia mexicana complex . Journal of Zoology (London) 300: 163–176.Palacios, M., G. Voelker, L. Arias-Rodriguez, M. Mateos & M. Tobler (2016): Phylogenetic analyses of the subgenus Mollienesia (Poecilia , Poeciliidae, Teleostei) reveal taxonomic inconsistencies, cryptic biodiversity, and spatio-temporal aspects of diversification in Middle America . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103 (10): 230–244.Riesch, R. R., M. Tobler, H. Lerp, J. Jourdan, T. Doumas, P. Nosil, R. B. Langerhans & M. Plath (2016): Extremophile Poeciliidae: multivariate insights into the complexity of speciation along replicated ecological gradients . BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 136.Fitzgerald, D. B., M. Tobler & K. O. Winemiller (2016): From richer to poorer: successful invasion by freshwater fishes depends on species richness of donor and recipient basins . Global Change Biology 22 (7): 2440–2450.Kelley, J. L., L. Arias-Rodriguez, D. Patacsil Martin, M.-C. Yee, C. Bustamante & M. Tobler (2016): Mechanisms underlying adaptation to life in hydrogen sulfide rich environments . Molecular Biology and Evolution 33 (6): 1419–1434.Hopper, G. W. & M. Tobler (2016): Patterns of trophic resource use and individual specialization in two species of darters (Etheostoma : Percidae) . Evolutionary Ecology Research 17 (1): 53–73.Culumber, Z. W. & M. Tobler (2016): Ecological divergence and conservatism: spatiotemporal patterns of niche evolution in a genus of livebearing fishes (Poeciliidae: Xiphophorus ) . BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 44.Culumber, Z. W. & M. Tobler (2016): Spatiotemporal environmental heterogeneity and the maintenance of the tailspot polymorphism in the variable platyfish (Xiphophorus variatus ) . Evolution 70 (2): 408–419.Tobler, M., D. M. Alba, L. Arias-Rodriguez & P. D. Jeyasingh (2016): Using replicated evolution in extremophile fish to understand diversification in elemental composition and nutrient excretion . Freshwater Biology 61 (1): 158–171.
2015
Passow, C. N., R. Greenway, L. Arias-Rodriguez, P. D. Jeyasingh & M. Tobler (2015): Reduction of energetic demands through modification of body size and routine metabolic rates in extremophile fish . Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 88 (4): 371–383.Tobler, M., K. Scharnweber, R. Greenway, C. N. Passow, L. Arias-Rodriguez & F. J. Garcia-De-Leon (2015): Convergent changes in the trophic ecology of extremophile fish occurring along replicated environmental gradients . Freshwater Biology 60 (4): 768–780.Culumber, Z. W., M. Schumer, S. Monks & M. Tobler (2015): Environmental heterogeneity generates opposite gene-by-environment interactions for two fitness-related traits within a population . Evolution 69 (2): 541–550.Eifert, C., M. Farnworth, T. Schulz–Mirbach, R. Riesch, D. Bierbach, S. Klaus, A. Wurster, M. Tobler, B. Streit, J. R. Indy, L. Arias–Rodriguez & M. Plath (2015): Brain size variation in extremophile fish: local adaptation vs. phenotypic plasticity . Journal of Zoology (London) 295 (2): 143–153.
