prof. RNDr. Martin Reichard Ph.D.

Position full-time researcher
Direction evolutionary ecology

+420 543 422 522

Research interests

  • coevolutionary dynamics in host-parasite associations,
  • the impact of invasive species on coevolved relationships,
  • reproductive parasitism,
  • biology of ageing and its life history consequences,
  • mate choice and alternative mating tactics.

Running Projects

The role of coevolution ecological speciation (2021–2025)

Finished projects

Individuální variabilita a resilience mezidruhových vztahů ve sladkovodním prostředí: vhled pomocí interakcí mlžů a ryb (2019–2021)
Zdroje vnitropopulační heterogenity ve stárnutí (2019–2021)
A novel system to understand brood parasitism: the cuckoo catfish parasiting African cichlids (2018–2020)
Ageing in the wild: from demography to gene expression (2016–2018)
The effects of non-native species on host-parasite relationships (2015–2017)
The evolution and life-history consequences of rapid ageing (2011–2015)
Projekt: „Integrace experimentální a populační biologie pomocí nových metod v mezioborové problematice - cesta k excellenci s mladými vědci“ (2012–2015)
Demography, metapopulation dynamics and ecology of Nothobranchius fishes in Mozambique (2009–2012)
Personalities, male mating tactics and role of females in sexual selection: studies on fish model systems (2009–2012)
The European bitterling - endangered or non-native species in central Europe? (2008–2010)
Host specialization and host-race formation in the European bitterling (2007–2010)
Reproductive isolating mechanisms in Nothobranchius annual fishes - the roles of mate choice, ecological divergence and vicariance (2008–2008)
Reproductive isolating mechanisms in Nothobranchius fishes (Aplocheilidae) (2006–2008)
The impact of mating tactics on individual reproductive success and population parameters in the European bitterling: behavioural and genetic approach (2005–2007)

Current Ph.D. students

  • Abhishek Nair Anil – Behavioural, ecological and physiological aspects of bitterling-mussel coevolution.

Former Ph.D. students

  • Jakub Žák: Biology of aging in Nothobranchius fishes.
  • Veronika Nezhybová (Michálková): Parasite-associated changes in fish host physiology and behavior (advisor, supervised by M.Ondračková).
  • Daniel García (Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay) – The effects of predation and competition on the life history evolution of fishes with rapid ageing (Consecuencias de las presiones selectivas sobre la evolución de la historia de vida en peces con envejecimiento rápido).
  • Veronika Bartáková: The effects of non-native species on host-parasite relationships (advisor, supervised by J.Bryja).
  • Radomil Řežucha – Sexual selection, reproductive stratgies and personalities in fish model systems,
  • Milan Vrtílek – Evolutionary ecology of African annual fishes.
  • Markéta Konečná – Individual and population consequences of sexual selection in the bitterling fish.

Publications

2025

Labecka A, Reichard M (2025). The reproductive costs of bitterling fish and zebra mussel parasitism to a unionid mussel. Aquaculture, 595: 741515.

2024

Anil AN, Mehdi I, Douda K, Smith C, Reichard M (2024). Reciprocal transplant experiments demonstrate a dynamic coevolutionary relationship between parasitic mussel larvae and bitterling fishes. Freshwater Biology, 69: 1525-1536.
Behrens KA, Zimmermann H, Blažek R, Reichard M, Koblmüller S, Kocher TD (2024). Turnover of sex chromosomes in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Tropheini (Teleostei: Cichlidae).. Scientific Reports, 14: 2471.
Dyková I, Žák J, Blažek R, Zimmermann H, Polačik M, Bartáková V, Reichard M (2024). Oogenesis, spermatogenesis and spermiation structures in Lake Tanganyika Synodontis species (Mochokidae, Telostei: Siluriformes). Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 73: 24023.
Englmaier GK, Blažek R, Zimmermann H, Bartáková V, Polačik M, Žák J, Mulokozi DP, Katongo C, Büscher HH, Mabo L, Koblmüller S, Palandačić A, Reichard M (2024). Revised taxonomy of Synodontis catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from the Lake Tanganyika basin reveals lower species diversity than expected. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 202: zlae130.
Halabowski D, Reichard M, Pyrzanowski K, Zięba G, Grabowska J, Smith C, Przybylski M (2024). The depressed river mussel Pseudanodonta complanata as an occasional host for the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 425: 3.
Mouginot P, Galipaud M, Reichard M (2024). The evolution of brood parasitism from host egg predation. Behavioral Ecology, 35: rae043.
Yi W, Reichard M, Rücklin M, Richardson MK (2024). Parasitic fish embryos do a 'front-flip' on the yolk to resist expulsion from the host.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121: e2310082121.

