Editor-in-Chief for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(published by Springer, Heidelberg)
retired professor of Animal Ecology, University of Bonn
PRIMARY PUBLICATIONS
2024
Bakker, T. C. M., Hiermes, M., Müller, B., Martin, S., Rennison, D. J. & Rick, I. P. (2024). Adaptive variation in opsin expression of sticklebacks from different photic habitats. Hydrobiologia (published online, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05728-7). PDF
2021
Hiermes, M., Marder, M. B., Reher, S., Rick I. P., Vitt, S. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2021). Influence of lighting environment on social preferences in sticklebacks from two different photic habitats. II. shoaling and mate preferences of lab-bred fishes. Curr. Zool. 67: 309-319. PDF
Hiermes, M., Reher, S., Rick, I. P. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2021). Influence of lighting environment on social preferences in sticklebacks from two different photic habitats. I. mate preferences of wild-caught females. Curr. Zool. 67: 299-308. PDF
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Bakker, T. C. M. & Mundwiler, B. (2021). Nest-site selection in a fish species with paternal care. Hydrobiologia 848: 641-650. PDF
2020
Meuthen, D., Meuthen, I., Bakker, T. C. M. & Thünken, T. (2020). Anticipatory plastic response of the cellular immune system in the face of future injury: chronic high perceived predation risk induces lymphocytosis in a cichlid fish. Oecologia 194: 597-607. PDF
Vitt, S., Bakker, T. C. M. & Rick, I. P. (2020). Differential investment in pre- and postmating male sexual traits in response to prolonged exposure to ambient UV-B radiation in a fish. Sci. Total Environ. 712:136341.PDF
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2019
Meuthen, D., Baldauf, S. A., Bakker, T. C. M. & Thünken, T. (2019b). High perceived predation risk during development affects mutual mate choice in a cichlid fish. Anim. Behav. 158: 227-237. PDF
Meuthen, D., Bakker, T. C. M. & Thünken, T. (2019a). Predatory developmental environments shape loser behaviour in animal contests. Behaviour 156: 1519-1532. PDF
Hesse, S., Sandmann, S., Bakker, T. C. M. & Thünken, T. (2019). Impact of social rearing-environment on performance in a complex maze in females of a cichlid fish. Behav. Process. 167: 103915. PDF
Thünken, T., Baldauf, S. A., Bersau, N., Frommen, J. G. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2019). Parasite-induced colour alteration of intermediate hosts increases ingestion by suitable final host species. Behaviour 156: 1329-1348. PDF
Vitt, S., Mehlis-Rick, M., Bakker, T. C. M. & Rick, I. P. (2019). Enhanced ambient UVB radiation affects post-mating, but not pre-mating sexual traits in a fish. Oecologia 190: 355-366. PDF
Langen, K., Thünken, T., Klemm, J., Sandmann, S. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2019). Sperm size is negatively related to relative testis size in West African riverine cichlid fishes. Sci. Nat. 106: 30. PDF
Rystrom, T. L., Bakker, T. C. M. & Rick, I. P. (2019). Mate assessment behavior is correlated to learning ability in female threespine sticklebacks. Curr. Zool. 65: 295-304. PDF
Raveh, S., Langen, K., Bakker, T. C. M., Josephs, C. & Frommen J. G. (2019). Oddity, predation risk and social decisions in aquatic invertebrates. Ethology 125: 106-113. PDF
2018
Rystrom, T. L., Clement, V. F., Rick, I. P., Bakker, T. C. M. & Mehlis, M. (2018). Shoal sex composition and predation risk influence sub-adult threespine stickleback shoaling decisions. Behav. Process. 157: 495-501. PDF
Rahn, A. K., Vitt, S., Drolshagen, L., Scharsack, J. P., Rick, I. P. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2018). Parasitic infection of the eye lens affects shoaling preferences in three-spined stickleback. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 123: 377-387. PDF
Meuthen, D., Baldauf, S. A., Bakker, T. C. M. & Thünken, T. (2018) Neglected patterns of variation in phenotypic plasticity: Age- and sex-specific antipredator plasticity in a cichlid fish. Am. Nat. 191: 475-590. PDF
2017
Vitt, S., Zierul, J. E., Bakker, T. C. M. & Rick, I.P. (2017). Long-term UVB-exposure promotes predator-inspection behaviour in a fish. Biol. Lett. 13: 20170497. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M., Frommen, J. G. & Thünken, T. (2017). Adaptive parasitic manipulation as exemplified by acanthocephalans. Ethology 123: 779-784. PDF
