Associate Professor
Andrew Baker
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science
Biography
Research theme: Biology and EnvironmentResearch discipline: Biological and Environmental Science
Research program: Ecosystems
Research area
- Mammal taxonomy, evolution, ecology and conservation
- Mammal taxonomy, ecology and genetics
- Discovery and conservation of threatened mammal species
- Carnivorous marsupials
- Australian mammals
- 2022-2025. 'Detection, ecology and conservation of the threatened Julia Creek Dunnart, Sminthopsis douglasi.' Industry Grant. CI. $1.1M
- 2021-2024. 'Taxonomy of the dasyurid genus, Planigale.' ABRS. Postdoctoral Scholarship. CI. $300K
- Discovery, taxonomy, ecology, evolution and conservation research of various marsupial mammal genera, including: Antechinus, Pseudantechinus, Planigale and Sminthopsis.
- The research centres on understanding the evolutionary and natural histories, best methods of detection and conservation priorities of threatened mammals in the face of anthropogenic pressures, including land-use modification, introduced species and climate change.
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Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science
Keywords
Mammal, Ecology, Evolution, Taxonomy, Conservation
Research field
Genetics, Ecology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Ph.D Evolutionary Biology (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
Member of Australian Mammal Society Committee Australian Mammal Society Genetics Society of Australia
Teaching
Teaching Discipline:
Bioscience
Teaching Areas:
- Environmental Science (EVB102 Ecosystems and the Environment)
- Biology (BVB214 Vertebrate Life)
Publications
- Gray, E., Baker, A. & Firn, J. (2017). Autecology of a new species of carnivorous marsupial, the endangered black-tailed dusky antechinus (Antechinus arktos), compared to a sympatric congener, the brown antechinus (Antechinus stuartii). Mammal Research, 62(1), 47–63. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/96510
- Gray, E., Burwell, C. & Baker, A. (2016). Benefits of being a generalist carnivore when threatened by climate change: the comparative dietary ecology of two sympatric semelparous marsupials, including a new endangered species (Antechinus arktos). Australian Journal of Zoology, 64(4), 249–261. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/222656
- Mason, E., Firn, J., Hines, H. & Baker, A. (2017). Breeding biology and growth in a new, threatened carnivorous marsupial. Mammal Research, 62(2), 179–187. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/103691
- Baker, A., (2015). Family Dasyuridae (Carnivorous Marsupials). Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 5: Monotremes and marsupials, 232–348. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/69786
- Baker, A., Mutton, T., Mason, E. & Gray, E. (2015). A taxonomic assessment of the Australian Dusky Antechinus Complex: a new species, the Tasman Peninsula Dusky Antechinus (Antechinus vandycki sp. nov.) and an elevation to species of the Mainland Dusky Antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii mimetes (Thomas). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 59, 75–126. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/86446
- Krosch, M., Cranston, P., Baker, A. & Vink, S. (2015). Molecular data extend Australian Cricotopus midge (Chironomidae) species diversity, and provide a phylogenetic hypothesis for biogeography and freshwater monitoring. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 175(3), 496–509. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/86447
- Mason, E., Burwell, C. & Baker, A. (2015). Prey of the silver-headed antechinus (Antechinus argentus), a new species of Australian dasyurid marsupial. Australian Mammalogy, 37(2), 164–169. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/94272
- Baker, A. & Van Dyck, S. (2015). Taxonomy and redescription of the Swamp Antechinus, Antechinus minimus (E. Geoffroy) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 59, 127–170. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/94271
- Benfer, D., Baker, A., Ball, T., Gynther, I., Janetzki, H. & Fuller, S. (2014). Conservation genetics of the water mouse, Xeromys myoides Thomas, 1889. Australian Journal of Zoology, 62(5), 382–392. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/79908
- Baker, A., Mutton, T., Hines, H. & Van Dyck, S. (2014). The Black-tailed Antechinus, Antechinus arktos sp. nov.: a new species of carnivorous marsupial from montane regions of the Tweed Volcano caldera, eastern Australia. Zootaxa, 3765(2), 101–133. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/69682
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