2023

Dyková I, Reichard M (2023). Ovipositor of bitterling fishes (Cyprinidae, Acheilognathinae): fine structure from a functional perspective. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 72: 22070.
Lukšíková K, Pavlica T, Altmanová M, Štundlová J, Pelikánová Š, Simanovsky SA, Krysanov EY, Jankásek M, Hiřman M, Reichard M, Ráb P, Sember A (2023). Conserved satellite DNA motif and lack of interstitial telomeric sites in highly rearranged African Nothobranchius killifish karyotypes. Journal of Fish Biology, 103: 1501-1514.
Örling J, Kosonen K, Villman J, Reichard M, Paatero I (2023). Impaired fin regeneration and angiogenesis in aged zebrafish and turquoise killifish. Biology Open, 12: bio059622.
Reichard M, Douda K, Blažek R, Janovská A (2023). Increased plasma cortisol level as acute response to glochidia parasitism. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 106: 101-106.
Reichard M, Koblmüller S, Blažek R, Zimmermann H, Katongo C, Bryjová A, Bryja J (2023). Lack of host specialization despite selective host use in brood parasitic cuckoo catfish. Molecular Ecology, 32: 6070-6082.
Smith C, Spence R, Bailey R, Reichard M (2023). Male position in a sexual network reflects mating role and body size. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 72: 22069.
Součková K, Jasík M, Sovadinová I, Sember A, Sychrová E, Konieczna A, Bystrý V, Dyková I, Blažek R, Lukšíková K, Pavlica T, Jankásek M, Altmanová M, Žák J, Zbončáková A, Reichard M, Slabý O (2023). From fish to cells: Establishment of continuous cell lines from embryos of annual killifish Nothobranchius furzeri and N. kadleci. Aquatic Toxicology, 259: 106517.
Voleníková A, Lukšíková K, Mora P, Pavlica T, Altmanová M, Štundlová J, Pelikánová Š, Simanovsky SA, Jankásek M, Reichard M, Nguyen P, Sember A (2023). Fast satellite DNA evolution in Nothobranchius annual killifishes. Chromosome Research, 31: 33.
Zimmermann H, Tolman D, Reichard M (2023). Low incidence of cannibalism among brood parasitic cuckoo catfish embryos. Behavioral Ecology, 34: 521-527.

2022

Blažek R, Polačik M, Reichard M (2022). Group intrusions by a brood parasitic fish are not cooperative. Behavioral Ecology, 33: 178-183.
Domínguez-Castanedo O, Valdez-Carbajal S, Muñoz‑Campos T, Huber JH, Reichard M (2022). Protogynous functional hermaphroditism in the North American annual killifish, Millerichthys robustus. Scientific Reports, 12: 9230.
Dyková I, Žák J, Blažek R, Reichard M, Součková K, Slabý O (2022). Histology of major organ systems of Nothobranchius fishes: short-lived model species. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 71: 21074.
Li F, Smith C, Kawamura K, Vetešník L, Arai R, Reichard M (2022). Unusual egg shape diversity in bitterling fishes. Ecology, 103: e3816.
Mazzetto M, Caterino C, Groth M, Ferrari E, Reichard M, Baumgart M, Cellerino A (2022). RNAseq analysis of brain aging in wild specimens of short-lived turquoise killifish: commonalities and differences with aging under laboratory conditions. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39: msac219.
Reichard M, Janáč M, Blažek R, Žák J, Alila OD, Polačik M (2022). Patterns and drivers of Nothobranchius killifish diversity in lowland Tanzania. Ecology and Evolution, 12: e8990.
Reichard M, Blažek R, Žák J, Cellerino A, Polačik M (2022). The sources of sex differences in aging in annual fishes. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91: 540-550.
Reichard M, Giannetti K, Ferreira T, Maouche A, Vrtílek M, Polačik M, Blažek R, Ferreira MG (2022). Lifespan and telomere length variation across populations of wild-derived African killifish. Molecular Ecology, 31: 5979-5992.
Štundlová J, Hospodářská M, Lukšíková K, Voleníková A, Pavlica T, Altmanová M, Richter A, Reichard M, Dalíková M, Pelikánová Š, Marta A, Simanovsky SA, Hiřman M, Jankásek M, Dvořák T, Bohlen J, Ráb P, Englert C, Nguyen P, Sember A (2022). Sex chromosome differentiation via changes in the Y chromosome repeat landscape in African annual killifishes Nothobranchius furzeri and N. kadleci. Chromosome Research, 30: 309-333.
Talarico L, Bryjová A, Čížková D, Douda K, Reichard M (2022). Individual copy number variation and extensive diversity between major MHC-DAB1 allelic lineages in the European bitterling. Immunogenetics, 74: 497-505.
Vrtílek M, Žák J, Reichard M (2022). Evidence for reproductive senescence across ray-finned fishes: a review. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10: 982915.
Zimmermann H, Blažek R, Polačik M, Reichard M (2022). Individual experience as a key to success for the cuckoo catfish brood parasitism. Nature Communications, 13: 1723.
Žák J, Dyková I, Blažek R, Reichard M (2022). Good practices for histological analysis of the annual killifish Nothobranchius furzeri (Nothobranchiidae). Cold Spring Harbor protocols, 2022: 574-583.
Žák J, Koushik R, Dyková I, Mráz J, Reichard M (2022). Starter feed for carnivorous species as a practical replacement of bloodworms for a vertebrate model organism in ageing, the turquoise killifish Nothobranchius furzeri. Journal of Fish Biology, 100: 894-908.

