Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles
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Wulfing, S., Kadba, A., Baker-Médard, M., & White, E. R. (2024). Assessing the need for temporary fishing closures to support sustainability for a small-scale octopus fishery. Fisheries Research, 276, 107045. pdf version
Baker-Médard, M. & E. Kroger (2023): Troubling the Waters: Gendered Dispossession, Violence, and Sea Cucumber Aquaculture in Madagascar, Society & Natural Resources, DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2023.2288674 pdf version
Baker-Médard, M., Rakotondrazafy, V., Randriamihaja, M. H., Ratsimbazafy, P., & Juarez-Serna, I. (2023). Gender equity and collaborative care in Madagascar’s locally managed marine areas: reflections on the launch of a fisherwomen’s network. Ecology and Society, 28(2). pdf version
White, E. R., Baker-Médard, M., Vakhitova, V., Farquhar, S., & Ramaharitra, T. T. (2022). Distant water industrial fishing in developing countries: A case study of Madagascar. Ocean & Coastal Management, 216, 105925. pdf version
Baker-Médard, M., Gantt, C., & White, E. R. (2021). Classed conservation: Socio-economic drivers of participation in marine resource management. Environmental Science & Policy, 124: 156-162. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.06.007 pdf version
Baker-Médard, M., & Sasser, J. (2020). Technological (Mis) conceptions: Examining birth control as conservation in coastal Madagascar. Geoforum, 108, 12-22. pdf version
Baker-Médard, M., & Faber, J. (2020). Fins and (Mis) fortunes: Managing shark populations for sustainability and food sovereignty. Marine Policy, 113, 103805. pdf version
Baker-Médard, M. (2020). Of Whales and Dugongs: Examining the rise of colonial conservation as development in Madagascar’s marine history. Environment and History. Fast Track. doi:10.3197/096734019X15755402985622 pdf version
Baker-Médard, M. (2019). Conservation in a Crisis: Marine Resource Management Authority and Legitimacy During Political Instability in Madagascar. Conservation and Society, 17(4), 331. pdf version
Baker-Médard, M., Allnutt, T. F., Baskett, M. L., Watson, R. A., Lagabrielle, E., & Kremen, C. (2019). Rethinking spatial costs and benefits of fisheries in marine conservation. Ocean & Coastal Management, 178, 104824. pdf version
Baker-Médard, M., & Ohl, K. (2019). Sea cucumber management strategies: Challenges and opportunities in a developing country context. Environmental Conservation, 1-11. doi:10.1017/S0376892919000183 pdf version
Diver, S., Vaughan, M., Baker-Médard, M., & Lukacs, H. (2019). Recognizing “reciprocal relations” to restore community access to land and water. International Journal of the Commons, 13(1), 400-429. pdf version
Baker-Médard, M. (2017). Gendering Marine Conservation: The Politics of Marine Protected Areas and Fisheries Access. Society & Natural Resources, 30(6), 723-737. pdf version ENGLISH // pdf version FRENCH
Baker-Médard, M. (2014). From mini development-machine to being human: research as social exchange. Journal of Research Practice, 10(2), Article-N1. pdf version
Baker-Médard, M., M.C. Baker, D.M. Logue (2013). Chorus song of the Indri (Indri indri: Primates, Lemuridae): group differences and analysis of within-group vocal interactions. International Journal of Comparative Psychology 26(3):241-255. pdf version
Baker-Médard, M. (2012). Conflicting treasures: contrasting resource use governance in two artisanal gemstone mining sites in Madagascar. Journal of Political Ecology. 19:221-237. pdf version
Allnutt, T., T. McClanahan, M. Baker-Médard, et al. (2012). Comparison of marine spatial planning methods in Madagascar demonstrates value of alternative approaches. PLOS ONE 7(2): e28969. pdf version
Baker, M., M.S.A. Baker (2006). Differing effects of isolation on evolution of bird songs: examples from an island-mainland comparison of three species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 331-342.
Baker, M, M.S.A. Baker (2003). Vocal ontogeny of nestling and fledgling black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapilla) in natural populations. Bioacoustics 13: 265-296.
Baker, M., M.S.A. Baker (2003). Rapid evolution of a novel song and an increase in repertoire size in an island population of an Australian songbird. Ibis 145: 465-471.
Baker, Myron, E.M. Baker, M.S.A. Baker (2001). Island and island-like effects on vocal repertoire of singing honeyeaters. Animal Behaviour 62:767-774.
Book Chapters & Reviews
Fortmann, L., M. Baker-Médard, A.B. Kelly. “Connections: The Next Decade of Rural Sociological Research on Natural Resources and the Environment.” In Rural America in a Globalizing World. Ransom, Jenson and Bailey (Eds.), Morgantown West Virginia: University of West Virginia Press. 2014. pdf version
Schwitzer, C., M. Baker-Médard, R. Dolch et al. “Factors Contributing to Lemur Population Decline on a National Scale, and Proposed Immediate and Longer-Term Mitigation Actions.” In Lemurs of Madagascar: A Strategy for Their Conservation 2013–2016. Schwitzer C., Mittermeier R., Davies N., et al. (Eds). Bristol, IUCN. 2013
Baker-Médard, M. (2017). Corridors of Power: The Politics of Environmental Aid to Madagascar. Global Environmental Politics, 17(3), 147-149 pdf version
Professional Reports
Baker-Médard, M., H. Rasoanandrasana, F. Saula. (2011). Socio-economic overview of the marine and coastal protected area Nosy Mitsio-Tsarabanjina. Wildlife Conservation Society. Antananarivo. 49 pp.
Baker-Médard, M., H. Rasoanandrasana, F. Saula. (2011). Socio-economic overview of the marine and coastal protected area Nosy Iranja-Ankazoberavina Baie des Russes. Wildlife Conservation Society. Antananarivo. 54 pp.
Tilghman, L., M. Baker-Médard, S. DeLeon. (2007) Artisanal sapphire mining in Madagascar: Environmental and social impacts.” In Gems and the Environment: Balancing Benefits and Costs. Ali (Ed.) Burlington: University of Vermont