2014
Greenway, R., L. Arias-Rodriguez, P. Diaz & M. Tobler (2014): Patterns of macroinvertebrate and fish diversity in freshwater sulphide springs . Diversity 6 (3): 597–632.Sanchez, J. L., B. B. Boutwel, S. T. Hamontree, G. P. Garrett, R. H. Lewis, A. N. Ragan, M. Tobler & R. Deaton Haynes (2014): Reproductive characteristics of two Gambusia congeners in west Texas . Southwestern Naturalist 59 (3): 438–441.Culumber, Z. W., C. E. Bautista-Hernandez, S. Monk, L. Arias-Rodriguez & M. Tobler (2014): Variation in melanism and female preference in proximate but ecologically distinct environments . Ethology 120 (11): 1090–1100.Alberici da Barbiano, L., R. J. Robinson, M. Tobler, A. S. Aspbury & C. R. Gabor (2014): Differences in resource assimilation between the unisexual Amazon molly, Poecilia formosa (Poeciliidae) and its sexual host (Poecilia latipinna ) . Environmental Biology of Fishes 97 (8): 875–880.Tobler, M., C. Henpita, B. Bassett, J. L. Kelley & J. H. Shaw (2014): H2 S exposure elicits differential expression of candidate genes in fish adapted to sulfidic and non-sulfidic environments . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 175: 7–14.Pfenninger, M., H. Lerp, M. Tobler, C. Passow, J. L. Kelley, E. Funke, B. Greshake, U. K. Erkoc, T. Berberich & M. Plath (2014): Parallel evolution of cox-genes in H2 S-tolerant fish as key adaptation to a toxic environment . Nature Communications 5: 3873.Tobler, M., M. Plath, R. Riesch, I. Schlupp, A. Grasse, G. Munimanda, C. Setzer, D. J. Penn & Y. Moodley (2014): Selection from parasites favors immunogenetic diversity but not divergence among locally adapted host populations . Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27 (5): 960–974.Husemann, M., M. Tobler, C. McCauley, B. Ding & P. D. Danley (2014): Evolution of body shape in differently colored sympatric congeners and allopatric populations of Lake Malawi’s rock-dwelling cichlids . Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27 (5): 826–839.Jeyasingh, P. D., R. D. Cothran & M. Tobler (2014): Testing the ecological consequences of evolutionary change using elements . Ecology and Evolution 4 (4): 528–538.Tobler, M. & N. Bertrand (2014): Morphological variation in vanishing Mexican desert fishes of the genus Characodon (Goodeidae) . Journal of Fish Biology 84 (2): 283–296.Riesch, R. W., M. Plath, I. Schlupp, M. Tobler & B. Langerhans (2014): Colonization of toxic environments drives predictable life-history evolution in livebearing fishes (Poeciliidae) . Ecology Letters 17 (1): 65–71.
2013
Morehouse, R. L., M. Papes & M. Tobler (2013): Predicting and mapping the potential distribution of the painted devil crayfish, Cambarus ludovicianus Faxon (Decapoda: Cambaridae) . Southwestern Naturalist 58 (4): 435–439.Tobler, M., K. Roach, K. O. Winemiller, R. L. Morehouse & M. Plath (2013): Population structure, habitat use, and diet of giant waterbugs in a sulfidic cave . Southwestern Naturalist 58 (4): 420–426.Morehouse, R. L. & M. Tobler (2013): Crayfishes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) of Oklahoma: identification, distributions, and natural history . Zootaxa 3717 (2): 101–157.Plath, M., M. Pfenninger, H. Lerp, R. Riesch, C. Eschenbrenner, P.A. Slattery, D. Bierbach, N. Herrmann, M. Schulte, L. Arias Rodriguez, J.R. Indy, C. N. Passow & M. Tobler (2013): Genetic differentiation and selection against migrants in evolutionarily replicated extreme environments . Evolution 67 (9): 2647–2661.Palacios, M., L. Arias-Rodriguez, M. Plath, C. Eifert, H. Lerp, A. Lamboj, G. Voelker & M. Tobler (2013): The rediscovery of a long described species reveals additional complexity in speciation patterns of poeciliid fishes in sulfide springs . PLOS ONE 8 (8): e71069.Franssen, N.R. & M. Tobler (2013): Upstream effects of a reservoir on fish assemblages 45 years following impoundment . Journal of Fish Biology 82 (5): 1659–1670.Morehouse, R. & M. Tobler (2013): Invasion of rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus ) in the United States: niche shifts and potential future distribution . Journal of Crustacean Biology 33 (2): 293–300.