2021

Douda K, Haag WR, Escobar-Calderón F, Vodáková B, Reichard M, Chen X, McGregor M, Yang J, Lopes-Lima M (2021). Effects of in vitro metamorphosis on survival, growth, and reproductive success of freshwater mussels. Biological Conservation, 254: 108964.
Dyková I, Žák J, Reichard M, Součková K, Slabý O, Bystrý V, Blažek R (2021). Histopathology of laboratory-reared Nothobranchius fishes: Mycobacterial infections versus neoplastic lesions. Journal of Fish Diseases, 44: 1179-1190.
Dyková I, Žák J, Reichard M, Součková K, Slabý O, Blažek R (2021). Swim bladder as a primary site of mycobacterial infection in Nothobranchius ‘belly sliders’. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 145: 111-117.
Godoy RS, Weber V, Lanés LEK, Reichard M, Gemelli T, Hohendorff RV, Maltchik L (2021). Recognizing the enemy: do predator cues influence hatching in Neotropical annual killifish?. Journal of Fish Biology, 99: 1476-1484.
Polačik M, Vrtílek M, Reichard M, Žák J, Blažek R, Podrabsky J (2021). Embryo ecology: developmental synchrony and asynchrony in the embryonic development of wild annual fish populations. Ecology and Evolution, 11: 4945-4956.
Žák J, Reichard M (2021). Reproductive senescence in a short-lived fish. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90: 492-502.
Žák J, Vrtílek M, Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichard M (2021). Short-lived fishes: Annual and multivoltine strategies. Fish and Fisheries, 22: 546-561.

2020

Bartáková V, Nagy B, Polačik M, Blažek R, Lamtane H, Reichard M (2020). Genetic diversity of a widespread annual killifish from coastal Tanzania. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20: 1.
Boelter T, dos Santos FM, Moreira LFB, Stenert C, Reichard M, Maltchik L (2020). Effects of hydroperiod on morphology of tadpoles from highland ponds. Aquatic Ecology, 54: 1145-1153.
Dyková I, Blažek R, Součková K, Reichard M, Slabý O (2020). Spontaneous adenocarcinoma of the gas gland in Nothobranchius fishes. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 137: 205-210.
García D, Reichard M (2020). The effect of population density on growth and survival of a Neotropical annual killifish. Journal of Fish Biology, 97: 298-301.
Methling C, Blažek R, Řežucha R, Reichard M (2020). Individual-level pace-of-life syndromes in annual killifish are mediated by intersexual and interspecific differences. Evolutionary Ecology, 34: 745-761.
Nezhybová V, Reichard M, Methling C, Ondračková M (2020). Limited impacts of chronic eye fluke infection on the reproductive success of a fish host. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 129: 334-346.
Nezhybová V, Janáč M, Reichard M, Ondračková M (2020). Risk-taking behaviour in African killifish – a case of parasitic manipulation?. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 69: 20022.
Vendramin D, Klagenberg CS, Provensi MR, Stenert C, Pires MM, Figueredo Medeiros ES, Reichard M, Maltchik L (2020). Effects of the presence of annual killifish on the assemblage structure of resting stages of aquatic invertebrates in temporary ponds. Limnetica, 39: 1-16.
Willemsen D, Cui R, Reichard M, Valenzano DR (2020). Intra-species differences in population size shape life history and genome evolution. eLife, 9: e55794.
Žák J, Reichard M (2020). Fluctuating temperatures extend median lifespan, improve reproduction and reduce growth in turquoise killifish. Experimental Gerontology, 140: 111073.
Žák J, Dyková I, Reichard M (2020). Good performance of turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) on pelleted diet as a step towards husbandry standardization. Scientific Reports, 10: 8986.

