Publications - Scientific Journals

85. Gao J, F Santi, L Zhou, X Wang, R Riesch & M Plath. Geographical and temporal variation of multiple paternity in invasive mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki, Gambusia affinis). Molecular Ecology 28(24): 5315-5329.

84. Santi F, D Bierbach, M Schartl & R Riesch. Life histories of guppies (Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1869; Poeciliidae) from the Pitch Lake in Trinidad. Caribbean Journal of Science 49(2-3): 255-262.

83. Beason R, R Riesch & J Koricheva. AURITA: an affordable, autonomous recording device for simultaneous bioacoustic monitoring of audible and ultrasonic frequencies. Bioacoustics 28(4): 381-396.

82. Riesch R, RA Martin, SE Diamond, J Jourdan, M Plath & RB Langerhans. Thermal regime drives a latitudinal gradient in morphology and life history in a livebearing fish. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125(1): 126-141

81. Ouyang X, J Gao, M Xie, B Liu, L Zhou, B Chen, J Jourdan, R Riesch & M Plath. Natural and sexual selection drive multivariate phenotypic divergence along climatic gradients in an invasive fish. Scientific Reports 8: 11164

80. Tobler M, JL Kelley, M Plath & R Riesch. Extreme environments and the origins of biodiversity: Adaptation and speciation in sulphide spring fishes. Molecular Ecology 27(4): 843-859

79. Torres-Dowdall J, N Karagic, M Plath & R Riesch. Evolution in caves: selection from darkness causes spinal deformities in teleost fishes. Biology Letters 14(6): 20180197

78. Zimmer C, R Riesch, J Jourdan, D Bierbach, L Arias-Rodriguez & M Plath. Female choice undermines the emergence of strong sexual isolation between locally adapted populations of Atlantic mollies (Poecilia mexicana). Genes 9(5): 232

77. Riesch R, M Muschick, D Lindtke, R Villoutreix, AA Comeault, TE Farkas, K Lucek, E Hellen, V Soria-Carrasco, SR Dennis, CF de Carvalho, RJ Safran, CP Sandoval, J Feder, R Gries, BJ Crespi, G Gries, Z Gompert & P Nosil. Transitions between phases of genomic differentiation during stick-insect speciation. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1(4): 0082

76. Lindtke D, K Lucek, R Villoutreix, TE Farkas, AA Comeault, R Riesch, SR Dennis, Z Gompert, V Soria-Carrasco & P Nosil. Long-term balancing selection on chromosomal variants associated with crypsis in stick insects. Molecular Ecology 26(22): 6189-6205

75. Sommer-Trembo C, AC Petry, G Gomes Silva, SM Vurusic, J Gismann, J Baier, S Krause, J de Araujo Cardoso, R Riesch & M Plath. Predation risk and abiotic habitat parameters affect personality traits in extremophile populations of a neotropical fish (Poecilia vivipara). Ecology and Evolution 7(16): 6570-6581

74. Jourdan J, J Baier, R Riesch, S Klimpel, B Streit, R Müller & M Plath. Adaptive life-history response to fish kairomones allows mosquito larvae (Culex pipiens) to reduce predation risk. Aquatic Sciences 78(2): 303-314

73. Jourdan J, ST Krause, VM Lazar, C Zimmer, C Sommer-Trembo, L Arias-Rodriguez, S Klaus, R Riesch & M Plath. Shared and unique patterns of phenotypic diversification along a stream gradient in two congeneric species. Scientific Reports 6: 38971

72. Moore MP, R Riesch & RA Martin. The predictability and magnitude of life-history divergence to ecological agents of selection: a meta-analysis in livebearing fishes. Ecology Letters 19(4): 435-442

71. Riesch R, DN Reznick, M Plath & I Schlupp. Sex-specific local life-history adaptation in surface- and cave-dwelling Atlantic mollies (Poecilia mexicana). Scientific Reports 6: 22968