2012
Kelley, J. L., C. N. Passow, M. Plath, L. Arias Rodriguez, M.-C. Yee & M. Tobler (2012): Genomic resources for a model in adaptation and speciation research: characterization of the Poecilia mexicana transcriptome . BMC Genomics 13: 652.Slattery, P., C. Eschenbrenner, L. Arias-Rodriguez, B. Streit, D. Bierbach, R. Riesch, M. Tobler, M. Pfenniger, B. Feldmeyer, M. Plath & H. Lerp (2012): Twelve new microsatellite loci for the sulphur molly (Poecilia sulphuraria ) and the related Atlantic molly (P. mexicana ) . Conservation Genetics Resources 4 (4): 935–937.Culumber, Z. W., D. B. Shepard, S. W. Coleman, G. G. Rosenthal & M. Tobler (2012): Physiological adaptation along environmental gradients and replicated hybrid zone structure in swordtails (Teleostei: Xiphophorus ) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25 (9): 1800–1814.Carson, E. W., M. Tobler, W. L. Minckley, R. J. Ainsworth & T. E. Dowling (2012): Relationships between spatio-temporal environmental and genetic variation reveal an important influence of exogenous selection in a pupfish hybrid zone . Molecular Ecology 21 (5): 1209–1222.
2011
Scharnweber, K., M. Plath & M. Tobler (2011): Trophic niche segregation between the sexes of two species of livebearing fishes (Poeciliidae). Bulletin of Fish Biology 13 (1/2): 11–20.Scharnweber, K., M. Plath, K. Winemiller & M. Tobler (2011): Dietary niche overlap in sympatric asexual and sexual livebearing fishes (Poecilia spp.) . Journal of Fish Biology 79 (7): 1760–1773.Tobler, M. & L. Hastings (2011): Convergent patterns of body shape differentiation in four different clades of poeciliid fishes inhabiting sulfide springs . Evolutionary Biology 38 (4): 412–421.Roach, K., M. Tobler & K.O. Winemiller (2011): Hydrogen sulfide, bacteria, and fish: a unique, subterranean food chain . Ecology 92 (11): 2056–2062.Scharnweber, K., M. Plath & M. Tobler (2011): Examination of boldness traits in sexual and asexual mollies (Poecilia latipinna , P. formosa ) . Acta Ethologica 14 (2): 77–83.Tobler, M., M. Palacios, L. J. Chapman, I. Mitrofanov, D. Bierbach, M. Plath, L. Arians-Rodriguez, F. J. Garcia de Leon & M. Mateos (2011): Evolution in extreme environments: replicated phenotypic differentiation in livebearing fish inhabiting sulfidic springs . Evolution 65 (8): 2213–2228.Bierbach, D., M. Schulte, N. Herrmann, M. Tobler, S. Stadler, C.T. Jung, B. Kunkel, R. Riesch, S. Klaus, M. Ziege, J. Rimber Indy, L. Arias-Rodriguez & M. Plath (2011): Predator-induced changes of female mating preferences: innate and experiential effects . BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 190.Tobler, M., I. Schlupp & M. Plath (2011): Female feeding time reductions in the presence of males: sexual harassment or costly female choice? Behavioral Ecology 22 (4): 723–729.Plath, M., R. Riesch, Z.W. Culumber, B. Streit & M. Tobler (2011): Predation by a giant water bug (Belostoma sp.) on a cavefish (Poecilia mexicana ): effects of female body size and gestational state . Evolutionary Ecology Research 13: 133–144.Franssen, N.R., M. Tobler & K.B. Gido (2011): Annual variation of community biomass is lower in more diverse stream fish communities . Oikos 120 (4): 582–590.Tobler, M., Z.W. Culumber, M. Plath, K.O. Winemiller & G.G. Rosenthal (2011): An indigenous religious ritual selects for resistance to a toxicant in a livebearing fish . Biology Letters 7 (2): 229–232.Scharnweber, K., M. Plath & M. Tobler (2011): Feeding efficiency and food competition in coexisting sexual and asexual livebearing fishes of the genus Poecilia . Environmental Biology of Fishes 90 (2): 197–205.Culumber, Z.W., H.S. Fisher, M. Tobler, M. Mateos, P.H. Barber, M.D. Sorenson & G.G. Rosenthal (2011): Replicated hybrid zones of Xiphophorus swordtails along an elevational gradient . Molecular Ecology 20 (2): 342–356.
2010
Ketmaier, V., H. Stuckas, J. Hempel, I. Laneck, M. Tobler, M. Plath & R. Tiedemann (2010): Genetic and morphological divergence in the gravel bank grasshopper Chorthippus pullus (Acrididae) from contrasting environments . Organisms Diversity & Evolution 10 (5): 381–395.Schlupp, I., R. Riesch, M. Tobler, M. Plath, J. Parzefall & M. Schartl (2010): A novel, sexually selected trait in poeciliid fishes: female preference for mustache-like, rostral filaments in male Poecilia sphenops . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64 (11): 1849–1855.Plath, M., B. Hermann, C. Schröder, R. Riesch, M. Tobler, F.J. García de León, I. Schlupp & R. Tiedemann (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 (7): 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.