2019

Bartáková V, Bryja J, Šanda R, Bektas Y, Stefanov T, Choleva L, Smith C, Reichard M (2019). High cryptic diversity of bitterling fish in the southern West Palearctic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 133: 1-11.
Cui R, Medeiros T, Willemsen D, Iasi LNM, Collier GE, Graef M, Reichard M, Valenzano DR (2019). Relaxed selection limits lifespan by increasing mutation load. Cell, 178: 385-399.e20.
García D, Loureiro M, Machín E, Reichard M (2019). Species co-occurrence and population dynamics in annual fish assemblages in the lower Río Uruguay basin. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 102: 569-580.
García D, Smith C, Machín E, Loureiro M, Reichard M (2019). Changing patterns of growth in a changing planet: How a shift in phenology affects critical life‐history traits in annual fishes. Freshwater Biology, 64: 1848-1858.
Lambert JW, Reichard M, Pincheira-Donoso D (2019). Live fast, diversify non-adaptively: evolutionary diversification of exceptionally short-lived annual killifishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19: 10.
Methling C, Douda K, Reichard M (2019). Intensity‑dependent energetic costs in a reciprocal parasitic relationship. Oecologia, 191: 285-294.
Polačik M, Reichard M, Smith C, Blažek R (2019). Parasitic cuckoo catfish exploit parental responses to stray offspring. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 374: 20180412.
Reichard M (2019). Cuckoo catfish. Current Biology, 29: R722-R723.
Reichard M, Polačik M (2019). Nothobranchius furzeri, an 'instant' fish from an ephemeral habitat. eLife, 8: e41548.
Silva GG, Weber V, Green AJ, Hoffmann P, Silva VS, Volcan MV, Lanés LEK, Stenert C, Reichard M, Maltchik L (2019). Killifish eggs can disperse via gut passage through waterfowl. Ecology, 100: e02774.
Vrtílek M, Žák J, Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichard M (2019). Rapid growth and large body size in annual fish populations are compromised by density‐dependent regulation. Journal of Fish Biology, 95: 673-678.
Žák J, Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2019). Diel schedules of locomotor, reproductive and feeding activity in wild populations of African annual killifish. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 128: 435-450.

2018

Bartáková V, Bryja J, Reichard M (2018). Fine-scale genetic structure of the European bitterling at the intersection of three major European watersheds. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18: 105.
Blažek R, Polačik M, Smith C, Honza M, Meyer A, Reichard M (2018). Success of cuckoo catfish brood parasitism reflects coevolutionary history and individual experience of their cichlid hosts. Science Advances, 4: eaar4380.
García D, Loureiro M, Machín E, Reichard M (2018). Phenology of three coexisting annual fish species: seasonal patterns in hatching dates. Hydrobiologia, 809: 323-337.
Konečný A, Popa O, Bartáková V, Douda K, Bryja J, Smith C, Popa LO, Reichard M (2018). Modelling the invasion history of Sinanodonta woodiana in Europe: tracking the routes of a sedentary aquatic invader with mobile parasitic larvae. Evolutionary Applications, 11: 1975-1989.
Lanés LEK, Reichard M, De Moura RG, Godoy RS, Maltchik L (2018). Environmental predictors for annual fish assemblages in subtropical grasslands of South America: the role of landscape and habitat characteristics. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101: 963-977.
Methling C, Douda K, Liu H, Rouchet R, Bartáková V, Yu D, Smith C, Reichard M (2018). Energetic costs in the relationship between bitterling and mussels in East Asia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125: 750-759.
Morais PM, Reichard M (2018). Cryptic invasions: a review. Science of the Total Environment, 613-614: 1438-1448.
Polačik M, Reichard M, Vrtílek M (2018). Local variation in embryo development rate in annual fish. Journal of Fish Biology, 92: 1359-1370.
Reichard M, Lanés LEK, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M, Godoy RS, Maltchik L (2018). Avian predation mediates size-specific survival in a Neotropical annual fish: a field experiment. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 124: 56-66.
Smith C, Spence R, Reichard M (2018). Sperm is a sexual ornament in rose bitterling. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 31: 1610-1622.
Vrtílek M, Žák J, Blažek R, Polačik M, Cellerino A, Reichard M (2018). Limited scope for reproductive senescence in wild populations of a short-lived fish. Science of Nature, eNaturwissenschaften 68.
Vrtílek M, Žák J, Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichard M (2018). Longitudinal demographic study of wild populations of African annual killifish. Scientific Reports, 8: 4774.
Vrtílek M, Žák J, Pšenička M, Reichard M (2018). Extremely rapid maturation of a wild African annual fish. Current Biology, 28: R822-R824.
Žák J, Reichard M, Gvoždík L (2018). Limited differentiation of fundamental thermal niches within the killifish assemblage from shallow temporary waters. Journal of Thermal Biology, 78: 257-262.

