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Mathias Tobler, Ph.D.

Research Ecologist, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program

Ph.D. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, May 2008

M.S. Environmental Sciences, Swiss Federal Insitute of Technology Zürich (ETHZ), Switzerland, May 2001

Mathias Tobler is research scientist from Switzerland who serves as one of the Co-PIs of the Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program. He wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on the ecology of the lowland tapir in Madre de Dios and graduated from Texa A&M University in May 2008. His specialties are landscape and wildlife ecology, computer technology, GIS, remote sensing, and spatial and ecological data analysis. He has done research in Switzerland, Costa Rica, Tanzania, and Peru and spends most of his time working in the Peru.

The focus of Mathias' research is wildlife ecology, with an emphasis on the ecology of lowland tapirs and other ungulate species in the Peruvian Amazon. During the last years he led the AABP tapir project, put GPS collars on 11 tapirs to study their movement patterns and habitat use, and analyzed their diet and behavior. He led multiple camera trap surveys carried out in the region in collaboration with WWF. He is also strongly involved with the development of Atrium, manages most of AABP's GIS data, and provides support to AABP researchers with data analysis.

E-mail: matobler@brit.org

Publications

Tobler, M.W., Honorio, E., Janovec, J., & Reynel, C. 2007. Implications of collection patterns of botanical specimens on their usefulness for conservation planning: an example of two neotropical plant families (Moraceae and Myristicaceae) in Peru. Biodiversity and Conservation 16(3): 659-677.

Cornejo, F.,Janovec, J. P. and Tobler, M. W. . 2006. Floristic diversity and composition of terra firme and seasonally inundated palm swamp forests in the Palma Real Watershed in lower Madre de Dios, Peru.SIDA 22(1), 615-633.

Tobler, M. W., Naranjo, E. J. and Lira-Torres, I. . 2006. Habitat Preference, Feeding Habits and Conservation of Baird's Tapir in Neotropical Montane Oak Forests. In M. Kapelle (Ed.). Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Oak Forests, pp. 347-359. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.

Tobler, M.W., Cochard, R., and Edwards, P.J. 2003. The impact of cattle ranching on large-scale vegetation patterns in a coastal savanna in Tanzania. Journal of Applied Ecology 40, 430-444.

Tobler, M. W. 2002. Habitat Use and Diet of Baird’s Tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) in a Montane Cloud Forest of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. Biotropica 34(3): 468-474. Download PDF Here.

Recent Presentations:

Tobler, M. W.. 2008. Ecología y movimientos de grandes mamíferos amazónicos. Keynote lecture. I Symposium: Estudios de Biodiversidad & Conservación en los Andes Orientales y la Amazonía del Sur-Este del Perú. 2-5 November 2008, Cusco, Peru.

Tobler, M. W.. 2008 La Ecología de los Ungulados de la Amazonía Peruana - Un Estudio con Trampas Cámaras. I Congreso de la Sociedad Peruana de Mastozoología. 2-5 November 2008, Cusco, Peru.

Carrillo-Percastegui, S. E., G. Powell , M. W. Tobler,  & R. Donadi. 2008. Pumas, jaguares, y rios en la Amazonia:  Una nueva tecnologia revela asociaciones desconocidas y nuevos retos para la conservación. I Congreso de la Sociedad Peruana de Mastozoología. 2-5 November 2008, Cusco, Peru.

Carrillo-Percastegui, S. E., M. W. Tobler,  & G. Powell. 2008 La vida de los ocelotes (Leopardus pardalis) revelado por trampas cámara en Los Amigos y Tambopata en Madre de Dios, Peru. I Congreso de la Sociedad Peruana de Mastozoología. 2-5 November 2008,  Cusco, Peru.

Tobler, M. W.. 2008 El uso de salitrales por tapires (Tapirus terrestris) en la Amazonía Peruana. I Congreso de la Sociedad Peruana de Mastozoología. 30-31 October 2008, Cusco, Peru.

