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Doebeli, M., Ispolatov, I. Complexity and Diversity, Science 328, 494-497, 2010.

Fletcher, J. A., Doebeli, M. Assortment is a more fundamental explanation for the evolution of altruism than inclusive fitness or multilevel selection: reply to Bijma and Aanen. Proc. Roy. Soc. B  277, 677-678, 2010.

Le Gac, M., Doebeli M. Environmental viscosity does not affect the evolution of cooperation during experimental evolution of colicigenic bacteria. Evolution 64, 522-533, 2010.

Ispolatov, I., Doebeli M. Speciation due to hybrid necrosis in plant-pathogen models. Evolution 63, 3076-3084, 2009.

Ispolatov, I., Doebeli M. Diversification along environmental gradients in spatially structured populations. Evol. Ecol. Res. 11, 295-304, 2009.

Svanback R., Pineda-Krch M., Doebeli M. Fluctuating Population Dynamics Promotes the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity. American Naturalist  174, 176-189, 2009.

Saxer, G., Doebeli, M., Travisano, M. Spatial structure leads to ecological breakdown and loss of diversity. Proc. Roy. Soc. B.  276, 2065-2070, 2009.

Blachford, A., Doebeli, M. On luck and sex. Evolution 63, 40-47, 2009.

Fletcher, J. A., Doebeli, M. A simple and general explanation for the evolution of altruism. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 276 , 13-19, 2009.

Ackermann, M., Stecher, B., Freed, M. E., Songhet, P., Hardt, W. D., Doebeli, M. Self-destructive cooperation mediated by phenotypic noise. Nature 454, 987-990, 2008.

Elmhirst, T., Stewart, I., Doebeli, M. Pod systems: an equivariant ordinary differential equation approach to dynamical systems on a spatial domain. Nonlinearity 21, 1507-1531, 2008.


Leimar, O., Doebeli, M., Dieckmann, U. Evolution of phenotypic clusters through competition and local adaptation along an environmental gradient. Evolution 62, 807-822, 2008.


Hauert, C., Wakano, J. Y., Doebeli, M. Ecological public goods games: Cooperation and bifurcation. Theor. Pop. Biol. 73, 257-263, 2008.


Tyerman, J. G., Bertrand, M., Spencer, C. C., Doebeli, M. Experimental demonstration of ecological character displacement. B
MC Evol. Biol. 8, art nr 34, 2008.

Le Gac, M., Brazas, M. D., Bertrand, M., Tyerman, J. G., Spencer, C. C., Hancock, R. E. W., Doebeli, M. Metabolic changes associated with adaptive diversification in escherichia coli. Genetics 178, 1049-1060, 2008.


Spencer, C. C., Tyerman, J., Bertrand, M., Doebeli, M. Adaptation increases the likelihood of diversification in an experimental bacterial lineage. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 105, 1585-1589, 2008.

Spencer, C. C., Saxer, G., Travisano, M., Doebeli, M. Seasonal resource oscillations maintain diversity in bacterial microcosms. Evol. Ecol. Res. 9, 757-787, 2007.

Utz, M., Kisdi, E., Doebeli, M. Quasi-local competition in stage-structured metapopulations: A new mechanism of pattern formation. Bull. Math. Biol.  69, 1649-1672, 2007.

Ackermann, M., Chao, L., Bergstrom, C. T., Doebeli, M. On the evolutionary origin of aging. Aging Cell 6, 235-244, 2007.

Spencer, C. C., Bertrand, M., Travisano, M., Doebeli, M. Adaptive diversification in genes that regulate resource use in Escherichia coli. PLoS Genetics 3, e15, 2007.

Pineda-Krch, M., Blok, H. J., Dieckmann, U., Doebeli, M. A tale of two cycles - distinguishing quasi-cycles and limit cycles in finite predator-prey populations. OIKOS 116, 53-64, 2007.

Doebeli, M., Blok, H. J., Leimar, O., Dieckmann, U. Multimodal pattern formation in phenotype distributions of sexual populations. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 274, 347-357, 2007.

Hauert, C., Holmes, M., Doebeli, M. Evolutionary games and population dynamics: maintenance of cooperation in public goods games (vol 273, pg 2565, 2006). Proc. Roy. Soc. B  273, 3131-3132, 2006.

Fletcher, J. A., Zwick, M., Doebeli, M., Wilson, D. S. What's wrong with inclusive fitness? TREE 21, 597-598, 2006.

Hauert, C., Holmes, M., Doebeli, M. Evolutionary games and population dynamics: maintenance of cooperation in public goods games. Proc. Roy. Soc. B  273, 2565-2570, 2006.

Killingback, T., Blok, H. J., Doebeli, M. Scale-free extinction dynamics in spatially structured host-parasitoid systems. J. Theor. Biol. 241, 745-750, 2006.

Doebeli, M., Hauert, C. Limits to Hamilton's rule. J. Evol. Biol. 19, 1386-1388, 2006.