2017

Bartáková V, Reichard M (2017). No effect of recent sympatry with invasive zebra mussel on the oviposition decisions and reproductive success of the bitterling fish, a brood parasite of unionid mussels. Hydrobiologia, 794: 153-166.
Blažek R, Polačik M, Kačer P, Cellerino A, Řežucha R, Methling C, Tomášek O, Syslová K, Terzibasi Tozzini E, Albrecht T, Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2017). Repeated intraspecific divergence in life span and aging of African annual fishes along an aridity gradient. Evolution, 71: 386-402.
Blažek R, Polačik M, Reichard M (2017). Rasches Wachstum, frühe Reifung und kurze Generationenzeit bei afrikanischen annuellen Fischen.. DKG Journal, 49: 131-141.
Donrovich SW, Douda K, Plechingerová V, Rylková K, Horký P, Slavík O, Liu H, Reichard M, Lopes-Lima M, Sousa R (2017). Invasive Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana threatens native mussel reproduction by inducing cross‐resistance of host fish. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 27: 1325-1333.
Douda K, Liu H, Yu D, Rouchet R, Liu F, Tang Q, Methling C, Smith C, Reichard M (2017). The role of local adaptation in shaping fish-mussel coevolution. Freshwater Biology, 62: 1858-1868.
Nezhybová V, Reichard M, Blažek R, Ondračková M (2017). Metazoan parasites of African annual killifish (Nothobranchiidae): abundance, diversity, and their environmental correlates. Biotropica, 49: 229-238.
Phillips A, Reichard M, Smith C (2017). Sex differences in the responses to oviposition site cues by a fish revealed by tests with an artificial host. Animal Behaviour, 126: 187-194.
Polačik M, Smith C, Reichard M (2017). Maternal source of variability in the embryo development of an annual killifish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30: 738-749.
Reichard M, Janáč M, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M (2017). Community assembly in Nothobranchius annual fishes: nested patterns, environmental niche and biogeographic history. Ecology and Evolution, 7: 2294-2306.
Reichard M (2017). Evolutionary perspectives on ageing. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 70: 99-107.
Reichard M, Blažek R, Polačik M, Vrtílek M (2017). Hatching date variability in wild populations of four coexisting species of African annual fishes. Developmental Dynamics, 246: 827-837.
Rouchet R, Smith C, Liu H, Methling C, Douda K, Yu D, Tang Q, Reichard M (2017). Avoidance of host resistance in the oviposition-site preferences of rose bitterling. Evolutionary Ecology, 31: 769-783.
Smith P, Willemsen D, Popkes M, Metge F, Gandiwa E, Reichard M, Valenzano DR (2017). Regulation of life span by the gut microbiota in the short-lived African turquoise killifish. eLife, 6: e27014.
Vrtílek M, Polačik M, Reichard M (2017). The role of energetic reserves during embryonic development of an annual killifish. Developmental Dynamics, 246: 838-847.

2016

Cellerino A, Valenzano DR, Reichard M (2016). From the bush to the bench: the annual Nothobranchius fishes as a new model system in biology. Biological Reviews, 91: 511-533.
Lanés LEK, Godoy RS, Maltchik L, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2016). Seasonal dynamics in community structure, abundance, body size and sex ratio in two species of Neotropical annual fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 89: 2345-2364.
Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichard M (2016). Laboratory breeding of the short-lived annual killifish Nothobranchius furzeri. Nature Protocols, 11: 1396-1413.
Reichard M (2016). Evolutionary ecology of aging: time to reconcile field and laboratory research. Ecology and Evolution, 6: 2988-3000.
Řežucha R, Reichard M (2016). The association between personality traits, morphological traits and alternative mating behaviour in male Endler’s guppies, Poecilia wingei. Ethology, 122: 456-467.
Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2016). Patterns of morphological variation among populations of the widespread annual killifish Nothobranchius orthonotus are independent of genetic divergence and biogeography. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 54: 289-298.
Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2016). Female fecundity traits in wild populations of African annual fish: the role of the aridity gradient. Ecology and Evolution, 6: 5921-5931.

2015

Bartáková V, Reichard M, Blažek R, Polačik M, Bryja J (2015). Terrestrial fishes: rivers are barriers to gene flow in annual fishes from the African savanna. Journal of Biogeography, 42: 1832-1844.
Keppeler FW, Lanés LEK, Rolon AS, Stenert C, Lehmann P, Reichard M, Maltchik L (2015). The morphology–diet relationship and its role in the coexistence of two species of annual fishes. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 24: 77-90.
Popa OP, Bartáková V, Bryja J, Reichard M, Popa LO (2015). Characterization of nine microsatellite markers and development of multiplex PCRs for the Chinese huge musel Anodonta (Sinanodonta) woodiana Lea, 1834 (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 60: 234-237.
Reichard M, Cellerino A, Valenzano DR (2015). Turquoise killifish: quick guide. Current Biology, 25: R741-R742.
Reichard M, Douda K, Przybylski M, Popa OP, Karbanová E, Matasová K, Rylková K, Polačik M, Blažek R, Smith C (2015). Population-specific responses to an invasive species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 282: 167-174 20151063.
Řežucha R, Reichard M (2015). Strategic exploitation of fluctuating asymmetry in male Endler’s guppy courtship displays is modulated by social environment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28: 356-367.
Smith C, Philips A, Reichard M (2015). Cognitive ability is heritable and predicts the success of an alternative mating tactic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 282: 1809.
Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2015). Highly plastic resource allocation to growth and reproduction in females of an African annual fish. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 24: 616-628.