Vitt, S., Rahn, A. K., Drolshagen, L., Bakker, T. C. M., Scharsack, J. P. & Rick, I. P. (2017). Enhanced ambient UVB light affects growth, body condition and the investment in innate and adaptive immunity in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Aquat. Ecol. 51: 499-509. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M., Giger, T., Frommen, J. G. & Largiadèr, C. R. (2017). Rapid molecular sexing of three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus L., based on large Y-chromosomal insertions. J. Appl. Genet. 58: 401-407. PDF
Langen, K., Bakker, T. C. M., Baldauf, S. A., Shrestha, J. & Thünken, T. (2017b). Effects of ageing and inbreeding on reproductive traits in a cichlid fish II: the female perspective. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 762-770. PDF
Langen, K., Bakker, T. C. M., Baldauf, S. A., Shrestha, J. & Thünken, T. (2017a). Effects of ageing and inbreeding on reproductive traits in a cichlid fish I: the male perspective. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 752-761. PDF
2016
Rahn, A. K., Eßer, E., Reher, S., Ihlow, F., MacColl, A. D. C. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2016). Distribution of common stickleback parasites on North Uist, Scotland, in relation to ecology and host traits. Zoology 119: 395-402. PDF
Rahn, A. K., Krassmann, J., Tsobanidis, K., MacColl, A. D. C. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2016). Strong neutral genetic differentiation in a host, but not in its parasite. Infect. Genet. Evol. 44: 261-271. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. (2016). No evidence of sex reversal by means of experimentally altered sex ratios in threespine stickleback. Evol. Ecol. Res. 17: 291–300. PDF
Meuthen, D., Baldauf, S. A., Bakker, T. C. M. & Thünken, T. (2016). Predator-induced neophobia in juvenile cichlids. Oecologia 181: 947-958. PDF
Hiermes, M., Rick, I. P., Mehlis, M. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2016). The dynamics of color signals in male threespine sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus. Curr. Zool. 62; 23-31. PDF
Thünken, T., Hesse, S., Bakker, T. C. M. & Baldauf, S. A. (2016). Benefits of kin shoaling in a cichlid fish: familiar and related juveniles show better growth. Behav. Ecol. 27: 419-425. PDF
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Meuthen, D., Baldauf, S. A., Bakker, T. C. M. & Thünken, T. (2016). Conspecific alarm cues affect interspecific aggression in cichlid fishes. Hydrobiologia 767: 37-49. PDF
Hesse, S., Bakker, T. C. M., Baldauf, S. A. & Thünken, T. (2016). Impact of social environment on inter- and intrasexual selection in a cichlid fish with mutual mate choice. Anim. Behav. 111: 85-92. PDF
2015
Hiermes, M., Bakker, T. C. M, Mehlis, M. & Rick, I. P. (2015). Context-dependent dynamic UV signaling in female three spine sticklebacks. Sci. Rep. 5: 17474. PDF
Hiermes, M., Vitt, S., Rick, I. P. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2015). Shoal choice and UV reflections in stickleback populations from different photic habitats. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 116: 761-772. PDF
Mehlis, M., Rick, I. P. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2015). Dynamic resource allocation between pre- and postcopulatory episodes of sexual selection determines competitive fertilization success. Proc. R. Soc. B 282: 20151279. PDF
Rahn, A. K., Hammer, D. A. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2015). Experimental infection with the directly transmitted parasite Gyrodactylus influences shoaling behaviour in sticklebacks. Anim. Behav. 107: 253-261. PDF
Mehlis, M., Thünken, T., Bakker, T. C. M. & Frommen, J. G. (2015). Quantification acuity in spontaneous shoaling decisions of three-spined sticklebacks. Anim. Cogn. 18: 1125-1131. PDF
Modarressie, R., Günther, C. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2015). UV deprivation influences social UV preference in juvenile sticklebacks. Anim. Behav. Cogn. 2: 186-199. PDF
Mehlis, M., Rahn, A. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2015). Sperm quality but not relatedness predicts sperm competition success in threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). BMC Evol. Biol. 15: 74. PDF
Hiermes, H., Mehlis, M., Rick, I. P. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2015). Habitat-dependent olfactory discrimination in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Anim. Cogn. 18: 839-846. PDF
2014
Mehlis, M. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2014). The influence of ambient water temperature on sperm performance and fertilization success in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Evol. Ecol. 28: 655-667. PDF