Tobler, M.W. John Janovec, Amanda Neill, Jason Best, Tiana Franklin, Keri McNew, Renan Valega. 2008. Rapid Floras for the 21st Century: Virtually Connecting Specimens, Herbaria, and Botanists for Maximum Datasharing and Synthesis in Record Time. Peruvian Botanical Congress (CONABOT), Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru

Tobler, M.W. John Janovec, Fernando Cornejo, Javier Huinga, and Dario Cruz. 2008.Frugivoria y dispersión de semillas por el tapir (Tapirus terrestris) en la Amazonía Peruana.Peruvian Botanical Congress (CONABOT), Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru

Tobler, M.W., John Janovec, Amanda Neill, Jason Best, Anton Webber, Sean Murphy, Keri McNew, Tiana Franklin, Renan Valega  2008. Atrium, el Sistema de Información sobre Biodiversidad, y nuevas aplicaciones para recolectar, integrar, analizar, y publicar datos de Inventarios Cuantativos de Vegetación. Peruvian Botanical Congress (CONABOT), Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru

John Janovec, M.W Tobler, Ethan Householder, Renan Valega, Fernando Cornejo, Jason Wells, Benjamin Chambi, Javier Huinga, Angel Balarezo, Pedro Centeno, Amanda Neill. 2008. La Botánica de Humedales de Madre de Dios, Perú, con Implicaciones para su Conservación y Manejo Sostenible.  Peruvian Botanical Congress (CONABOT), Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru

Tobler, M.W. 2008. Frugivoria y dispersión de semillas por el tapir (Tapirus terrestres) en la Amazonia Peruana. VIII Congresso Internacional Sobre Manejo De Fauna Silvestre Na Amazonia E America Latina.  Rio Branco, Brazil.

Tobler, M.W. 2008. El uso de salitrales por tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) en la Amazonia Peruana.  VIII Congresso Internacional Sober Manejo de Fauna Silvestre Na Amazonia E America Latina, Rio  Branco, Brazil.

Tobler, M.W. 2008. An Overview of the Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program at BRIT.  IUCN, Switzerland.

Tobler, M.W. 2008. Movement Patterns and Home Range Use of Lowland Tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in the Peruvian Amazon. Forth International Tapir Symposium. April 26-May 1, 2008. Cancun, Mexico.

Tobler, M.W., Janovec, J. P., Cornjeio, F. 2008. Fruit Consumption and Seed Dispersal by Lowland Tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in the Peruvian Amazon. Forth International Tapir Symposium. April 26-May 1, 2008. Cancun, Mexico.

Carrillo-Percastegui, S., Tobler, M. W. and Powell, G. 2007. Studying large and medium sized terrestrial mammals in a lowland rainforest in southeast Peru, through the use of camera traps. July 15 – 19 2007 Annual Meeting of The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Morelia, Mexico.

Carrillo-Percastegui, S., Tobler, M. W. and Powell, G. 2006. Estimating Jaguar Density Using Camera Traps in the Lowland Tropical Rainforest of Peru. November 12-15, 2006 Carnivores 2006, St. Petersburg, Fl.

Tobler, M. W. 2006. Ecología de Tapirus terrestris en la selva de Madre de Dios, Perú: Datos preliminarios de un estudio con collares de GPS. The 7th International Conference for the Management of Wildlife in Amazonia and Latin America. September 3-7, 2006. Ilhéus, Brazil.

Tobler, M. W. 2006. Todo digital: Una base de datos para manejar fotos de trampas cámaras. The 7th International Conference for the Management of Wildlife in Amazonia and Latin America. September 3-7, 2006. Ilhéus, Brazil.

Carrillo-Percastegui, S., Tobler, M. W., Leite Pitman, R., Mares, R. and Powell, G. 2006. Estudiando a los mamíferos grandes de la Amazonía Peruana mediante el monitoreo con trampas de cámara. The 7th International Conference for the Management of Wildlife in Amazonia and Latin America. September 3-7, 2006. Ilhéus, Brazil.