Research Interest
Speciation, molecular phylogenetics, phylogeography, systematics of vespertilionid bats, population genetics of bowhead whales, natural history and evolution of Texas vertebrates
Awards
2016 UHD Funded Faculty Leave Award
2015 UHD Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities Award
Publications
A.B. Baird, T.J. McCarthy, R.G. Trujillo, Y.Y. Kang, M. Esmaeiliyan, J. Valdez, N. Woodman, and J.W. Bickham. (In Press). Molecular systematics and biodiversity of the Cryptotis mexicanus group (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae): two new species from Honduras supported. Systematics and Biodiversity (Accepted).
A.B. Baird, J.K. Braun, M.A. Mares, J.C. Morales, J.C. Patton, C.Q. Tran, and J.W. Bickham. 2015. Molecular systematic revision of tree bats (Lasiurini): Doubling the native mammals of the Hawaiian Islands. Journal of Mammalogy 96: 1255-1274.
B. Wielstra, A.B. Baird, and J.W. Arntzen. 2013. A multimarker phylogeography of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) reveals cryptic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 67:167-175.
A.B. Baird, M.R. Marchan-Rivadeneira, S.G. Perez and R.J. Baker. 2012. Morphological analysis and description of two new species of Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Neotropics. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University 307: 1-25.
A.B. Baird. 2010. Genetic identification of cryptic species: An example in Rhogeessa. In: DeWoody, Bickham, Michler, Nichols, Rhodes, and Woeste (eds). Molecular Insights into Natural Resource Management and Conservation. Cambridge University Press. p.22-23.
A.B. Baird, G.B. Pauly, D.W. Hall and T.J. LaDuc. 2009. Records of the porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) from the eastern margins of the Edwards Plateau of Texas. The Texas Journal of Science 61: 65-67.
A.B. Baird, D.M. Hillis, J.C. Patton, and J.W. Bickham. 2009. Speciation by monobrachial centric fusions: A test of the model using nuclear DNA sequences from the bat genus Rhogeessa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 256-267.
A.B. Baird, D.M. Hillis, J.C. Patton, and J.W. Bickham. 2008. Evolutionary history of the genus Rhogeessa (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) as revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Journal of Mammalogy 89: 744-754.
A.B. Baird, J.K. Krejca, J.R. Reddell, C.E. Peden, M.J. Mahoney and D.M. Hillis. 2006. Phylogeographic structure and color pattern variation among populations of Plethodon albagula on the Edwards Plateau of Central Texas. Copeia 2006: 760-768.
A.B. Baird and R.K. Chesser. 2005. Chernobyl. In: Encyclopedia of Toxicology (Second Edition). Edited by Philip Wexler. Elsevier: Oxford.
J.K. Wickliffe, A.M. Bickham, B.E. Rodgers, R.K. Chesser, C.J. Phillips, S.P. Gaschak, J.A. Goryanaya, I. Chizhevsky, and R.J. Baker. 2003. Exposure to chronic, low-dose rate gamma-radiation at Chornobyl does not induce point mutations in Big Blue mice. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 42:11-18.
L.R. Shugart, C.W. Theodorakis, A.M. Bickham and J.W. Bickham. 2002. Genetic effects of contaminant exposure and potential impacts on animal populations. Handbook of Ecotoxicology: Second Edition, chapter 41.
R.J. Baker, A.M. Bickham, M. Bondarkov, S. Gaschak, C.W. Matson, B.E. Rodgers, J.K. Wickliffe, and R.K. Chesser. 2001. Consequences of Polluted Environments on Population Structure: The Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) at Chornobyl. Ecotoxicology 10: 211-216.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
J. W. Bickham, C. W. Matson, E. M. Oziolor, R. Suydam, J. C. George, and A. B. Baird. 2014. Genome size of the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). Submitted to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee, Document SC/65b/BRG04. Available from http://iwc.int/sc65bdocs
A. B. Baird, R. S. Suydam, J. C. George, and J. W. Bickham. 2014. Update on mtDNA and SNP database for bowhead whales. Submitted to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee, Document SC/65b/BRG13. Available from http://iwc.int/sc65bdocs