2014

Chang H, Li F, Shao K, Lin Y, Morosawa T, Kim S, Koo H, Kim W, Lee J, He S, Smith C, Reichard M, Miya M, Sado T, Uehara K, Lavoué S, Chen W, Mayden RL (2014). Phylogenetic relationships of Acheilognathidae (Cypriniformes: Cyprinoidea) as revealed from evidence of both nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequence variation: Evidence for necessary taxonomic revision in the family and the identification of cryptic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 81: 182-194.
Liao C, Yu D, Chen Y, Reichard M, Liu H (2014). Reproductive behaviour of female rosy bitterling Rhodeus ocellatus in response to a female-biased operational sex ratio. Behaviour, 151: 755-768.
Polačik M, Blažek R, Řežucha R, Vrtílek M, Terzibasi Tozzini E, Reichard M (2014). Alternative intrapopulation life-history strategies and their trade-offs in an African annual fish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27: 854-865.
Polačik M, Harrod C, Blažek R, Reichard M (2014). Trophic niche partitioning in communities of African annual fish: evidence from stable isotopes. Hydrobiologia, 721: 99-106.
Reichard M, Polačik M, Blažek R, Vrtílek M (2014). Female bias in the adult sex ratio of African annual fishes: interspecific differences, seasonal trends and environmental predictors. Evolutionary Ecology, 28: 1105-1120.
Reichenbacher B, Reichard M (2014). Otoliths of five extant species of the annual killifish Nothobranchius from the East African savannah. PLoS ONE, 9: e112459.
Řežucha R, Reichard M (2014). The effect of social environment on alternative mating tactics in male Endler’s guppy, Poecilia wingei. Animal Behaviour, 88: 195-202.
Smith C, Warren M, Rouchet R, Reichard M (2014). The function of multiple ejaculations in bitterling. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27: 1819-1829.
Smith C, Phillips A, Polačik M, Reichard M (2014). Male coloration signals direct benefits in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 97: 335-341.

2013

Bartáková V, Reichard M, Janko K, Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichwald K, Cellerino A, Bryja J (2013). Strong population genetic structuring in an annual fish, Nothobranchius furzeri, suggests multiple savannah refugia in southern Mozambique. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13: 196.
Blažek R, Polačik M, Reichard M (2013). Rapid growth, early maturation and short generation time in African annual fishes. EvoDevo, 4: 24.
Casalini M, Reichard M, Phillips A, Smith C (2013). Male choice of mates and mating resources in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Behavioral Ecology, 24: 1199-1204.
Ercan E, Gaygusuz Ö, Tarkan AS, Reichard M, Smith C (2013). The ecology of freshwater bivalves in the Lake Sapanca basin, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 37: 730-738.
Smith C, Reichard M (2013). A sperm competition model for the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus). Behaviour, 150: 1709-1730.
Spence R, Reichard M, Smith C (2013). Strategic sperm allocation and a Coolidge effect in an externally fertilizing species. Behavioral Ecology, 24: 82-88.
Terzibasi Tozzini E, Dorn A, Ng’oma E, Polačik M, Blažek R, Reichwald K, Petzold A, Watters BR, Reichard M, Cellerino A (2013). Parallel evolution of senescence in annual fishes in response to extrinsic mortality. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13: 77.

2012

Agbali M, Spence R, Reichard M, Smith C (2012). A comparison of the impact of direct and indirect benefits of mating decisions in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution, 58: 279-288.
Blažek R, Ondračková M, Vošlajerová Bímová B, Vetešník L, Petrášová I, Reichard M (2012). Fish diversity in the Niokolo Koba National Park, middle Gambia River basin, Senegal. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23: 263-2721210 .
Douda K, Vrtílek M, Slavík O, Reichard M (2012). The role of host specificity in explaining the invasion success of the freshwater mussel Anodonta woodiana in Europe. Biological Invasions, 14: 127-137.
Reichard M, Spence R, Bryjová A, Bryja J, Smith C (2012). Female rose bitterling prefer MHC-dissimilar males: experimental evidence. PLoS ONE, 7: e40780.
Reichard M, Vrtílek M, Douda K, Smith C (2012). An invasive species reverses the roles in a host–parasite relationship between bitterling fish and unionid mussels. Biology Letters, 8: 601-604.
Řežucha R, Smith C, Reichard M (2012). Personality traits, reproductive behaviour and alternative mating tactics in male European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus. Behaviour, 149: 531-553.
Vrtílek M, Reichard M (2012). An indirect effect of biological invasions: the effect of zebra mussel fouling on parasitisation of unionid mussels by bitterling fish. Hydrobiologia, 696: 205-214.
White SM, Ondračková M, Reichard M (2012). Hydrologic connectivity affects fish assemblage structure, diversity, and ecological traits in the unregulated Gambia River, West Africa. Biotropica, 44: 521-530.

