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41
Citations
7464
World Ranking
5790
National Ranking
1972

Overview

Jesse R. Barber is affiliated with Boise State University in the United States. Their research expertise spans several interconnected fields, including Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader areas, their work further focuses on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Developmental Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Genetics.

The scientist's research interests are reflected in the main topics they have extensively covered, which include:

  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health

Jesse R. Barber has contributed to multiple papers, several of which have appeared in well-regarded journals and scientific venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Sensory pollutants alter bird phenology and fitness across a continent," 2020, Nature
  • "The phantom chorus: birdsong boosts human well-being in protected areas," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Eight simple actions that individuals can take to save insects from global declines," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Artificial nightlight alters the predator-prey dynamics of an apex carnivore," 2020, Ecography

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, with the most common co-authors including:

  • Clinton D. Francis
  • Dylan Gomes
  • Kurt M. Fristrup
  • Akito Y. Kawahara
  • Peter Newman

Jesse R. Barber's works are published in a variety of scientific venues, with repeated contributions to the following:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • PeerJ
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • The costs of chronic noise exposure for terrestrial organisms

    Jesse R. Barber;Kevin R. Crooks;Kurt M. Fristrup

  • A Framework for Understanding Noise Impacts on Wildlife: An Urgent Conservation Priority

    Clinton D Francis;Jesse R Barber

  • Phylogenomics Reveals the Evolutionary Timing and Pattern of Butterflies and Moths

    Akito Y Kawahara;David Plotkin;Marianne Espeland;Karen Meusemann;Karen Meusemann

  • An experimental investigation into the effects of traffic noise on distributions of birds: avoiding the phantom road

    Christopher J. W. McClure;Heidi E. Ware;Jay Carlisle;Gregory Kaltenecker

  • A framework to assess evolutionary responses to anthropogenic light and sound.

    John P. Swaddle;Clinton D. Francis;Jesse R. Barber;Caren B. Cooper

  • A phantom road experiment reveals traffic noise is an invisible source of habitat degradation.

    Heidi E. Ware;Christopher J. W. McClure;Jay D. Carlisle;Jesse R. Barber

  • Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology

    Davide M. Dominoni;Wouter Halfwerk;Emily Baird;Rachel T. Buxton

  • Anthropogenic Noise Exposure in Protected Natural Areas: Estimating the Scale of Ecological Consequences

    J. R. Barber;D. M. Theobald;K. M. Fristrup

  • An improved method for utilizing high-throughput amplicon sequencing to determine the diets of insectivorous animals.

    Michelle A. Jusino;Michelle A. Jusino;Mark T. Banik;Jonathan M. Palmer;Amy K. Wray

  • Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar

    Aaron J. Corcoran;Jesse R. Barber;William E. Conner

  • Sensory pollutants alter bird phenology and fitness across a continent.

    Masayuki Senzaki;Masayuki Senzaki;Jesse R. Barber;Jennifer N. Phillips;Jennifer N. Phillips;Neil H. Carter

  • Acoustic mimicry in a predator-prey interaction.

    Jesse R. Barber;William E. Conner

  • Anthropogenic Noise Alters Bat Activity Levels and Echolocation Calls

    Jessie P. Bunkley;Christopher J.W. McClure;Nathan J. Kleist;Clinton D. Francis

  • Anthropogenic noise impairs owl hunting behavior

    J. Tate Mason;J. Tate Mason;Christopher J.W. McClure;Christopher J.W. McClure;Jesse R. Barber

  • Acoustic environments matter: Synergistic benefits to humans and ecological communities.

    Clinton D. Francis;Peter Newman;B. Derrick Taff;Crow White

  • The effect of human activities and their associated noise on ungulate behavior.

    Casey L. Brown;Amanda R. Hardy;Jesse R. Barber;Kurt M. Fristrup

  • The phantom chorus: birdsong boosts human well-being in protected areas

    Danielle M. Ferraro;Zachary D. Miller;Lauren A. Ferguson;B. Derrick Taff

  • Moth tails divert bat attack: Evolution of acoustic deflection

    Jesse R. Barber;Brian C. Leavell;Adam L. Keener;Jesse W. Breinholt

  • Can two streams of auditory information be processed simultaneously? Evidence from the gleaning bat Antrozous pallidus

    J. R. Barber;J. R. Barber;K. A. Razak;K. A. Razak;Z. M. Fuzessery

  • Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives

    C. A. Hamilton;C. A. Hamilton;R. A. St Laurent;K. Dexter;I. J. Kitching

  • Tempo and mode of antibat ultrasound production and sonar jamming in the diverse hawkmoth radiation

    Akito Y. Kawahara;Jesse R. Barber

Frequent Co-Authors

Akito Y. Kawahara
Akito Y. Kawahara Florida Museum of Natural History
Jesse W. Breinholt
Jesse W. Breinholt Florida Museum of Natural History
Ian J. Kitching
Ian J. Kitching Natural History Museum
Kevin R. Crooks
Kevin R. Crooks Colorado State University
Peter Newman
Peter Newman Curtin University
Karen Meusemann
Karen Meusemann University of Freiburg
Martin A. Nuñez
Martin A. Nuñez University of Houston
M. Zachariah Peery
M. Zachariah Peery University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bernhard Misof
Bernhard Misof Universität Hamburg
Xin Zhou
Xin Zhou China Agricultural University

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