Sensory Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation (SEEC) Lab
American Museum of Natural History
Publications
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McClure CJW, Potier S, Barber JR (2022). Applied Studies of Raptor Sensory Ecology are Rare. Journal of Raptor Research, 56(4):1-6.
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Hamilton CA, Winiger N, Rubin JJ, Breinholt J, Rougerie R, Kitching IJ, Barber JR, Kawahara AY (2022). Hidden Phylogenomic Signal Helps Elucidate Arsenurine Silkmoth Phylogeny and the Evolution of Body Size and Wing Shape Trade-Offs, Systematic Biology, 71(4): 859ā874. Link
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Reed VA, Toth CA, Wardle RN, Gomes DGE, Barber JR, Francis CD (2022). Experimentally broadcast ocean surf and river noise alters birdsong. PeerJ, 10:e13297. Link
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Toth CA, Pauli BP, McClure CJW, Francis FD, Newman P, Barber JR, Fristrup K (2022). A stochastic simulation model for assessing the masking effects of road noise for wildlife, outdoor recreation, and bioacoustic monitoring. Oecologia 199, 217ā228. Link
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Sweet KA, Sweet BP, Gomes DGE, Francis CD, Barber JR (2022). Natural and anthropogenic noise increase vigilance and decrease foraging behaviors in song sparrows, Behavioral Ecology, 33(1):288ā297. Link
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Sedlock JL, Gomes DGE, Rubin JJ, Woody S, Hadi BAR, Barber JR (2021). A phantom ultrasonic insect chorus repels low-flying bats, but most are undeterred. Functional Ecology, 35(12):2743-2752.
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Verreycken E, Simon R, Quirk-Royal B, Daems W, Barber J, Steckel J (2021). Bio-acoustic tracking and localization using heterogeneous, scalable microphone arrays. Communications Biology, 4 (1275). Link
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Gomes DGE, Toth CA, Bateman CC, Francis CD, Kawahara AY, Barber JR (2021). Experiemntal river noise alters arthropod abundance. Oikos, 130 (11): 2001-2014.
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Ditmer MA, Francis CD, Barber JR, Stoner DC, Seymoure BM, Fristrup KM, Carter NH (2021). Assessing the Vulnerabilities of Vertebrate Species to Light and Noise Pollution: Expert Surveys Illuminate the Impacts on Specialist Species. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61(3):1202ā1215. Link
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Reed VA, Toth CA, Wardle RN, Gomes DGE, Barber JR, Francis CD (2021). Natural noise affects conspecific signal detection and territorial defense behaviors in songbirds. Behavioral Ecology, 32(5): 993ā1003.Link
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Wilson AA, Ditmer MA, Barber JR, Carter NH, Miller ET, Tyrrell LP, Francis CD (2021). Artificial night light and anthropogenic noise interact to influence bird abundance over a continental scale. Global Change Biology, 27:3987ā4004. Link
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Aiello BR Tan M, Sikandar B, Usama, Alvey AJ, Bhinderwala B, Kimball KC, Barber JR, Hamilton CA, Kawahara AY, Sponberg S (2021). Adaptive shifts underlie the divergence in wing morphology in bombycoid moths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288(1956): 20210677. Link
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Gomes, D.G.E., Toth, C.A., Cole, HJ, Francis CD, Barber JR (2021). Phantom rivers filter birds and bats by acoustic niche. Nature Communications, 12 (3029). Link
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Gomes DGE, Hesselberg T, Barber JR (accepted). Phantom river noise alters orb-weaving spider abundance, web size, and prey capture. Functional Ecology.
Gomes DGE, Francis CD, Barber JR (2021). Using past to understand present: coping with natural and anthropogenic noise. BioScience, 71(3): 223-234. Link
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Allen LC, Hristov NI, Rubin JJ, Lightsey JT, Barber JR (2021). Noise distracts foraging bats. Proceedings in the Royal Society B, 288: 20202689. Link
Ditmer MA, Stoner DC, Francis CD, Barber JR, Forester JD, Choate DM, Ironside KE, Longshore KM, Hersey KR, Larsen RT, McMillan BR, Olson DD, Andreasen AM, Beckmann JP, Holton PB, Messmer TA, Carter NH (2021). Artificial nightlight alters the predatorāprey dynamics of an apex carnivore. Ecography, 44(2):149-161. Link
Kawahara AY, Reeves LE, Barber JR, Black S (2021). Opinion: eight practical actions to save insects from global declines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(2): e2002547117. Link
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Barber JR, Plotkin D,Rubin JJ, Homziak NT, Leavell BC, Houlihan P, Miner KA, Breinholt JW, Quirk-Royal B, PadrĆ³n PS, Nunez M, Kawahara AY (2021). Anti-Bat Ultrasound Production in Moths is Globally and Phylogenetically Widespread. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119(25) e2117485119. Link
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Levenhagen MJ, Miller ZD,Petrelli AR,Ferguson LA, Shr YH, Taff B, Fristrup KM, McClure CJW, Burson S, Giamellaro M, Newman P, Francis CD, Barber JR (2021). Does experimentally quieting traffic noise benefit people and birds? Ecology and Society 26(2):32. Link
Ditmer MA, Francis CD, Barber JR, Stoner DC, Seymoure BM, Fristrup KM, Carter NH (2021). Assessing the Vulnerabilities of Vertebrate Species to Light and Noise Pollution: Expert Surveys Illuminate the Impacts on Specialist Species. Integrative and Comparative Biology, (3):1202ā1215.