Rick, I. P., Mehlis, M., Eßer, E. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2014). The influence of ambient UV light on sperm quality and sexual ornamentation in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Oecologia 174: 393-402. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M., Hollmann M., Mehlis, M. & Zbinden, M. (2014). Functional variation of sperm morphology in sticklebacks. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 68: 617-627. PDF
Traniello, J. F. A. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2014). Editorial fairness: speed, accuracy and awareness benefit authors. Trends Ecol. Evol. 29: 68-69. PDF
Franke, F., Rahn, A. K., Dittmar, J., Erin, N., Rieger, J., Haase, D., Samonte-Padilla, I., Lange, J., Jakobsen, P. J., Hermida, M., Fernandez, C., Kurtz, J., Bakker, T. C. M., Reusch, T. B., Kalbe, M., Scharsack, J. P. (2014). In vitro leukocyte response of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) to helminth parasite antigens. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 36: 130-140. PDF
Thünken, T., Bakker, T. C. M. & Baldauf, S. A. (2014). “Armpit effect” in an African cichlid fish: self-referent kin recognition in mating decisions of male Pelvicachromis taeniatus. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 68: 99-104. PDF
2013
Mehlis, M., Hilke, L. K. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2013). Attractive males have faster sperm in three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus. Curr. Zool. 59: 761-768. PDF
Langen, K., Thünken, T. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2013). No experimental evidence for sneaking behaviour in a West African cichlid with extremely long sperm. Int. J. Evol. Biol. 2013: 714304. PDF
Baldauf, S. A., Engqvist, L., Ottenheym, T., Bakker, T. C. M. & Thünken, T. (2013). Sex-specific conditional mating preferences in a cichlid fish: implications for sexual conflict. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 67: 1179-1186. PDF
Mehlis, M. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2013). Male reproductive traits of full-sibs of different age classes in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). SpringerPlus 2: 175. PDF
Modarressie, R., Rick, I. P. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2013). Ultraviolet reflection enhances the risk of predation in a vertebrate. Curr. Zool. 59: 151-159. PDF
2012
Frommen, J. G., Bakker, T. C. M., Proscurcin, L. C. & Mehlis, M. (2012). Gravidity-associated shoaling decisions in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Ethology 118: 1149-1156. PDF
Hesse, S., Bakker, T. C. M., Baldauf, S. A. & Thünken, T. (2012). Kin recognition by phenotype matching is family- rather than self-referential in juvenile cichlid fish. Anim. Behav. 84: 451-457. PDF
Mehlis, M., Frommen, J. G., Rahn, A. K. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2012). Inbreeding in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.): effects on testis and sperm traits. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 107: 510-510. PDF
Thünken, T., Meuthen, D., Bakker, T. C. M. & Baldauf, S. A. (2012). Sex-specific trade-off between mating preferences for genetic compatibility and body size in a cichlid fish with mutual mate choice. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 279: 2959-2964. PDF
Rick, I. P., Bloemker, D. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2012). Spectral composition and visual foraging in the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteidae: Gasterosteus aculeatus L.): elucidating the role of ultraviolet wavelengths. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 105: 359-368. PDF
2011
Rick, I. P., Mehlis, M. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2011). Male red ornamentation is associated with female red sensitivity in sticklebacks. PLoS ONE 6: e25554. PDF
Langen, K., Schwarzer, J., Kullmann, H., Bakker, T. C. M. & Thünken, T. (2011). Microsatellite support for active inbreeding in a cichlid fish. PLoS ONE 6: e24689. PDF
Bourke, J. E., Barrientos, C, Ortiz, J. C., Busse, K., Böhme, W. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2011). Colour change in Darwin’s frogs (Rhinoderma darwinii, Duméril & Bibron, 1841). J. Nat. Hist. 45: 2661-2668. PDF
Bourke, J. E., Busse, K. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2011). Sex differences in polymorphic body coloration and dorsal patterns in Darwin’s frogs (Rhinoderma darwinii). Herpetol. J. 21: 227-234. PDF
Meuthen, D., Baldauf, S. A., Bakker, T. C. M. & Thünken, T. (2011). Substrate-treated water: a method to enhance cichlid activity in laboratory experiments. Aquat. Biol. 13: 35-40. PDF
