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Theo C. M. Bakker

Theo C. M. Bakker

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
8951
World Ranking
3869
National Ranking
215

Overview

Theo C. M. Bakker is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and contributes research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Environmental Science. Their work spans across various subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research topics cover several areas such as Fusion materials and technologies, Nuclear Materials and Properties, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, High Temperature Alloys and Creep, and Nuclear reactor physics and engineering.

Frequent publication venues for Bakker's work include Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Hydrobiologia, Metals, and Current Zoology.

Their recent publications include:

  • Influence of Ni-Mn contents on the embrittlement of PWR RPV model steels irradiated to high fluences relevant for LTO beyond 60 years, 2021, Journal of Nuclear Materials
  • Mechanical properties and microstructure of VVER 440 RPV steels irradiated to extremely high fluences and the effect of recovery annealing, 2021, Journal of Nuclear Materials
  • 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, 2020, Oecologia
  • Nest-site selection in a fish species with paternal care, 2020, Hydrobiologia
  • Effectiveness of Thermal Annealing in Recovery of Tensile Properties of Compositionally Tailored PWR Model Steels Irradiated in LYRA-10, 2022, Metals

Collaborations play a significant role in Bakker's research output. Frequent co-authors include M. Kolluri, James F. A. Traniello, E. D'Agata, Meike Hiermes, and Ingolf P. Rick.

Best Publications

  • Female sticklebacks use male coloration in mate choice and hence avoid parasitized males

    Manfred Milinski;Theo C. M. Bakker

  • Cooperation through indirect reciprocity: image scoring or standing strategy?

    Manfred Milinski;Dirk Semmann;Theo C. M. Bakker;Hans-Jürgen Krambeck

  • Positive genetic correlation between female preference and preferred male ornament in sticklebacks

    Theo C. M. Bakker

  • Costs influence sequential mate choice in sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus

    Manfred Milinski;Theo C. M. Bakker

  • Sequential female choice and the previous male effect in sticklebacks

    Theo C. M. Bakker;Manfred Milinski

  • The genetic basis of female mate preferences

    Theo C. M. Bakker;Andrew Pomiankowski

  • Aggressiveness in Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus Aculeatus L.): a Behaviour-Genetic Study

    Theo C.M. Bakker

  • PARASITE‐INDUCED CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR AND COLOR MAKE GAMMARUS PULEX MORE PRONE TO FISH PREDATION

    Theo C. M. Bakker;Dominique Mazzi;Sarah Zala

  • Mutual mate choice in sticklebacks: attractive males choose big females, which lay big eggs

    Sarah B.M Kraak;Theo C.M Bakker

  • Female mate choice and male red coloration in a natural three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) population

    Theo C. M. Bakker;Beat Mundwiler

  • Condition-related mate choice in sticklebacks

    Theo C. M. Bakker;Theo C. M. Bakker;Reto Künzler;Dominique Mazzi

  • Active Inbreeding in a Cichlid Fish and Its Adaptive Significance

    Timo Thünken;Theo C.M. Bakker;Sebastian A. Baldauf;Harald Kullmann

  • Female preferences for single and combined traits in computer animated stickleback males

    Reto Künzler;Theo C. M. Bakker

  • Sexual selection in sticklebacks in the field: correlates of reproductive, mating, and paternal success

    Sarah B. M. Kraak;Theo C. M. Bakker;Beat Mundwiler

  • Selective copying in mate choice of female sticklebacks

    Tijs Goldschmidt;Theo C.M. Bakker;Enja Feuth-de Bruijn

  • Smells like sib spirit: kin recognition in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is mediated by olfactory cues

    Marion Mehlis;Theo C. M. Bakker;Joachim G. Frommen

  • The advantages of being red: Sexual selection in the stickleback

    T. C. M. Bakker;M. Milinski

  • UV wavelengths affect female mate choice in three-spined sticklebacks

    Ingolf P. Rick;Ricarda Modarressie;Theo C.M. Bakker

  • Infection with an acanthocephalan manipulates an amphipod's reaction to a fish predator's odours

    Sebastian A. Baldauf;Timo Thünken;Joachim G. Frommen;Theo C.M. Bakker

  • To eat or not to eat: egg-based assessment of paternity triggers fine-tuned decisions about filial cannibalism

    Marion Mehlis;Theo C. M. Bakker;Leif Engqvist;Joachim G. Frommen;Joachim G. Frommen

  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology at 40

    Theo C. M. Bakker;James F. A. Traniello

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim G. Frommen
Joachim G. Frommen University of Bern
James F. A. Traniello
James F. A. Traniello Boston University
Manfred Milinski
Manfred Milinski Max Planck Society
Andrew D. C. MacColl
Andrew D. C. MacColl University of Nottingham
Gerald Heckel
Gerald Heckel University of Bern
Martin Kalbe
Martin Kalbe Max Planck Society
Thorsten B.H. Reusch
Thorsten B.H. Reusch GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Andrew Pomiankowski
Andrew Pomiankowski University College London
Joachim Kurtz
Joachim Kurtz University of Münster
Thomas Lubjuhn
Thomas Lubjuhn University of Cologne

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