Books
In Review
Barnett JB, McEwen BL, Kinley I, Guevara J, Anderson HM, Pruitt JN, & Yeager J.
Ontogenetic colour change forms size dependent Müllerian mimicry.
In Review.
Yeager J & Barnett JB.
Variation in a polymorphic aposematic signal is unlikely to represent an adaptive benefit.
In Review.
McEwen BL, Kinley I, Anderson HM, Pruitt JN, Yeager J, & Barnett JB.
Batesian mimics are more detectable than their model in aerial and terrestrial view.
In Review.
Barnett JB, Ford J, Guerra-Grenier E, Jreidini N, Benbahtane J, & Green DM.
Spatial and temporal context underlies ontogenetic changes in the effectiveness of camouflage.
In Review.
Publications
Barnett JB, Varela BJ, Jennings B, Lesbarrères D, Pruitt JN, & Green DM. 2021.
Habitat disturbance alters color contrast and the detectability of cryptic and aposematic frogs.
Behavioral Ecology 32: 814-825.
Yeager J & Barnett JB. 2021.
The influence of ultraviolet reflectance differs between conspicuous aposematic signals in Neotropical butterflies and poison frogs.
Ecology and Evolution 11: 13633-13640.
Barnett JB†, Michalis C†, Scott-Samuel NE, & Cuthill IC. 2021.
Color pattern variation forms local background matching camouflage in a leaf-mimicking toad.
Journal of Evolutionary Bi0logy 34: 1531-1540. ‡
† Joint first author.
Anderson HM, Fisher DN, McEwen BL, Yeager J, Pruitt JN, & Barnett JB. 2021.
Episodic correlations in behaviour lateralisation differ between a poison frog and its mimic.
Animal Behaviour 174: 207-215.
Yeager J & Barnett JB. 2020.
Ultraviolet components offer minimal contrast enhancement to an aposematic signal.
Ecology and Evolution 10: 13576-13582.
Culbert BM, Talagala S, Barnett JB, Stanbrook E, Smale P, & Balshine S. 2020.
Context-dependent consequences of color biases in a social fish.
Behavioral Ecology 31: 1410-1419.
Barnett JB, Michalis C, Anderson HM, McEwen BL, Yeager J, Pruitt JN, Scott-Samuel, & Cuthill IC. 2020.
Imperfect transparency and camouflage in glass frog.
PNAS 117: 12885-12890.
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Doering GN, Sheehy KA, Barnett JB, & Pruitt JN. 2020.
Colony size and initial conditions combine to shape reunification dynamics.
Behavioural Processes 170: 103994.
Barnett JB, Michalis C, Scott-Samuel, & Cuthill IC. 2018.
Distance-dependent defensive coloration in the poison frog Dendrobates tinctorius, Dendrobatidae.
PNAS 115: 6416-6421.
Featured in:
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Science Magazine, Discover Magazine, earth.com, Reptiles Magazine, Herpetological Highlights Podcast
Barnett JB, Cuthill IC & Scott-Samuel. 2018.
Distance-dependent aposematism and camouflage in the cinnabar moth caterpillar (Tyria jacobaeae, Erebidae).
Royal Society Open Science 5: 171396.
Featured in:
BBC Wildlife Magazine, Scientific American's 60-Second Science Podcast
Barnett JB, Cuthill IC, & Scott-Samuel NE. 2017.
Pattern blending can camouflage salient aposematic signals.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20170128.
Barnett JB, Redfern AS, Bhattacharyya-Dickson R, Clifton O, Courty T, Ho T, Hopes A, McPhee T, Merrison K, Owen R, Scott-Samuel NE, & Cuthill IC. 2016.
Stripes for warning and stripes for hiding: spatial frequency and detection distance.
Behavioral Ecology 28: 373-381.
Barnett JB, Scott-Samuel NE, & Cuthill IC. 2016.
Aposematism: balancing salience and camouflage.
Biology Letters 12: 20160335.
Barnett JB & Cuthill IC. 2014.
Distance-dependent defensive coloration.
Current Biology 24: R1157-R1158.
Barnett JB, Benbow RL, Ismail A, & Fellowes MDE. 2013.
Abundance and diversity of anurans in a regenerating former oil palm planation in Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia.
Herpetological Bulletin 125: 1-9.
Barnett JB. 2011.
Pigmentation loss and regeneration in a captive wild type axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum.
Herpetological Bulletin 115: 17-18.
Popular Articles
Barnett JB. 2021.
It's clear: the glass frog's transparent belly has a special advantage.
The Science Breaker.
Barnett JB. 2020.
Glass frogs, ghost shrimp and clearwing butterflies use transparency to evade predators.
The Conversation.