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Mathias Tobler, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, 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. thesis on the ecology of the lowland tapir in Madre de Dios and graduated from Texa A&M University in May 2008. His specialities are landscape and wildlife ecology, computer technology, GIS, remote sensing, spatial and ecological data analysis. He has done research in Switzerland, Costa Rica, Tanzania, and Peru. He spends most of his time working in the Peru.

The focus of his research and studies is wildlife ecology, with an emphasis on the ecology of the lowland tapirs. 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 analized their diet and behavior. He led multiple camera trap surveys carried out in the region in collaboration with WWF. He is also managing most of AABP's GIS data, helps with the development of Atrium and provides support to AABP researchers with data analysis.

E-mail: mtobler@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. 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.