70. Riesch R, M Tobler, H Lerp, J Jourdan, T Doumas, P Nosil, RB Langerhans & M Plath. Extremophile Poeciliidae: multivariate insights into the complexity of speciation along replicated ecological gradients. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 136

69. Schulz-Mirbach T, C Eifert, R Riesch, M Farnworth, C Zimmer, D Bierbach, S klaus, M Tobler, B Streit, JR Indy, L Arias-Rodriguez & M Plath. Toxic hydrogen sulphide shapes brain anatomy: a comparative study of sulphide-adapted ecotypes in the Poecilia mexicana complex. Journal of Zoology (London) 300(3): 163-176

68. Sommer-Trembo C, D Bierbach, L Arias-Rodriguez, Y Verel, J Jourdan, C Zimmer, R Riesch, B Streit & M Plath. Does personality affect premating isolation between locally-adapted populations? BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 138

67. Riesch R, T Easter, CA Layman & RB Langerhans. Rapid human-induced divergence of life-history strategies in Bahamian livebearing fishes (family Poeciliidae). Journal of Animal Ecology 84(6): 1732-1743

66. Pfenninger M, S Patel, L Arias-Rodriguez, B Feldmeyer, R Riesch & M Plath. Unique evolutionary trajectories in repeated adaptation to hydrogen sulphide-toxic habitats of a neotropical fish (Poecilia mexicana). Molecular Ecology 24(21): 5446-5459

65. Comeault AA, SM Flaxman, R Riesch, E Curran, V Soria-Carrasco, Z Gompert, TE Farkas, M Muschick, TL Parchman, T Schwander, J Slate & P Nosil. Selection on a genetic polymorphism counteracts ecological speciation in a stick insect. Current Biology 25(15): 1975-1981

64. Eifert C, M Farnworth, T Schulz-Mirbach, R Riesch, D Bierbach, S Klaus, A Wurster, M Tobler, B Streit, JR Indy, L Arias-Rodriguez & M Plath. Brain size variation in extremophile fish: Local adaptation vs. phenotypic plasticity. Journal of Zoology (London) 295(2): 143-153

63. Jourdan J, D Bierbach, R Riesch, J Dzienko, N Karau, A Oranth, S Stadler, A Schießl, A Wigh, L Arias-Rodriguez, J Rimber Indy, S Klaus, M Plath & C Zimmer. Microhabitat use, population densities, and size distributions of sulfur cave-dwelling Poecilia mexicana. PeerJ 2: e490

62. Martin RA, R Riesch, JL Heinen & RB Langerhans. Evolution of male coloration during a post-Pleistocene radiation of Bahamas mosquitofish (Gambusia hubbsi). Evolution 68(2): 397-411

61. Riesch R, M Plath, I Schlupp, M Tobler & RB Langerhans. Colonization of toxic environments drives predictable life-history evolution in livebearing fishes (Poeciliidae). Ecology Letters 17(1): 65-71

60. Tobler M, M Plath, R Riesch, I Schlupp, A Grasse, GK Munimanda, C Setzer, DJ Penn & Y Moodley. Selection from parasites favours immunogenetic diversity but does not promote speciation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27(5): 960-974

59. Bierbach D, M Penshorn, S Hamfler, D Herbert, J Appel, P Meyer, P Slattery, S Charaf, RR Wolf, J Völker, E Amberger, J Dröge, K Wolf, R Riesch, L Arias-Rodriguez, J Rimber-Indy & M Plath. Gradient evolution of body colouration in surface- and cave-dwelling Poecilia mexicana and the role of phenotype-assortative female mate choice. BioMed Research International 2013: 148348

58. Bierbach D, M Schulte, N Herrmann, C Zimmer, L Arias–Rodriguez, J Rimber Indy, R Riesch & M Plath. Predator avoidance in extremophile fish. Life 3(1): 161-180

57. Joachim BL, R Riesch, WR Jeffery & I Schlupp. Pigment cell retention in cavernicolous populations of Poecilia mexicana (Poeciliidae). Bulletin of Fish Biology 14(1/2): 61-73