Frommen, J. G., Herder, F., Engqvist, L., Mehlis, M., Bakker T. C. M., Schwarzer, J. & Thünken, T. (2011). Costly plastic morphological responses to predator odour cues in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) Evol. Ecol. 25: 641-656. PDF
Thünken, T., Baldauf, S. A., Kullmann, H., Schuld, J., Hesse, S. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2011). Size-related inbreeding preference and competitiveness in male Pelvicachromis taeniatus (Cichlidae). Behav. Ecol. 22: 358-362. PDF
Baldauf, S. A., Bakker, T. C. M., Kullmann, H. & Thünken, T. (2011). Female nuptial coloration and its adaptive significance in a mutual mate choice system. Behav. Ecol. 22: 478–485. PDF
2010
Baldauf, S. A., Bakker, T. C. M., Herder, F., Kullmann, H. & Thünken, T. (2010). Male mate choice scales female ornament allometry in a cichlid fish. BMC Evol. Biol. 10: 301. PDF
Thünken, T., Baldauf, S. A., Bersau, N., Bakker, T. C. M., Kullmann, H. & Frommen, J. G. (2010). Impact of olfactory non-host predator cues on aggregation behaviour and activity in Polymorphus minutus infected Gammarus pulex. Hydrobiologia 654: 137-145. PDF
Thünken, T., Meuthen, D., Bakker, T. C. M. & Kullmann, H. (2010). Parental investment in relation to offspring quality in the biparental cichlid fish, Pelvicachromis taeniatus. Anim. Behav. 80: 69-74. PDF
Mehlis, M., Bakker, T. C. M., Engqvist, L. & Frommen, J. G. (2010). To eat or not to eat: egg-based assessment of paternity triggers fine-tuned decisions about filial cannibalism. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 277: 2627-2635. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. (2010). Retro- and perspective: Determinants of dominance. In: Tinbergen’s Legacy in Behaviour: Sixty Years of Landmark Stickleback Papers (F. A. von Hippel, ed.), pp. 117-132. Brill, Leiden. PDF
Rick, I. P. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2010). Ultraviolet light influences habitat preferences in a fish under predation risk. Evol. Ecol. 24: 25-37. PDF
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2009
Frommen, J. G., Mehlis, M. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2009). Predator inspection behaviour in female three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus is associated with status of gravidity. J. Fish Biol. 75: 2143-2153. PDF
Mehlis, M., Bakker, T. C. M., Langen, K. & Frommen, J. G. (2009). Cain and Abel reloaded? Kin recognition and male-male aggression in three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus L. J. Fish Biol. 75: 2154-2162. PDF
Baldauf, S. A., Kullmann, H., Thünken, T., Winter, S. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2009). Computer animation as a tool to study preferences in the cichlid fish Pelvicachromis taeniatus. J. Fish Biol. 75: 738-746. PDF
Thünken, T., Waltschyk, N., Bakker, T. C. M. & Kullmann, H. (2009). Olfactory self-recognition in a cichlid fish. Anim. Cogn. 12: 717-724. PDF
Baldauf, S. A., Kullmann, H., Schroth, S. H., Thünken, T., Bakker, T. C. M. (2009). You can't always get what you want: size assortative mating by mutual mate choice as a resolution of sexual conflict. BMC Evol. Biol. 9: 129. PDF
Frommen, J. G., Hiermes, M. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2009). Disentangling the effects of group size and density on shoaling decisions of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 63: 1141-1148. PDF
Frommen, J. G., Rahn, A. K., Schroth, S. H., Waltschyk, N. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2009). Mate-choice copying when both sexes face high costs of reproduction. Evol. Ecol. 23: 435-446. PDF
Mehlis, M., Bakker, T. C. M. & Frommen, J. G. (2009). Nutritional benefits of filial cannibalism in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Naturwissenschaften 96: 399-403. PDF
2008
Kullmann, H., Thünken, T., Baldauf, S. A., Bakker, T. C. M. & Frommen, J. G. (2008). Fish odour triggers conspecific attraction behaviour in an aquatic invertebrate. Biol. Lett. 4: 458-460. PDF
Rick, I. P. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2008). Color signalling in conspicuous red sticklebacks: do ultraviolet signals surpass others? BMC Evol. Biol. 2008, 8: 189. PDF
Mehlis, M., Bakker, T. C. M. & Frommen, J. G. (2008). Smells like sib spirit: kin recognition in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is mediated by olfactory cues. Anim. Cogn. 11: 643-650. PDF
Baldauf , S. A., Kullmann, H. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2008). Technical restrictions of computer-manipulated visual stimuli and display units for studying animal behaviour. Ethology 114: 737-751. PDF