2011

Dorn A, Ng'oma E, Janko K, Reichwald K, Polačik M, Platzer M, Cellerino A, Reichard M (2011). Phylogeny, genetic variability and colour polymorphism of an emerging animal model: the short-lived annual Nothobranchius fishes from southern Mozambique. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 61: 739-749.
Konečná M, Reichard M (2011). Seasonal dynamics in population characteristics of European bitterling Rhodeus amarus in a small lowland river. Journal of Fish Biology, 78: 227-239.
Mehner T, Freyhof J, Reichard M (2011). Summary and perspective on evolutionary ecology of fishes. Evolutionary Ecology, 25: 547-556.
Pateman-Jones C, Rasotto MB, Reichard M, Liao C, Liu H, Zieba G, Smith C (2011). Variation in male reproductive traits among three bitterling fishes (Acheilognathinae: Cyprinidae) in relation to the mating system. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 103: 622-632.
Polačik M, Donner MT, Reichard M (2011). Age structure of annual Nothobranchius fishes in Mozambique: is there a hatching synchrony?. Journal of Fish Biology, 78: 796-809.
Polačik M, Reichard M (2011). Asymmetric reproductive isolation between two sympatric annual killifish with extremely short lifespans. PLoS ONE, 6: e22684.
Reichard M, Bryja J, Polačik M, Smith C (2011). No evidence for host specialization or host-race formation in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), a fish that parasitizes freshwater mussels. Molecular Ecology, 20: 3631-3643.

2010

Agbali M, Reichard M, Bryjová A, Bryja J, Smith C (2010). Mate choice for nonadditive genetic benefits correlate with MHC dissimilarity in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Evolution, 64: 1683-1696.
Bryja J, Smith C, Konečný A, Reichard M (2010). Range-wide population genetic structure of the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) based on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis. Molecular Ecology, 19: 4708-4722.
Casalini M, Reichard M, Smith C (2010). The effect of crowding and density on male mating behaviour in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Behaviour, 147: 1035-1050.
Janáč M, Ondračková M, Jurajda P, Valová Z, Reichard M (2010). Flood duration determines the reproduction success of fish in artificial oxbows in a floodplain of a potamal river. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 19: 644-655.
Konečná M, Smith C, Reichard M (2010). Population and individual consequences of breeding resource availability in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64: 1069-1079.
Polačik M, Reichard M (2010). Diet overlap among three sympatric African annual killifish species (Nothobranchius spp.) from Mozambique. Journal of Fish Biology, 77: 754-768.
Reichard M, Watters BR, Wildekamp RH, Sonnenberg R, Nagy B, Polačik M, Valdesalici S, Cellerino A, Cooper BJ, Hengstler H, Rosenstock J, Sainthouse I (2010). Potential negative impacts and low effectiveness in the use of African annual killifish in the biocontrol of aquatic mosquito larvae in temporary water bodies. Parasites & Vectors, 3: 89.
Reichard M, Polačik M, Tarkan AS, Spence R, Gaygusuz Ö, Ercan E, Ondračková M, Smith C (2010). The bitterling–mussel coevolutionary relationship in areas of recent and ancient sympatry. Evolution, 64: 3047-3056.
Reichard M (2010). Nothobranchius kadleci (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 2332: 49-60.
Reichard M, Polačik M (2010). Reproductive isolating barriers between colour-differentiated populations of an African annual killifish, Nothobranchius korthausae (Cyprinodontiformes). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100: 62-72.

2009

Casalini M, Agbali M, Reichard M, Konečná M, Bryjová A, Smith C (2009). Male dominance, female mate choice and intersexual conflict in the rose bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus). Evolution, 63: 366-376.
Konečná M, Jurajda P, Reichard M (2009). River discharge drives recruitment success of the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus in a regulated river in central Europe. Journal of Fish Biology, 74: 1642-1650.
Polačik M, Reichard M (2009). Indirect fitness benefits are not related to male dominance in a killifish. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 63: 1427-1435.
Reichard M, Ondračková M, Bryjová A, Smith C, Bryja J (2009). Breeding resource distribution affects selection gradients on male phenotypic traits: experimental study on lifetime reproductive success in the bitterling fish (Rhodeus amarus). Evolution, 63: 377-390.
Reichard M, Polačik M, Sedláček O (2009). Distribution, colour polymorphism and habitat use of the African killifish, Nothobranchius furzeri, the vertebrate with the shortest life span. Journal of Fish Biology, 74: 198-212.
Smith C, Pateman-Jones C, Zieba G, Przybylski M, Reichard M (2009). Sperm depletion as a consequence of increased sperm competition risk in the European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus. Animal Behaviour, 77: 1227-1233.

2008

Jurajda P, Peňáz M, Reichard M, Bernardová I (2008). Water quality improvements following political changes, enhanced fish communities, and fisheries in the Czech Republic. American Fisheries Society Symposium, 12001.
Reichard M, Smith C, Bryja J (2008). Seasonal change in the opportunity for sexual selection. Molecular Ecology, 17: 642-651.
Reichard M (2008). Microhabitat use by fishes in the middle course of the River Gambia in the Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal: a unique example of an undisturbed West African assemblage. Journal of Fish Biology, 72: 1815-1824.
Zaki SAH, Jordan WC, Reichard M, Przybylski M, Smith C (2008). A morphological and genetic analysis of the European bitterling species complex. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 95: 337-347.