56. Langerhans RB & R Riesch. Speciation by selection: a framework for understanding ecology’s role in speciation. Current Zoology 59(1): 31-52

55. Nosil P, R Riesch & M Muschick. Climate affects geographic variation in habitat but not mating preferences of Timema cristinae stick-insect populations. Evolutionary Ecology Research 15(6): 689-704

54. Riesch R, RA Martin & RB Langerhans. Predation’s role in life-history evolution of a livebearing fish and a test of the Trexler-DeAngelis model of maternal provisioning. The American Naturalist 181(1): 78-93

53. Riesch R, RA Martin, H Lerp, M Plath & T Wronski. Sex and size matter: reproductive biology and determinants of offspring survival in Gazella marica. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110(1): 116-127

52. Plath M, M Pfenninger, H Lerp, R Riesch, C Eschenbrenner, PA Slattery, D Bierbach, N Herrmann, M Schulte, L Arias-Rodriguez, JR Indy, C Passow & M Tobler. Genetic differentiation and selection against migrants in evolutionarily replicated extreme environments. Evolution 67(9): 2647-2661

51. Schlupp I, TJ Colston, BL Joachim & R Riesch. Translocation of cave fish (Poecilia mexicana) within and between natural habitats along a toxicity gradient. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 22(2): 228-233

50. Bierbach D, M Klein, V Sassmannshausen, I Schlupp, R Riesch, J Parzefall & M Plath. Divergent evolution of male aggressive behavior: another reproductive isolation mechanism in extremophile poeciliid fishes? International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2012: 148745

49. Bierbach D, M Ziege, C Zimmer, R Riesch, I Schlupp & M Plath. Male Grijalva mosquitofish (Heterophallus milleri) increase mating preferences in front of an audience. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 18(4): 199-208

48. Carnes BA, R Riesch & I Schlupp. The delayed impact of parental age on offspring mortality in mice. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences 67A: 351-357

47. Girndt A, R Riesch, C Schröder, I Schlupp, M Plath & R Tiedemann. Multiple paternity in different populations of the sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna. Animal Biology 62(3): 245-262

46. Riesch R, LG Barrett-Lennard, GM Ellis, JKB Ford & VB Deecke. Cultural traditions and the evolution of reproductive isolation: ecological speciation in killer whales? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106(1): 1-17

45. Riesch R, RA Martin, D Bierbach, M Plath, RB Langerhans & L Arias-Rodriguez. Natural history, life history, and diet of Priapella chamulae Schartl, Meyer & Wilde 2006 (Teleostei: Poeciliidae). Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 18(2): 95-102

44. Riesch R, M Plath, AM Makowicz & I Schlupp. Behavioural regulation in a unisexual/bisexual mating system: does male mate choice affect female reproductive life histories? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106(3): 598-606

43. Riesch R, M Plath & I Schlupp. The offspring size/fecundity trade-off and female fitness in the Atlantic molly (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 94(2): 457-463

42. Slattery P, C Eschenbrenner, L Arias-Rodriguez, B Streit, D Bierbach, R Riesch, M Tobler, M Pfenninger, B Feldmeyer, M Plath & H Lerp. Twelve new microsatellite loci for the sulphur molly (Poecilia sulphuraria) and the related Atlantic molly (P. mexicana). Conservation Genetics Resources 4(4): 935-937

41. Bierbach D, M Schulte, N Herrmann, M Tobler, S Stadler, C Jung, B Kunkel, R Riesch, S Klaus, M Ziege, J Rimber Indy, L Arias-Rodriguez & M Plath. Predator-induced changes of female mating preferences: innate and experiential effects. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 190

40. Köhler A, P Hildenbrand, E Schleucher, R Riesch, L Arias–Rodriguez, B Streit & M Plath. Effects of male sexual harassment on female time budgets, feeding behavior, and metabolic rates in a tropical livebearing fish (Poecilia mexicana). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65(8): 1513-1523