Fletcher, J. A., Doebeli, M. How altruim evolves: assortment and synergy. J. Evol. Biol. 19, 1389-1393, 2006.

Hauert, C., Michor, F., Nowak, M. A., Doebeli, M. Synergy and discounting of cooperation in social dilemmas. J. Theor. Biol. 239, 195-202, 2006.

Doebeli, M., Adaptive speciation when assortative mating is based on female preference for male marker traits. J. Evol. Biol. 18, 1587-1600, 2005.

Nusimer, S. L., Doebeli, M., Browning, D. The coevolutionary dynamics of antagonistic interactions mediated by quantitative traits with evolving variances. Evolution 59, 2073-2082, 2005.

Doebeli, M., Dieckmann, U.
Adaptive dynamics as a mathematical tool for studying the ecology of speciation processes. J. Evol. Biol. 18, 1194-1200, 2005.

Dieckmann, U.,  Doebeli, M., Pluralism in evolutionary theory. J. Evol. Biol. 18, 1209-1213, 2005.
 

Doebeli, M. and Hauert, C. Models of cooperation based on the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Snowdrift game. ECOLOGY LETTERS 8, 748-766, 2005.
 
Doebeli, M., Dieckmann, U., Metz, J. A. J. and Tautz, D. What we have also learned: adaptive speciation is theoretically plausible. EVOLUTION 59(3), 691-695, 2005.
 
Adaptive Speciation (Eds. U. Dieckmann, H. Metz, M. Doebeli, and D. Tautz), Cambridge University Press, 2004.
 
Ackermann, M. and Doebeli, M. Evolution of niche width and adaptive diversification. EVOLUTION 58(12), 2599–2612, 2004.
 
Doebeli, M., Hauert, C., and Killingback, T. The Evolutionary Origin of Cooperators and Defectors. SCIENCE 306, 859-862, 2004.
 
Ifti, M., Killingback, T., Doebeli, M. Effects of neighbourhoodsize and connectivity on the spatial Continuous Prisoner's Dilemma. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY 231, 97-106, 2004.
 
Nuismer, S. L., Doebeli, M. Genetic correlations and the coevolutionary dynamics of three-species systems. EVOLUTION 58 (6), 1165-1177, 2004.
 
Friesen, M. Saxer, G. Travisano, M, Doebeli, M Experimental evidence for sympatric ecological diversification due to frequency-dependent competition in Escherichia coli EVOLUTION 58 (2), 245-260, 2004
 
Hauert, C., Doebeli, M. Spatial structure often inhibits the evolution of cooperation in the snowdrift game. NATURE 428, 643-646, 2004.

Bolnick, D, Doebeli, M Sexual dimorphism and adaptive speciation: two sides of the same ecological coin  EVOLUTION 57 (11), 2433–2449 NOV 2003


Doebeli, M, Killingback, T Metapopulation dynamics with quasi-local competition THEOR POP BIOL 64: 397-416 2003

Doebeli M, Dieckmann U Speciation along environmental gradients NATURE 421 (6920): 259-264 2003

 
Killingback T, Doebeli M The continuous prisoner's dilemma and the evolution of cooperation through reciprocal altruism with variable investment AM NAT 160 (4): 421-438 OCT 2002
 
Doebeli, M A model for the evolutionary dynamics of cross-feeding polymorphisms. POPULATION ECOLOGY 44: 59-70 2002

Maire, N., Ackermann, M. Doebeli, M On the evolution of anisogamy through evolutionary branching SELECTION 2, 107-119 2001

Flatt T, Maire N, Doebeli M A bit of sex stabilizes host-parasite dynamics J THEOR BIOL 212 (3): 345-354 OCT 7 2001

Doebeli M, Dieckmann U Evolutionary branching and sympatric speciation caused by different types of ecological interactions AM NAT 156: S77-S101 OCT 2000
 
Stearns SC, Ackermann M, Doebeli M, et al. Experimental evolution of aging, growth, and reproduction in fruitflies P NATL ACAD SCI USA 97 (7): 3309-3313 MAR 28 2000
 
Brauchli K, Killingback T, Doebeli M Evolution of cooperation in spatially structured populations J THEOR BIOL 200 (4): 405-417 OCT 21 1999
 
Killingback T, Doebeli M, Knowlton N Variable investment, the Continuous Prisoner's Dilemma, and the origin of cooperation P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 266 (1430): 1723-1728 SEP 7 1999
 
Killingback T, Doebeli M 'Raise the stakes' evolves into a defector NATURE 400 (6744): 518-518 AUG 5 1999
 
Dieckmann U, Doebeli M On the origin of species by sympatric speciation NATURE 400 (6742): 354-357 JUL 22 1999
 
Johst K, Doebeli M, Brandl R Evolution of complex dynamics in spatially structured populations P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 266 (1424): 1147-1154 JUN 7 1999
 
Koella JC, Doebeli M  Population dynamics and the evolution of virulence in epidemiological models with discrete host generations J THEOR BIOL 198 (3): 461-475 JUN 7 1999