Rick, I. P. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2008). Males do not see only red: UV wavelengths and male territorial aggression in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Naturwissenschaften 95: 631-638. PDF
Frommen, J. G., Luz, C., Mazzi, D. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2008). Inbreeding depression affects fertilization success and survival but not breeding coloration in threespine sticklebacks. Behaviour 145: 425-441. PDF
Rick, I. P. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2008). UV wavelengths make female three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) more attractive for males. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62: 439-445. PDF
2007
Modarressie, R. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2007). A limited role for ultraviolet radiation when threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) prey upon Daphnia. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 64: 1573-1580. PDF
Frommen, J. G., Luz, C. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2007). Nutritional state influences shoaling preference for familiars. Zoology 110: 369-376. PDF
Thünken, T., Bakker, T. C. M., Baldauf, S. A. & Kullmann, H. (2007). Direct familiarity does not alter mating preferences for sisters in male Pelvicachromis taeniatus (Cichlidae). Ethology 113: 1107-1112. PDF
Thünken, T., Bakker, T. C. M. & Kullmann, H. (2007). Extraordinarily long sperm in the socially monogamous cichlid fish Pelvicachromis taeniatus. Naturwissenschaften 94: 489-491. PDF
Frommen, J. G., Brendler, C. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2007). The tale of the bad stepfather: male three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) recognize foreign eggs in their manipulated nest by egg cues alone. J. Fish Biol. 70: 1295-1301. PDF
Frommen, J. G., Luz, C. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2007). Kin discrimination in sticklebacks is mediated by social learning rather than innate recognition. Ethology 113: 276-282. PDF
Frommen, J. G., Mehlis, M., Brendler, C. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2007). Shoaling decisions in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) - familiarity, kinship and inbreeding. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 61: 533-539. PDF
Thünken, T., Bakker, T. C. M., Baldauf, S. A. & Kullmann, H. (2007). Active inbreeding in a cichlid fish and its adaptive significance. Curr. Biol. 17: 225-229. PDF
Baldauf, S. A., Thünken, T., Frommen, J. G., Bakker, T. C. M., Heupel, O. & Kullmann, H. (2007). Infection with an acanthocephalan manipulates an amphipod’s reaction to a fish predator's odours. Int. J. Parasitol. 37: 61-65. PDF
2006
Modarressie, R. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2006). No evidence for UV-based nest-site selection in sticklebacks. Front. Zool. 2006, 3: 17. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M., Mazzi, D. & Kraak, S. B. M. (2006). Broods of attractive stickleback males require greater paternal care. J. Fish Biol. 69: 1164-1177. PDF
Frommen, J. G. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2006). Inbreeding avoidance through non-random mating in sticklebacks. Biol. Lett. 2: 232-235. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M., Zbinden, M., Frommen, J. G., Weiss, A. & Largiadèr, C. R. (2006). Slow fertilization of stickleback eggs: the result of sexual conflict? BMC Ecol. 6: 7. PDF
Modarressie, R., Rick, I. P. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2006). UV matters in shoaling decisions. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 273: 849-854. PDF
Rick, I. P., Modarressie, R. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2006). UV wavelengths affect female mate choice in three-spined sticklebacks. Anim. Behav. 71: 307-313. PDF
2004
Rick, I. P., Modarressie, R. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2004). Male three-spined sticklebacks reflect in ultraviolet light. Behaviour 141: 1531-1541. PDF
Frommen, J. G. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2004). Adult three-spined sticklebacks prefer to shoal with familiar kin. Behaviour 141: 1401-1409. PDF
Zbinden, M., Largiadèr, C. R. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2004). Body size of virtual rivals affects ejaculate size in sticklebacks. Behav. Ecol. 15: 137-140. PDF
