Zoology

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Dr. Jim Barnett

Dr. Jim Barnett

Assistant Professor, Zoology

https://www.behaviouralecologylab.com/

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Barnett JB, Ford J, Guerra-Grenier E, Jreidini N, Benbahtane J, & Green DM., Ontogenetic change in the effectiveness of camouflage: growth versus pattern matching in Fowler's toad, Animal Behaviour, 198, 2023, p33-46Journal Article, 2023
  • Barnett JB, Yeager J, McEwen BL, Kinley I, Anderson HM, Guevara J., Size-dependent colouration balances conspicuous aposematism and camouflage, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 36, 2023, p1010 - 1019Journal Article, 2023, DOI
  • Yeager, J., Barnett, J.B., Continuous Variation in an Aposematic Pattern Affects Background Contrast, but Is Not Associated With Differences in Microhabitat Use, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Anderson, H.M., Fisher, D.N., McEwen, B.L., Yeager, J., Pruitt, J.N., Barnett, J.B., Episodic correlations in behavioural lateralization differ between a poison frog and its mimic, Animal Behaviour, 174, 2021, p207-215Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • James B Barnett, Brandon J Varela, Ben J Jennings, David Lesbarrères, Jonathan N Pruitt, David M Green, Habitat disturbance alters color contrast and the detectability of cryptic and aposematic frogs, Behavioral Ecology, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Brett M Culbert, Sanduni Talagala, James B Barnett, Emily Stanbrook, Parker Smale, Sigal Balshine, Marie Herberstein, Context-dependent consequences of color biases in a social fish, Behavioral Ecology, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Doering, G.N., Sheehy, K.A., Barnett, J.B., Pruitt, J.N., Colony size and initial conditions combine to shape colony reunification dynamics, Behavioural Processes, 170, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • James B. Barnett, Constantine Michalis, Nicholas E. Scott-Samuel, Innes C. Cuthill, Distance-dependent defensive coloration in the poison frog Dendrobates tinctorius , Dendrobatidae, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115, (25), 2018, p6416--6421Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • James B. Barnett, Innes C. Cuthill, Nicholas E. Scott-Samuel, Distance-dependent aposematism and camouflage in the cinnabar moth caterpillar ( Tyria jacobaeae , Erebidae), Royal Society Open Science, 5, (2), 2018, p171396Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • Barnett, J.B., Redfern, A.S., Bhattacharyya-DIckson, R., Clifton, O., Courty, T., Ho, T., Hopes, A., McPhee, T., Merrison, K., Owen, R., Scott-Samuel, N.E., Cuthill, I.C., Stripes for warning and stripes for hiding: Spatial frequency and detection distance, Behavioral Ecology, 28, (2), 2017, p373-381Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • James B. Barnett, Innes C. Cuthill, Nicholas E. Scott-Samuel, Distance-dependent pattern blending can camouflage salient aposematic signals, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284, (1858), 2017, p20170128Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • James B. Barnett, Nicholas E. Scott-Samuel, Innes C. Cuthill, Aposematism: balancing salience and camouflage, Biology Letters, 12, (8), 2016, p20160335Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • James B. Barnett, Innes C. Cuthill, Distance-dependent defensive coloration, Current Biology, 24, (24), 2014, pR1157--R1158Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • Barnett, J.B., Benbow, R.L., Ismail, A., Fellowes, M.D.E., Abundance and diversity of anurans in a regenerating former oil palm plantation in Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia, Herpetological Bulletin, (125), 2013, p1-9Journal Article, 2013
  • Yeager J & Barnett JB., The influence of ultraviolet reflectance differs between conspicuous aposematic signals in Neotropical butterflies and frogs, Ecology and Evolution, 11, 2021, p13633-13640Journal Article, 2021
  • Barnett JB, Michalis C, Scott-Samuel NE, & Cuthill IC., Colour pattern variation forms local background matching camouflage in a leaf-mimicking toad, JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 34, 2021, p1531-1540Journal Article, 2021
  • Yeager J & Barnett JB., Ultraviolet components offer minimal contrast enhancement to an aposematic signal, Ecology and Evolution, 10, 2020, p13576-13582Journal Article, 2020
  • Barnett JB, Michalis C, Anderson HM, McEwen BL, Yeager J, Pruitt JN, Scott-Samuel, & Cuthill IC., Imperfect transparency and camouflage in glass frogs, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 117, 2020, p12885-12890Journal Article, 2020
  • Barnett JB., Pigmentation loss and regeneration in a captive wild type axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, Herpetological Bulletin, 115, 2011, p17-18Journal Article, 2011
  • Culbert BM, Barnett JB, Ligocki IY, Salena MG, Wong MYL, Hamilton IM, & Balshine S., Colorful facial markings are associated with foraging rates and affiliative relationships in a wild group-living cichlid fish, Current Zoology, 70, 2024, p70 - 78Journal Article, 2024
  • Yeager J, Robison A, Wade CD, & Barnett JB., Imperfections in transparency and mimicry do not increase predation risk for clearwing butterflies with educated predators, Ecology and Evolution, 14, 2024, pe70307Journal Article, 2024
  • McEwen BL, Yeager J, Kinley I, Anderson HM, & Barnett JB., Detectability of a poison frog and its Batesian mimic depends on body posture and viewing angle, Behavioral Ecology, 35, 2024, parae077Journal Article, 2024
  • Barnett JB, Yeager J, & Kjernsmo K, Animal transparency: How should we define form and function?, Functional Ecology, 2025Journal Article, 2025

Recognition

  • Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
  • British Ecological Society