39. McCoy E, N Syska, M Plath, I Schlupp & R Riesch. Mustached males in a tropical poeciliid fish: emerging female preference selects for a novel male trait. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65(7): 1437-1445

38. Plath M, R Riesch, Z Culumber, B Streit & M Tobler. Giant water bug (Belostoma sp.) predation on a cave fish (Poecilia mexicana): effects of female body size and gestational state. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13(2): 133-144

37. Riesch R & VB Deecke. Whistle communication in mammal-eating killer whales (Orcinus orca): further evidence for acoustic divergence between ecotypes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65(7): 1377-1387

36. Riesch R, TJ Colston, BL Joachim & I Schlupp. Natural history and life history of the Grijalva gambusia Heterophallus milleri Radda, 1987 (Teleostei: Poeciliidae). Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 17(2): 95-102

35. Riesch R, M Plath & I Schlupp. Speciation in caves: experimental evidence that permanent darkness promotes reproductive isolation. Biology Letters 7(6): 909-912

34. Riesch R, M Plath & I Schlupp. Toxic hydrogen sulphide and dark caves: pronounced male life-history divergence among locally adapted Poecilia mexicana (Poeciliidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24(3): 596-606

33. Riesch R, I Schlupp, RB Langerhans & M Plath. Shared and unique patterns of embryo development in extremophile Poecilia. PLoS ONE 6(11): e27377

32. Riesch R, I Schlupp, E Schleucher, P Hildenbrand, A Köhler & M Plath. Reduced starvation resistance and increased metabolic rates in an unusual cave organism: the cave molly (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae). Bulletin of Fish Biology 13(1/2): 41-56

31. Schulz-Mirbach T, R Riesch, FJ García de León & M Plath. Effects of extreme habitat conditions on otolith morphology - a case study on extremophile fishes (Poecilia mexicana, Poecilia sulphuraria). Zoology 114(6): 321-334

30. Bierbach D, E Schleucher, P Hildenbrand, A Köhler, L Arias-Rodriguez, R Riesch & M Plath. Thermal tolerances in mollies (Poecilia spp.): reduced physiological flexibility in stable environments? Bulletin of Fish Biology 12: 83–89

29. Horstkotte J, R Riesch, M Plath & P Jäger. Predation by three species of spiders on a cavefish (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae) in a Mexican sulfur cave. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15(2): 55-58

28. Plath M, B Hermann, C Schröder, R Riesch, M Tobler, FJ García de León, I Schlupp & R Tiedemann. Locally adapted fish populations maintain small-scale genetic differentiation despite perturbation by a catastrophic flood event. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 256

27. 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. Complementary effects of natural and sexual selection against immigrants maintains differentiation between locally adapted fish. Naturwissenschaften 97(8): 769-774

26. Riesch R, A Oranth, J Dzienko, N Karau, A Schießl, S Stadler, A Wigh, C Zimmer, L Arias–Rodriguez, I Schlupp & M Plath. Extreme habitats are not refuges: poeciliids suffer from increased aerial predation risk in sulfidic, southern Mexican habitats. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 101(2): 417-426

25. Riesch R, M Plath, FJ García de León & I Schlupp. Convergent life-history shifts: toxic environments result in big babies in two clades of poeciliids. Naturwissenschaften 97(2): 133-141

24. Riesch R, M Plath & I Schlupp. Toxic hydrogen sulfide and dark caves: life history adaptations in a livebearing fish (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae). Ecology 91(5): 1494-1505

23. Riesch R, M Plath, I Schlupp & E Marsh-Matthews. Matrotrophy in the cave molly: an unexpected provisioning strategy in an extreme environment. Evolutionary Ecology 24(4): 789-801

22. Schlupp I, R Riesch, M Tobler, M Plath, J Parzefall & M Schartl. 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

21. Schulz-Mirbach T, F Ladich, R Riesch & M Plath. Otolith morphology and hearing abilities in cave- and surface-dwelling ecotypes of the Atlantic molly, Poecilia mexicana (Teleostei: Poeciliidae). Hearing Research 267(1–2): 137-148