Mazzi, D., Künzler, R., Largiadèr, C. R. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2004). Inbreeding affects female preference for symmetry in computer-animated sticklebacks. Behav. Genet. 34: 417-424. PDF
2003
Zbinden, M., Mazzi, D., Künzler, R., Largiadèr, C. R. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2003). Courting virtual rivals increase ejaculate size in sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 54: 205-209. PDF
Mazzi, D., Künzler, R., & Bakker, T. C. M. (2003). Female preference for symmetry in computer-animated three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 54: 156-161. PDF
Mazzi, D. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2003). A predator’s dilemma: prey choice and parasite susceptibility in three-spined sticklebacks. Parasitology 126: 339-347. PDF
2002
Mazzi, D., Largiadèr, C. R. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2002). Inbreeding and developmental stability in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.). Heredity 89: 293-299. PDF
Heckel, G., Zbinden, M., Mazzi, D., Kohler, A., Reckeweg, G., Bakker, T. C. M. & Largiadèr, C. R. (2002). Microsatellite markers for the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) and their applicability in a freshwater and an anadromous population. Conserv. Genet. 3: 79-81. PDF
2001
Zbinden, M., Largiadèr, C. R. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2001). Sperm allocation in the three-spined stickleback. J. Fish Biol. 59: 1287-1297. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. & Zbinden, M. (2001). Counting on immunity. Nature 114: 262-263. PDF
Milinski, M., Semmann, D., Bakker, T. C. M. & Krambeck, H.-J. (2001). Cooperation through indirect reciprocity: image scoring or standing strategy? Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 268: 2495-2501. PDF
Mazzi, D. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2001). Acid stress increases pelvic spine asymmetry in juvenile three-spined sticklebacks. J. Fish Biol. 59: 582-592. PDF
Künzler, R. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2001). Female preferences for single and combined traits in computer animated stickleback males. Behav. Ecol. 12: 681-685. PDF
Largiadèr, C. R., Fries, V. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2001). Genetic analysis of sneaking and egg-thievery in a natural population of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.). Heredity 86: 459-468. PDF
2000
Kraak, S. B. M., Bakker, T. C. M. & Hocevar, S. (2000). Stickleback males, especially large and red ones, prefer to build their nest concealed in macrophytes. Behaviour 137: 907-919. PDF
Künzler, R. & Bakker, T. C. M. (2000). Pectoral fins and paternal quality in sticklebacks. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 267: 999-1004. PDF
1981-1999
Kraak, S. B. M., Bakker, T. C. M. & Mundwiler, B. (1999). Sexual selection in sticklebacks in the field: correlates of reproductive, mating and paternal success. Behav. Ecol. 10: 696-706. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. (1999). The study of intersexual selection using Quantitative Genetics. Behaviour 136: 1237-1266. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M., Künzler, R. & Mazzi, D. (1999). Condition-related mate choice in sticklebacks. Nature 401:234. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. & Mundwiler, B. (1999). Pectoral fin size in a fish species with paternal care: a condition-dependent sexual trait revealing infection status. Freshw. Biol. 41: 543-551. PDF
Kraak, S. B. M., Bakker, T. C. M. & Mundwiler, B. (1999). Correlates of the duration of the egg collecting phase in the three-spined stickleback. J. Fish Biol. 54: 1038-1049. PDF
Largiadèr, C. R., Fries, V., Kobler, B. & Bakker, T. C. M. (1999). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.). Mol. Ecol. 8: 342-344. PDF
Künzler, R. & Bakker, T. C. M. (1998). Computer animations as a tool in the study of mating preferences. Behaviour 135: 1137-1159. PDF
Kraak, S. B. M. & Bakker, T. C. M. (1998). Mutual mate choice in sticklebacks: attractive males choose big females, which lay big eggs. Anim. Behav. 56: 859-866. PDF
Kraak, S. B. M., Bakker, T. C. M. & Mundwiler, B. (1997). How to quantify embryo survival in nest-building fishes, exemplified with three-spined sticklebacks. J. Fish Biol. 51: 1262-1264. PDF
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Bakker, T. C. M., Mazzi, D. & Zala, S. (1997). Parasite-induced changes in behavior and color make Gammarus pulex more prone to fish predation. Ecology 78: 1098-1104. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. & Rowland, W. J. (1995). Male mating preference in sticklebacks: effects of repeated testing and own attractiveness. Behaviour 132: 935-949. PDF
