Publications of Martin Kalbe

Landis, S. H.; Kalbe, M.; Reusch, T. B. H.; Roth, O.: Consistent pattern of local adaptation during an experimental heat wave in a pipefish-trematode host-parasite system. PLoS ONE 7 (1), e30658 (2012)

Eizaguirre, C.; Lenz, T. L.; Kalbe, M.; Milinski, M.: Rapid and adaptive evolution of MHC genes under parasite selection in experimental vertebrate populations. Nature Communications 3, 621 (2012)

Frank, S. N.; Faust, S.; Kalbe, M.; Trubiroha, A.; Kloas, W.; Sures, B.: Fish hepatic glutathione-S-transferase activity is affected by the cestode parasites Schistocephalus solidus and Ligula intestinalis: evidence from field and laboratory studies. Parasitology 138 (7), pp. 939 - 944 (2011)

Eizaguirre, C.; Lenz, T. L.; Sommerfeld, R. D.; Harrod, C.; Kalbe, M.; Milinski, M.: Parasite diversity, patterns of MHC II variation and olfactory based mate choice in diverging three-spined stickleback ecotypes. Evolutionary Ecology of Fishes: Diversification, Adaptation and Speciation, pp. 605 - 622 (2011)

Lenz, T. L.; Eizaguirre, C.; Scharsack, J. P.; Kalbe, M.; Milinski, M.: Disentangling the role of MHC-dependent 'good genes' and 'compatible genes' in mate-choice decisions of three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus under semi-natural conditions. Journal of Fish Biology 75 (8), pp. 2122 - 2142 (2009)

Eizaguirre, C.; Yeates, S. E.; Lenz, T. L.; Kalbe, M.; Milinski, M.: MHC-based mate choice combines good genes and maintenance of MHC polymorphism. Molecular Ecology 18 (15), pp. 3316 - 3329 (2009)

Kalbe, M.; Eizaguirre, C.; Dankert, I.; Reusch, T. B. H.; Sommerfeld, R. D.; Wegner, K. M.; Milinski, M.: Lifetime reproductive success is maximized with optimal major histocompatibility complex diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 276 (1658), pp. 925 - 934 (2009)

Wegner, K. M.; Kalbe, M.; Milinski, M.; Reusch, T. B. H.: Mortality selection during the 2003 European heat wave in three-spined sticklebacks: effects of parasites and MHC genotype - art. no. 124. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8, 124 (2008)

Rauch, G.; Kalbe, M.; Reusch, T. B. H.: Partitioning average competition and extreme-genotype effects in genetically diverse infections. Oikos 117 (3), pp. 399 - 405 (2008)

Scharsack, J. P.; Kalbe, M.; Schaschl, H.: Characterization of antisera raised against stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) MHC class I and class II molecules. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 23 (5), pp. 991 - 1002 (2007)

Kurtz, J.; Kalbe, M.; Langefors, Å.; Mayer, I.; Milinski, M.; Hasselquist, D.: An experimental test of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in a teleost Fish: 11-ketotestosterone suppresses innate immunity in three-spined sticklebacks. The American Naturalist 170 (4), pp. 509 - 519 (2007)

Jäger, I.; Eizaguirre, C.; Griffiths, S. W.; Kalbe, M.; Krobbach, C. K.; Reusch, T. B. H.; Schaschl, H.; Milinski, M.: Individual MHC class I and MHC class IIB diversities are associated with male and female reproductive traits in the three-spined stickleback. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20 (5), pp. 2005 - 2015 (2007)

Wegner, K. M.; Kalbe, M.; Reusch, T. B. H.: Innate versus adaptive immunity in sticklebacks: evidence for trade-offs from a selection experiment. Evolutionary Ecology 21 (4), pp. 473 - 483 (2007)

Scharsack, J.; Kalbe, M.; Harrod, C.; Rauch, G.: Habitat-specific adaptation of immune responses of stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) lake and river ecotypes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 274 (1617), pp. 1523 - 1532 (2007)

Krobbach, C. K.; Kalbe, M.; Kurtz, J.; Scharsack, J. P.: Infectivity of two nematode parasites, Camallanus lacustris and Anguillicola crassus, in a paratenic host, the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 74 (2), pp. 119 - 126 (2007)

Kurtz, J.; Wegner, K. M.; Kalbe, M.; Reusch, T. B. H.; Schaschl, H.; Hasselquist, D.; Milinski, M.: MHC genes and oxidative stress in sticklebacks: an immuno-ecological approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 273 (1592), pp. 1407 - 1414 (2006)

Wegner, K. M.; Kalbe, M.; Rauch, G.; Kurtz, J.; Schaschl, H.; Reusch, T. B. H.: Genetic variation in MHC class II expression and interactions with MHC sequence polymorphism in three-spined sticklebacks. Molecular Ecology 15 (4), pp. 1153 - 1164 (2006)

Hertel, J.; Holweg, A.; Haberl, B.; Kalbe, M.; Haas, W.: Snail odour-clouds: spreading and contribution to the transmission success of Trichobilharzia ocellata (Trematoda, Digenea) miracidia. Oecologia 147 (1), pp. 173 - 180 (2006)

Kalbe, M.; Kurtz, J.: Local differences in immunocompetence reflect resistance of sticklebacks against the eye fluke Diplostomum pseudospathaceum. Parasitology 132 (1), pp. 105 - 116 (2006)

Rauch, G.; Kalbe, M.; Reusch, T. B. H.: One day is enough: rapid and specific host–parasite interactions in a sticklebacktrematode system. Biology Letters 2 (3), pp. 382 - 384 (2006)