Blarer A, Doebeli M Resonance effects and outbreaks in ecological time series ECOL LETT 2 (3): 167-177 MAY 1999
 
Doebeli M, de Jong G Genetic variability in sensitivity to population density affects the dynamics of simple ecological models THEOR POPUL BIOL 55 (1): 37-52 FEB 1999
 
Stearns SC, Ackermann M, Doebeli M The experimental evolution of aging in fruitflies EXP GERONTOL 33 (7-8): 785-792 NOV-DEC 1998  

Doebeli M, Ruxton GD Stabilization through spatial pattern formation in metapopulations with long-range dispersal P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 265 (1403): 1325-1332 JUL 22 1998
 
Doebeli M, Knowlton N The evolution of interspecific mutualisms P NATL ACAD SCI USA 95 (15): 8676-8680 JUL 21 1998
 
Doebeli M, de Jong G A simple genetic model with non-equilibrium dynamics J MATH BIOL 36 (6): 550-556 JUN 1998
 
Doebeli M Invasion of rare mutants does not imply their evolutionary success: a counterexample from metapopulation theory J EVOLUTION BIOL 11 (3): 389-401 MAY 1998
 
Killingback T, Doebeli M Self-organized criticality in spatial evolutionary game theory J THEOR BIOL 191 (3): 335-340 APR 7 1998
 
Doebeli M, Ruxton GD Evolution of dispersal rates in metapopulation models: Branching and cyclic dynamics in phenotype space EVOLUTION 51 (6): 1730-1741 DEC 1997
 
Doebeli M Genetic variation and the persistence of predator-prey interactions in the Nicholson-Bailey model J THEOR BIOL 188 (1): 109-120 SEP 7 1997
 
Doebeli M, Blarer A, Ackermann M Population dynamics, demographic stochasticity, and the evolution of cooperation P NATL ACAD SCI USA 94 (10): 5167-5171 MAY 13 1997
 
Doebeli M, Ruxton GD Controlling spatial chaos in metapopulations with long-range dispersal B MATH BIOL 59 (3): 497-515 MAY 1997
 
Doebeli M, Blarer A A note on the timing of tradeoffs in discrete life history models J EVOLUTION BIOL 10 (1): 107-120 JAN 1997
 
Doebeli M A quantitative genetic competition model for sympatric speciation J EVOLUTION BIOL 9 (6): 893-909 NOV 1996
 
Killingback T, Doebeli M Spatial evolutionary game theory: Hawks and Doves revisited P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 263 (1374): 1135-1144 SEP 22 1996
 
Ruxton GD, Doebeli M Spatial self-organization and persistence of transients in a metapopulation model P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 263 (1374): 1153-1158 SEP 22 1996
 
Doebeli M Quantitative genetics and population dynamics EVOLUTION 50 (2): 532-546 APR 1996
 

Doebeli M, Koella J Chaos and evolution TRENDS ECOL EVOL 11 (5): 220-220 MAY 1996
 
Blarer A, Doebeli M In the red zone NATURE 380 (6575): 589-590 APR 18 1996
 
Doebeli M An explicit genetic model for ecological character displacement ECOLOGY 77 (2): 510-520 MAR 1996
 
Blarer A, Doebeli M Heuristic optimization of the general life history problem: A novel approach EVOL ECOL 10 (1): 81-96 JAN 1996
 
Doebeli, M. Reductive group actions on affine quadrics with 1-dimensional quotient: linearization when a linear model exists. TRANSFORMATION GROUPS 1: 187-214, 1996
 
Blarer A, Doebeli M, Stearns SC Diagnosing senescence: Inferring evolutionary causes from phenotypic patterns can be misleading P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 262 (1365): 305-312 DEC 22 1995

Doebeli, M Updating Gillespie with controlled chaos AM NAT 146 (3): 479-487 SEP 1995
 
Doebeli, M Koella, JC Evolution of simple population dynamics P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 260 (1358): 119-125 MAY 22 1995
 
Doebeli, M Phenotypic variation, sexual reproduction, and evolutionary population dynamics J EVOLUTION BIOL 8 (2): 173-194 MAR 1995
 
Doebeli, M. Evolutionary predictions from invariant physical measures of dynamic processes J THEOR BIOL 173 (4): 377-387 APR 21 1995
 
Doebeli, M Dispersal and dynamics THEOR POPUL BIOL 47 (1): 82-106 FEB 1995
 
Doebeli, M Linear models for reductive group actions on affine quadrics B SOC MATH FR 122 (4): 505-531 1994
 
Doebeli, M, Koella, JC Sex and population dynamics P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 257 (1348): 17-23 JUL 22 1994
 
Doebeli, M. Intermittent Chaos in population dynamics J THEOR BIOL 166 (3): 325-330 FEB 7 1994
 
Doebeli, M. The evolutionary advantage of controlled chaos P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 254 (1341): 281-285 DEC 22 1993