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Ferraro DM, Miller ZD, Ferguson LA, Taff BD, Barber JR, Newman P, Francis CD (2020). The phantom chorus: birdsong boosts human well-being in protected areas. Proceedings in the Royal Society B 287: 20201811. Link
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Gomes DGE, Hesselberg T, JR Barber JR (2020). Phantom river noise alters orb-weaving spider abundance, web size and prey capture. Functional Ecology.
Gomes DGE, Appel G, Barber JR (2020). Temporal and moonlight-related partitioning in vertical stratification of insectivorous bats in a neotropical rainforest: an acoustic monitoring study. PeerJ 8:e10591. Link
Senzaki M, Barber JR, Phillips JN, Carter NH, Cooper CB, Ditmer MA, Fristrup KM, McClure, CJW, Mennitt DJ, Tyrrell LP, Vukomanovic J, Wilson AA, Francis CD (2020). Sensory pollutants alter bird phenology and fitness across a continent. Nature, 587:605-609. Link
Levenhagen MJ, Petrelli AR, Miller ZD, Ferguson LA, YauHuo Shr, Gomes DGE, Taff BD, White C, Fristrup K, Monz C, McClure CJW, Newman P, Francis CD, Barber JR (2020). Quieting soundscapes increases birds, heightens human experience and amplifies support for conservation. People and Nature, 65.
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Levenhagen MJ, Miller ZD, Petrelli AR, Ferguson LA, Shr Y, Gomes DGE, Taff BD, White C, Fristrup KM, Monz C, McClure CJW, Newman P, Francis CD, Barber JR (2020). Ecosystem services enhanced through soundscape management link people and wildlife. People and Nature 3, 176-189. Link
Dominoni DM, Halfwerk W, Baird E, Buxton RT, FernĆ ndez-Juricic E, Fristrup KM, McKenna MF, Mennitt Perkin EK, DJ, Seymoure BM, Stoner DC, Tennessen JB, Toth CA, Tyrrell LP, Wilson A, Francis CD, Carter NH, Barber JR (2020). Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 16:1-10. Link
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Hamilton CA, Winiger N, Rubin JJ, Breinholt J, Rougerie R,Kitching IJ,Barber JR, Kawahara AY (2020). Evolution of body size and wing shape trade-offs in arsenurine silkmoths. bioRxiv
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Le MLT, Garvin CM, Barber JR, and Francis CD (2019). Natural sounds alter California ground squirrel, Otospermophilus beecheyi, foraging, vigilance and movement behaviours. Animal Behaviour 157: 51-60. Link
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Cinto Mejia E, McClure CJW, and Barber JR (2019) Large-scale manipulation of the acoustic environment can alter the abundance of breeding birds: Evidence from a phantom natural gas field. Journal of Applied Ecology 56(8):2091-2101. Link
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Berger-Tal O, Wong BBM, Candolin U, and Barber JR (2019) What evidence exists on the effects of anthropogenic noise on acoustic communication in animals? A systematic map protocol. Environmental evidence 8(1). Link
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Kawahara AY, Plotkin D, Espeland M, Meusemann K, Toussaint EFA, Donath A, Gimnich F, Frandsen PB, Zwick A, dos Reis M, Barber JR, Peters RS, Liu S, Zhou X, Mayer C, Podsiadlowski L, Storer C, Yack JE, Misof B, and Breinholt JW (2019) Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(45): 22657-22663. Link
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Hamilton CA, St Laurent RA, Dexter K, Kitching IJ, Breinholt JW, Zwick A, Timmermans MJTN, Barber JR, and Kawahara AY (2019) Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives. BMC Evol Biol 19(1):1-13. Link
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Pacioretty MT, Martinez P, Cinto-Mejia E, Reinhardt K, Barber JR, de Graff MA, Kawahara AY, and Aho K (2019) Experimental exclusion of insectivorous predators results in no responses across multiple trophic levels in a water-limited, sagebrush-steppe ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 160:74-81. Link
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Jusino MA, Banik MT, Palmer MJ, Wray AK, Xiao L, Pelton E, Barber JR, Kawahara, AY, Gratton C, Peery MZ, and Lindner DL (2019) An improved method for utilizing high- throughput amplicon sequencing to determine the diets of insectivorous animals. Molecular ecology resources 19(1):176-190. Link
Keyel AC, Reed SE, Nuessly K, Cinto-Mejia E, Barber JR, and Wittemyer G (2018) Modeling anthropogenic noise impacts on animals in natural areas. Landscape and Urban Planning. Link
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Leavell BC, Rubin JJ, McClure CJW, Miner KA, Branham MA and Barber JR (2018) Fireflies thwart bat attack with multisensory warnings. Science Advances. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat6601 Link
Rubin JJ, Hamilton CA, McClure CJW, Chadwell BA, Kawahara AY, and Barber JR (2018) The evolution of anti-bat sensory illusions in moths. Science Advances.