2007

Przybylski M, Reichard M, Spence R, Smith C (2007). Spatial distribution of oviposition sites determines variance in the reproductive rate of European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus). Behaviour, 144: 1403-1417.
Reichard M, Przybylski M, Kaniewska P, Liu H, Smith C (2007). A possible evolutionary lag in the relationship between freshwater mussels and European bitterling. Journal of Fish Biology, 70: 709-725.
Reichard M, Jurajda P (2007). Seasonal dynamics and age structure of drifting cyprinid fishes: an interspecific comparison. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 16: 482-492.
Reichard M, Liu H, Smith C (2007). The co-evolutionary relationship between bitterling fishes and freshwater mussels: insights from interspecific comparisons. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 9: 239-259.
Reichard M, Le Comber SC, Smith C (2007). Sneaking from a female perspective. Animal Behaviour, 74: 679-688.
Smith C, Zhu Y, Liu H, Reichard M (2007). Deceptive female oviposition behaviour elicits male ejaculation in the European bitterling. Journal of Fish Biology, 71: 1841-1846.

2006

Jurajda P, Reichard M, Smith C (2006). Immediate impact of an extensive summer flood on the adult fish assemblage of a channelized lowland river. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 21: 493-502.
Liu H, Zhu Y, Smith C, Reichard M (2006). Evidence of host specificity and congruence between phylogenies of bitterling and freshwater mussels. Zoological Studies, 45: 428-434.
Reichard M, Ondračková M, Przybylski M, Liu H, Smith C (2006). The costs and benefits in an unusual symbiosis: experimental evidence that bitterling fish (Rhodeus sericeus) are parasites of unionid mussels in Europe. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19: 788-796.
Smith C, Reichard M, Douglas A, Jurajda P (2006). Population consequences of behaviour in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Cyprinidae). Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 15: 139-145.
Spence R, Fatema MK, Reichard M, Huq KA, Wahab MA, Ahmed ZF, Smith C (2006). The distribution and habitat preferences of the zebrafish in Bangladesh. Journal of Fish Biology, 69: 1435-1448.

2005

Dávidová M, Ondračková M, Baruš V, Reichard M, Koubková B (2005). Nematode infections of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus Pallas, 1776: Cypriniformes). Helminthologia, 42: 45-48.
Reichard M, Bryja J, Ondračková M, Dávidová M, Kaniewska P, Smith C (2005). Sexual selection for male dominance reduces opportunities for female mate choice in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Molecular Ecology, 14: 1533-1542.
Smith C, Reichard M (2005). Females solicit sneakers to improve fertilization success in the bitterling fish (Rhodeus sericeus). Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 272: 1683-1688.

2004

Jurajda P, Ondračková M, Reichard M (2004). Managed flooding as a tool for supporting natural fish reproduction in man-made lentic waterbodies. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 11: 237-242.
Ondračková M, Reichard M, Jurajda P, Gelnar M (2004). Seasonal dynamics of Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Digenea, Diplostomatidae) metacercariae and parasite-enhanced growth of juvenile host fish. Parasitology Research, 93: 131-136.
Reichard M, Jurajda P, Smith C (2004). Spatial distribution of drifting cyprinid fishes in a shallow lowland river. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 159: 395-407.
Reichard M, Smith C, Jordan WC (2004). Genetic evidence reveals density-dependent mediated success of alternative mating behaviours in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Molecular Ecology, 13: 1569-1578.
Reichard M, Jurajda P, Smith C (2004). Male-male interference competition decreases spawning rate in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 56: 34-41.
Reichard M, Jurajda P (2004). The effects of elevated river discharge on the downstream drift of young-of-the-year cyprinid fishes. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 19: 465-471.
Smith C, Reichard M, Jurajda P, Przybylski M (2004). The reproductive ecology of the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Journal of Zoology, 262: 107-124.

2003

Smith C, Reichard M, Jurajda P (2003). Assessment of sperm competition by European bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 53: 206-213.

2002

Reichard M, Jurajda P, Ondračková M (2002). Interannual variability in seasonal dynamics and species composition of drifting young-of-the-year fishes in two European lowland rivers. Journal of Fish Biology, 60: 87-101.
Reichard M, Jurajda P, Ondračková M (2002). The effect of light intensity on the drift of young-of-the year cyprinid fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 61: 1063-1066.
Reichard M, Jurajda P, Šimková A, Matějusová I (2002). Size-related habitat use by bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus) in a regulated lowland river. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 11: 112-122.

2001

Bartošová Š, Jurajda P, Ondračková M, Reichard M (2001). Importance of lentic waterbodies as fish nurseries in the flood plain of the Dyje River, Czech Republic. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 1: 347-353.
Jurajda P, Reichard M, Hohausová E, Černý J (2001). Comparison of 0+ fish communities between regulated-channelized and floodplain stretches of the River Morava. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Suppl. 135: 187-202.
Reichard M, Jurajda P, Václavík R (2001). Drift of larval and juvenile fishes: a comparison between small and large lowland rivers. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Suppl. 135: 373-389.

1999

Reichard M, Jurajda P (1999). Patterns of ontogenetic changes in relative growth in the precocial cyprinid, bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus). Netherlands Journal of Zoology, 49: 111-124.