Banbura, J. & Bakker, T. C. M. (1995). Lateral plate morph genetics revisited: evidence for a fourth morph in three-spined sticklebacks. Behaviour 132: 1153-1171. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. & Pomiankowski, A. (1995). The genetic basis of female mate preferences. J. Evol. Biol. 8: 129-171. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. (1994) Evolution of aggressive behaviour in the threespine stickleback. In: The Evolutionary Biology of the Threespine Stickleback (M. A. Bell & S. A. Foster, eds.), pp. 345-380. Oxford University Press, Oxford. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. (1994). Genetic correlations and the control of behavior, exemplified by aggressiveness in sticklebacks. Adv. Stud. Behav. 23: 135-171. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. & Mundwiler, B. (1994). Female mate choice and male red coloration in a natural stickleback population. Behav. Ecol. 5: 74-80. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. & Milinski, M. (1993). The advantages of being red: sexual selection in the stickleback. In: Behavioural Ecology of Fishes (F. A. Huntingford & P. Torricelli, eds), pp. 287-300. Harwood Academic Publishers, Chur, Switzerland. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. & Milinski, M. (1993). The advantages of being red: sexual selection in the stickleback. Mar. Behav. Physiol. 23: 287-300. PDF
Goldschmidt, T., Bakker, T. C. M. & Feuth-de Bruijn, E. (1993). Selective copying in mate choice of female sticklebacks. Anim. Behav. 45: 541-547. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. (1993). Positive genetic correlation between female preference and preferred male ornament in sticklebacks. Nature 363: 255-257. PDF
Milinski, M. & Bakker, T. C. M. (1992). Costs influence sequential mate choice in sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 250: 229-233. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. & Milinski, M. (1991). Sequential female choice and the previous male effect in sticklebacks. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 29: 205-210. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. (1990). Genetic variation in female mating preference. Neth. J. Zool. 40: 617-642. PDF
Goldschmidt, T. & Bakker, T. C. M. (1990). Determinants of reproductive success of male sticklebacks in the field and in the laboratory. Neth. J. Zool. 40: 664-687. PDF
Milinski, M. & Bakker, T. C. M. (1990). Female sticklebacks use male coloration in mate choice and hence avoid parasitized males. Nature 344: 330-333. PDF This is my best cited paper. For backgrounds, see Sridhar H. (2018). Revisiting Milinski and Bakker 1990.
Bakker, T. C. M., Feuth-de Bruijn, E. & Sevenster, P. (1989). Asymmetrical effects of prior winning and losing on dominance in sticklebacks. Ethology 82: 224-229. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. & Sevenster, P. (1989). Changes in the sexual tendency accompanying selection for aggressiveness in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.). J. Fish Biol. 34: 233-243. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. & Sevenster, P. (1988). Plate morphs of Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus (Pisces: Gasterosteidae): comments on terminology. Copeia 1988: 659-663. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M., Feuth-de Bruijn, E. & Sevenster, P. (1988). Albinism in the threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Copeia 1988: 236-238. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. & Feuth-de Bruijn, E. (1988). Juvenile territoriality in stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus L. Anim. Behav. 36: 1556-1558. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. (1986). Aggressiveness in sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.): a behaviour-genetic study. Behaviour 98: 1-144. PDF
Bakker, T. C. M. (1985). Two-way selection for aggression in juvenile, female and male three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.), with some notes on hormonal factors. Behaviour 93: 69-81. PDF
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Bakker, T. C. M. & Sevenster, P. (1983). Determinants of dominance in male sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.). Behaviour 86: 55-71. PDF
van Oortmerssen, G. A. & Bakker, T. C. M. (1981). Artificial selection for short and long attack latencies in wild Mus musculus domesticus. Behav. Genet. 11: 115-126. PDF
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