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Kawahara AY, Plotkin D, Hamilton C, Harlan G, St Laurent R, Owens H, Homziak N, and Barber JR (2017) Diel behavior in moths and butterflies: a synthesis of data illuminates the evolution of temporal activity. Organisms Diversity and Evolution.
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Jusino MA, Banik MT, Palmer JM, Wray AK, Xiao L, Pelton E, Barber JR, Kawahara AY, Gratton C, Peery MZ, Lindner DL (2017) An improved method for utilizing high-throughput amplicon sequencing to determine the diets of insectivorous animals.
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Francis CD, Levenhagen M, Petrelli A, Taff BD, Newman P, White C, Monz CA, Burson S, Cooper CB, Fristrup KM, McClure CJW, Mennit D, Giamellaro M, Barber JR (2017) Acoustic Environments Matter: Synergistic benefits to humans and wildlife. Journal of Environmental Management 3:245-254.
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Petrelli AR, Levenhagen MJ, Wardle R, Barber JR, Francis CD (2017) First to flush: the effects of ambient noise on songbird flight initiation distances and implications for human experiences with nature. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Link
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Davidson BM, Antonova G, Dlott H, Barber JR, Francis CD (2017) Natural and anthropogenic sounds reduce song performance: insights from two emberizid species. Behavioral Ecology 28(4):974-982.
Measor KR, Leavell BC, Brewton DH, Rumschlag J, Barber JR and Razak KA (2017) Matched Behavioral and Neural Adaptations for Low Sound Level Echolocation in a Gleaning Bat, Antrozous Pallidus. eNeuro 2017; 10.1523/ENEURO.0018-17.2017
Bunkley JP, McClure CJW, Francis CD, Kawahara KY, Barber JR (2017) Anthropogenic Noise Differentially Affects Arthropod Family Abundances. Ecology and Evolution. Early view online.
McClure CJW, Ware HE, Carlisle JD, Barber JR (2016) Noise pollution from a phantom road alters the age structure of a community of migrating birds. Animal Conservation. 10.1111/acv.12302
Zhong M, Hill GM, Gomez JP, Plotkin D, Barber JR, Kawahara AY (2016) Characterizing Lepidoptera wing shape with geometric morphometrics: Saturniid hind wings as a case study.
Journal of the Lepidopterists Society 70(2):99-107.
Monz C, D'Antonio A, Lawson S, Barber JR, Newman P (2016) The Ecological Implications of Visitor Transportation in Parks and Protected Areas: Examples From Research in US National Parks. Journal of Transport Geography 51:27-35.
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Mason JT, McClure CJW, Barber JR (2016) Anthropogenic noise impairs owl hunting behavior. Biological Conservation 199, 29-32.
Monz C, D'Antonio A, Lawson S, Barber JR, Newman P (2016) The ecological implications of visitor transportation in parks and protected areas: Examples from research in US national parks. Journal of Transport Geography 51, 27-35.
Bunkley JP and Barber JR (2015) Noise reduces foraging efficiency in Pallid Bats (Antrozous pallidus). Ethology 121(11):1116-1121.
Ware HE, McClure CJW, Carlisle J, Barber JR (2015) A phantom road experiment reveals traffic noise is an invisible source of habitat degradation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(39):12105-12109.