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.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 (24): 5220–5230.Franssen, C. M., M. Tobler, R. Riesch, F. J. García de León, R. Tiedemann, I. Schlupp & M. Plath (2008): Sperm production in an extremophile fish, the cave molly (Poecilia mexicana , Poeciliidae, Teleostei) . Aquatic Ecology 42 (4): 685–692.Tobler, M. (2008): Divergence in trophic ecology characterizes colonization of extreme habitats . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95 (3): 517–528.Tobler, M., T. J. DeWitt, I. Schlupp, F. J. García de León, 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 in 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.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 cavefish by a giant water bug . Naturwissenschaften 95 (8): 775–779.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. García de León, I. Schlupp & M. Plath (2008): Two endemic and endangered fishes, Poecilia sulphuraria and Gambusia eurystoma (Poeciliidae, Teleostei), as only survivors in a small sulfidic habitat . Journal of Fish Biology 72 (3): 523–533.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. García de León, O. Giere & I. Schlupp (2007): Survival in an extreme habitat: the role of behavior and energy limitation . Naturwissenschaften 94 (12): 991–996.Tobler, M., I. Schlupp & M. Plath (2007): Predation of a 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 (14): 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 (4): 680–688.Tobler, M., I. Schlupp, F. J. García de León, M. Glaubrecht & M. Plath (2007): Extreme habitats as refuge from parasite infections? Evidence from an extremophile fish . Acta Oecologica 31 (3): 270–275.Plath, M., S. Hauswaldt, K. Moll, M. Tobler, F. J. García de León, 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 (5): 967–976.
Prior to 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 (1): 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 (1-2): 103–107.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): Male size polymorphism and testis weight in two species of 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. García de León, 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 (6): 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 (2): 159–165.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 (Poeciliidae, Teleostei) . Journal of Fish Biology 67 (4): 1072–1082.Tobler, M. & I. Schlupp (2005): Parasites in sexual and asexual mollies (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.Plath, 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.
Book chapters
García-De León, F. J., I. Schlupp, M. Plath, R. Riesch & M. Tobler (2019): Especiación ecológica y origen de nuevas especies en el complejo Poecilia mexicana basado en estudios genética . En: La Biodiversidad en Tabasco. Estudio de Estado, Vol. 2. CONABIO, México: 425–431.
Tobler, M., R. Riesch & M. Plath (2015): Extremophile fishes: an integrative synthesis . In: R. Riesch, M. Tobler & M. Plath (eds.): Extremophile Fishes: Ecology, Evolution, and Physiology of Teleosts in Extreme Environments. Springer, Heidelberg: 279–296Riesch, R., M. Tobler & M. Plath (2015): Hydrogen sulfide-toxic habitats . In: R. Riesch, M. Tobler & M. Plath (eds.): Extremophile Fishes: Ecology, Evolution, and Physiology of Teleosts in Extreme Environments. Springer, Heidelberg: 137–159.Plath, M., M. Tobler & R. Riesch (2015): Extremophile fishes: an introduction . In: R. Riesch, M. Tobler & M. Plath (eds.): Extremophile Fishes: Ecology, Evolution, and Physiology of Teleosts in Extreme Environments. Springer, Heidelberg: 1–7.Morehouse, R. L. & M. Tobler (2014): Striped Shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque 1820) . In: D. A. Distler, M. E. Eberle, D. R. Edds, K. B. Gido, S. G. Haslouer, D. G. Huggins, T. D. Mosher, W. J. Stark, J. R. Tomelleri, J. R. Triplett & E. O. Wiley (eds.): Kansas Fishes. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA: 171–172.Tobler, M. & M. Plath (2011): Living in extreme environments . In: J. Evans, A. Pilastro & I. Schlupp (eds.): Ecology and Evolution of Poeciliid Fishes. Chicago University Press, Chicago, IL, USA: 120–127.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.
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