John A. Baker* (1947 - 2021-06-04) person
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3713-8068Freshwater fish ecologist and stickleback evolutionary biologist at Clark University. Donated extensive collection of Sticklebacks to MCZ. Married to Biologist Susan A. Foster. See: Ross, S. T., Heins, D. C., & Wund, M. A. (2021). In memoriam remembering John A. Baker (1947 –2021). Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 30, 551–553. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12623
Names for this agent
- John A. Baker
- John A. Baker (preferred)
- Baker, J. A. (author)
- J. A. Baker (second author)
- husband of Susan A. Foster
- Jignasha D. Rana student of John A. Baker [Undergrad and Master's Thesis]
- Susan A. Foster wife of John A. Baker
- Ich (465 records) in years 1991-2003
Collecting Event Map
- Osteichthyes: Gasterosteidae (465 records) in years 1991-2003
- Not a preparator of any material in MCZbase
- 1421 identifications for 1421 Ichthyology cataloged items
- None
- Baker, J. A., J. E. Dewey, and S. A. Foster. 2010. Variation in Reproductive Traits of Female Fourspine Stickleback (Apeltes quadracus) in Nova Scotia, Canada. BioOne Complete 2010(3):437–442. doi: /doi.org/10.1643/CE-07-229.
- Wund, M. A., S. Valena, S. Wood, and J. A. Baker. 2012. Ancestral plasticity and allometry in threespine stickleback reveal phenotypes associated with derived, freshwater ecotypes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105(3):573–583. doi: /10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01815.x.
- Heins, D. C. and J. A. Baker. 2003. REDUCTION OF EGG SIZE IN NATURAL POPULATIONS OF THREESPINE STICKLEBACK INFECTED WITH A CESTODE MACROPARASITE. Parasitology 89(1):1–6. doi: /doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0001:ROESIN]2.0.CO;2.
- Cresko, W. A. and J. A. Baker. 1996. Two morphotypes of lacustrine threespine stickleback,Gasterosteus aculeatus, in Benka Lake, Alaska. Environmental Biology of Fishes 45(1996):343–350. doi: /doi.org/10.1007/BF00002526.
- McGhee, K. E., R. T. Paitz, J. A. Baker, S. A. Foster, A. M. Bell. 2020. Effects of predation risk on egg steroid profiles across multiple populations of threespine stickleback. Scientific Reports 10(5239):1–14. doi: /doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61412-5.
- Foster, S. A., S. O'Neil, R. W. King, and J. A. Baker. 2019. Replicated evolutionary inhibition of a complex ancestral behaviour in an adaptive radiation. Biology Letters 15(1):1–8. doi: /doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0647.
- Heins, D. C., J. A. Baker, M. A. Toups, and E. L. Birden. 2010. Evolutionary significance of fecundity reduction in threespine stickleback infected by the diphyllobothriidean cestode Schistocephalus solidus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100(4):835–846. doi: /doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01486.x.
- Heins, D. C., J. A. Baker, and D. M. Green. 2011. Processes Influencing the Duration and Decline of Epizootics in Schistocephalus solidus. BioOne Complete 97(3):371–376. doi: /doi.org/10.1645/GE-2699.1.
- Baker, J. A., D. C. Heins, R. W. King, and S. A. Foster. 2011. Rapid shifts in multiple life history traits in a population of threespine stickleback. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24(4):863–870. doi: /doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02217.x.
- Foster, S. A. and J. A. Baker. 2019. Loss and re-emergence of plastic ancestral behavioural traits: influences on phenotypic and evolutionary pattern. ScienceDirect 155(2019):271–277. doi: /doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.06.013.
- Baker, J. A., W. A. Cresko, S. A. Foster, and D. C. Heins. 2005. Life-history differentiation of benthic and limnetic ecotypes in a polytypic population of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Evolutionary Ecology 7(2005):121–131.
- Baker, J. A., S. A. Foster, and M. A. Bell. 1995. Armor morphology and reproductive output in threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Environmental Biology of Fishes 44(1995):225–233. doi: /doi.org/10.1007/BF00005918.
- Baker, J. A. and S. A. Foster. 2002. Phenotypic plasticity for life history traits in a stream population of the threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus L. Ecology 11(1):20–29. doi: /doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0633.2002.110104.x.
- Wund, M. A., J. A. Baker, B. Clancy, J. L. Golub, S. A. Foster. 2008. A Test of the “Flexible Stem” Model of Evolution: Ancestral Plasticity, Genetic Accommodation, and Morphological Divergence in the Threespine Stickleback Radiation. American Naturalist 172(4):1–5. doi: /doi/full/10.1086/590966.
- Wund, M. A., J. A. Baker, J. L. Golub, and S. A. Foster. 2015. The evolution of antipredator behaviour following relaxed and reversed selection in Alaskan threespine stickleback fish. ScienceDirect 106:181–189. doi: /doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.05.009.
- Foster, S. A., M. A. Wund, and J. A. Baker. 2015. Evolutionary Influences of Plastic Behavioral Responses Upon Environmental Challenges in an Adaptive Radiation. Integrative and Comparative Biology 55(3):406–417. doi: /doi.org/10.1093/icb/icv083.
- Baker, J. A., S. A. Foster, D. C. Heins, M. A. Bell, R. W. King. 2008. Variation in female life-history traits among Alaskan populations of the threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus L. (Pisces: Gasterosteidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 63(1):141–159. doi: /doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1998.tb01643.x.
- Foster, S. A. and J. A. Baker. 1995. Evolutionary interplay between ecology, morphology and reproductive behavior in threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Environmental Biology of Fishes 44(1995):213–223.
- Baker, J. A., K. Robert, K. Shaw, and S. A. Foster. 2008. Benthic, limnetic and oceanic threespine stickleback: profiles of reproductive behaviour. Behaviour 145(4-5):485–508. doi: /10.1163/156853908792451421.
- Heins, D. C., S. S. Singer, and J. A. Baker. 1999. Virulence of the cestode Schistocephalus solidus and reproduction in infected threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77(12):1967–1974. doi: /doi.org/10.1139/z99-180.
- Karve, A. D., J. A. Baker, and F. A. von Hippel. 2013. Female life-history traits of a species pair of threespine stickleback in Mud Lake, Alaska. Evolutionary Ecology 15(2013):171–187.
- Foster, S. A., J. A. Baker, and M. A. Bell. 2011. The Case for Conserving Threespine Stickleback Populations. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 28(5):10–18. doi: /doi.org/10.1577/1548-8446(2003)28[10:TCFCTS]2.0.CO;2.
- Messler, A., M. A. Wund, J. A. Baker, and S. A. Foster. 2007. The Effects of Relaxed and Reversed Selection by Predators on the Antipredator Behavior of the Threespine Stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Ethology: International Journal of Behavioural Biology 113(10):953–963. doi: /10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01416.x.
- Foster, S. A., M. A. Wund, and J. A. Baker. 2015. Evolutionary Influences of Plastic Behavioral Responses Upon Environmental Challenges in an Adaptive Radiation . Integrative and Comparative Biology 55(3):406–417. doi: /10.1093/icb/icv083.
- Heins, D. C., R. W. King, J. A. Baker, and S. A. Foster. 2008. An overview of life-history variation in female threespine stickleback. Behaviour 145(4-5):579–602. doi: /10.1163/156853908792451539.
- Baker, J. A., M. A. Wund, R. Y. Chock, L. Ackein, R. Elsemore, S. A. Foster. 2010. Predation history and vulnerability: Conservation of the stickleback adaptive radiation. ScienceDirect 143(5):1184–1192. doi: /doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2010.02.026.