Swaddle J, Francis C*, Barber JR*, Cooper C*, Kyba CMC, Dominoni D, Shannon G, Aschehoug E, Goodwin S, Kawahara AY, Luther D, Spoelstra K, Voss M, Longcore T (2015) A framework to assess evolutionary responses to anthropogenic light and sound. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 30(9):550-560. *Authors contributed equally
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McClure CJW, Korte AC, Heath JA, Barber JR (2015) Pavement and riparian forest shape the bird community along an urban river corridor. Global Ecology and Conservation 4: 291-310.
Barber JR, Leavell BC, Keener AL, Breinholt JW, Chadwell BA, McClure CJW, Hill GM, Kawahara AY (2015) Moth tails divert bat attack: evolution of acoustic deflection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(9): 2812-2816. National Geographic | New York Times |
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Kawahara* AY, Barber* JR (2015) Tempo and mode of anti-bat ultrasound production and sonar jamming in the diverse hawkmoth radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition *Authors contributed equally. Phys.org | Gizmodo
Bunkley JP, McClure CJW, Kleist NJ, Francis CD, Barber JR (2015) Anthropogenic noise alters bat activity levels and echolocation calls. Global Ecology and Conservation 3: 62-71.
Newman P, Taff D, Barber JR, Fristrup K (2015) Natural Soundscapes. In: Wildland recreation: ecology and management. Edited by Hammitt, WE, Cole DN, Monz C, John Wiley & Sons.
Ponce, F, Breinholt J, Hossie T, Barber JR, Janzen D, Hallwachs W, Kawahara AY (2014) Molecular phylogeny and evolution of larval eyespots in Eumorpha hawkmoths. Molecular Ecology DOI:10.1111/syen.12111
Bunkley JP and Barber JR (2014) An observation of apparent teaching behavior in the pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus. Western North American Naturalist 74(2): 249-252.
McClure CJW, Ware HE, Carlisle J, Kaltenecker G, Barber JR (2013) An experimental investigation into the effects of traffic noise on distributions of birds: Avoiding the phantom road. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 80: 20132290. Science Daily
Barber JR*, Kawahara AY* (2013) Hawkmoths produce anti-bat ultrasound. Biology Letters 9: 20130161. *Authors contributed equally
Francis CD*, Barber JR* (2013) A framework for understanding noise impacts on wildlife: an urgent conservation priority. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. doi:10.1890/120183 *Authors contributed equally
Brown CL, Hardy AR, Barber JR, Fristrup KM, Crooks KR, Angeloni LM (2012) The Effect of Human Activities and Their Associated Noise on Ungulate Behavior. PLoS ONE 7(7): e40505.
Barber JR, Burdett CL, Reed SE, Warner KA, Formichella C, Crooks KR, Theobald DM, Fristrup KM (2011) Anthropogenic noise exposure in protected natural areas: estimating the scale of ecological consequences. Landscape Ecology. 26:1281-1295. For supporting animations see Link.
Corcoran AJ, Barber JR, Hristov NI, Conner WE (2011) How do tiger moths jam bat sonar? Journal of Experimental Biology. 214:2416-2425.
Barber JR, Crooks K, Fristrup K 2010. The costs of chronic noise exposure for terrestrial organisms. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 25(3):180-189.
Corcoran AJ*, Conner WE*, Barber JR* (2010) Anti-bat tiger moth sounds: Form and function. Current Zoology. 56(3):358-369. *Authors contributed equally
Corcoran AJ, Barber JR, Conner WE (2009) Tiger moth jams bat sonar. Science. 325:325-327. For supporting movies see link | National Geographic
Barber JR, Brown C, Fristrup KM, Hardy AR, Angeloni L, Crooks KR (2009) Conserving the wild life therein: The effects of man-made noise on animal ecology. Park Science 26:26-31.
Barber JR, Chadwell B, Garrett N, Schmidt-French B, Conner WE (2009) NaĆÆve bats discriminate arctiid moth warning sounds but generalize their aposematic meaning. Journal of Experimental Biology. 212:2141-2148. For supporting animations see link.
Conner WE, Hristov NI and Barber JR (2008) Sound strategies: Acoustic aposematism, startle and sonar jamming. In: Tiger Moths and Wooly Bears: Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of the Arctiidae. Edited by W.E. Conner. Oxford University Press.
Barber JR, Conner WE (2007) Acoustic mimicry in a predator-prey interaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(22): 9331-9334. For supporting movies see link.
Barber JR, Conner WE (2006) Tiger moth responses to a simulated bat attack: Timing and duty cycle. Journal of Experimental Biology 209:2637-2650.
Barber JR, Razak KA, Fuzessery ZM (2003) Can two streams of auditory information be processed simultaneously? Evidence from the gleaning bat Antrozous pallidus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 189:843-855.