20. Plath M, D Stange, R Riesch & M Oetken. Do cave mollies (Poecilia mexicana) obtain information about the resource value of food patches from shoal mates? Bulletin of Fish Biology 11: 109-112

19. Riesch R, V Duwe, N Herrmann, L Padur, A Ramm, K Scharnweber, M Schulte, T Schulz-Mirbach, M Ziege & M Plath. Variation along the shy-bold continuum in extremophile fishes (Poecilia mexicana, Poecilia sulphuraria). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63(10): 1515-1526

18. Riesch R, M Tobler, I Schlupp & M Plath. 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

17. Tobler M, R Riesch, CM Tobler & M Plath. Compensatory behavior in response to sulphide-induced hypoxia affects time budgets, feeding efficiency, and predation risk. Evolutionary Ecology Research 11(6): 935-948

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

15. Franssen CM, M Tobler, R Riesch, FJ García de León, R Tiedemann, I Schlupp & M Plath. Sperm production in an extremophile fish, the cave molly (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae, Teleostei). Aquatic Ecology 42(4): 685-692

14. Riesch R, JKB Ford & F Thomsen. Whistle sequences in wild killer whales (Orcinus orca). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 124(3): 1822-1829

13. Riesch R, I Schlupp & M Plath. Female sperm-limitation in natural populations of a sexual/asexual mating-complex (Poecilia latipinna, P. formosa). Biology Letters 4(3): 266-269

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

11. Tobler M, R Riesch, FJ García de León, I Schlupp & M Plath. Two endemic and endangered fishes, Poecilia sulphuraria and Gambusia eurystoma (Poeciliidae, Teleostei) as only survivors in a small sulphidic habitat. Journal of Fish Biology 72(3): 523-533

10. Ziege M, L Padur, V Duwe, A Ramm, K Scharnweber, R Riesch & M Plath. Audience effect alters mate choice in male Heterophallus milleri (Poeciliidae). Bulletin of Fish Biology 10: 87-92

9. Plath M, I Schlupp, J Parzefall & R Riesch. Female choice for large body size in the cave molly, Poecilia mexicana (Poeciliidae, Teleostei): Influence of sex- and species-specific cues. Behaviour 144(10): 1147-1160

8. Plath M, M Tobler, R Riesch, FJ García de León, O Giere & I Schlupp. Survival in an extreme habitat: the roles of behaviour and energy limitation. Naturwissenschaften 94(12): 991-996

7. Riesch R, J Clifton, J Fisher, A Forney, E Geurin, A Kuzmic, D Morris, M Riley, C Shelley, E Sivanesan, T Sprague, G Washington, D Williams, M Wong & D Spooner. The role of habitat type and nutrient quality on invertebrate dispersal and diversity. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 87: 89-94

6. Schlupp I, R Riesch & M Tobler. The Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa). Current Biology 17(14): R536-537

5. Riesch R, JKB Ford & F Thomsen. Stability and group specificity of stereotyped whistles in resident killer whales, Orcinus orca, off British Columbia. Animal Behaviour 71(1): 79-91

4. Riesch R, I Schlupp & M Plath. Influence of male competition on male mating behaviour in the cave molly, Poecilia mexicana. Journal of Ethology 24(1): 27-31

3. Riesch R, I Schlupp, M Tobler, FJ García de León & M Plath. Reduction of the association preference for conspecifics in cave-dwelling Atlantic mollies, Poecilia mexicana. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60(6): 794-802

2. Tobler M, I Schlupp, KU Heubel, R Riesch, FJ García de León, O Giere & M Plath. Life on the edge: Hydrogen sulfide and the fish communities of a Mexican cave and surrounding waters. Extremophiles 10(6): 577-585

1. Riesch R, M Arndt & M Plath. Non-visual localisation of a conspecific male by surface- and cave-dwelling Atlantic molly females (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae, Teleostei). Natura Croatica 14(1): 47-51