Peer-Reviewed
- Slinn, H., M.A. Barbour, Crawford, K., Rodriguez-Cabal, M.A., and Crutsinger, G.M. 2016. Genetic variation in resistance to leaf fungus indirectly affects spider density. Ecology, In Press. [doi]
- Barbour, M.A., Fortuna, M.A., Bascompte, J., Nicholson, J.R., Julkunen-Tiitto, R., Jules, E.S., and Crutsinger, G.M. 2016. Genetic specificity of a plant-insect food web: Implications for linking genetic variation to network complexity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 113:2128-2133. [doi] [pdf] [data] [code]
- Putman, B.J., Barbour, M.A., Clark, R.W. 2016. The foraging behavior of free-ranging rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus) in California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi) colonies. Herpetologica, 72:55-63. [doi] [pdf]
- Greyson-Gaito, C.J., Barbour, M.A., Rodriguez-Cabal, M.A., Crutsinger, G.M., and Henry, G.H.R. 2016. Freedom to move: Arctic caterpillar (Lepidoptera) growth rate increases with access to new willows (Salicaceae). The Canadian Entomologist, 148:673-682. [doi] [pdf]
- Barbour, M.A., Rodriguez-Cabal, M.A., Wu, E.T., Julkunen-Tiitto, R., Ritland, C.E., Miscampbell, A.E., Jules, E.S., and Crutsinger, G.M. 2015. Multiple plant traits shape the genetic basis of herbivore community assembly. Functional Ecology, 29:995-1006. [doi] [pdf] [data and code]
- Barbour, M.A., and Clark, R.W. 2012. Ground squirrel tail-flag displays alter both predatory strike and ambush site selection behaviours of rattlesnakes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279(1743), 3827-3833. [doi] [pdf] [data]
*Featured in Science, NBC, Dutch Blog, and an Italian Magazine
- Clark, R.W., Tangco, S., and Barbour, M.A. 2012. Field recordings reveal factors influencing predatory strike success of free-ranging rattlesnakes (Crotalus spp.). Animal Behaviour, 84(1):183-190. [doi] [pdf]
- Barbour, M.A. and Clark, R.W. 2012. Diel Cycles in Chemosensory Behaviors of Free-Ranging Rattlesnakes Lying in Wait for Prey. Ethology, 118:480-488. [doi] [pdf]
- Joshi, S.S., Johnson, R., Rundus, A.S., Clark, R.W., Barbour, M.A., and Owings, D. H. Robotic Squirrel Models for the Study of Squirrel-Rattlesnake Interaction in Laboratory and Natural Settings. Robotics and Automation Magazine, IEEE, 18(4):59-68. [doi] [pdf]
- Cava, Z. and Barbour, M.A. 2010. Geographic distribution: Lampropeltis zonata (California mountain kingsnake). Herpetological Review, 41(1):110-111. [pdf]
In Review
- Osmond, M.O., Barbour, M.A., Bernhardt, J., Sunday, J., Pennell, M., and O’Connor, M.I. Warming induced changes to body size stabilize consumer-resource dynamics. The American Naturalist.
- Ludwig, L., Barbour, M.A., Guevarra, J., Avilés, L., and González, A.L. Caught in the web: spider web architectures affect prey specialization and stoichiometric relationships. Journal of Animal Ecology.
Manuscripts in Advanced Stages
- Barbour, M.A., Erlandson, S., Peay, K., Locke, B., Jules, E.S., and Crutsinger, G.M. Host-plant genetic and environmental variation structure above and belowground communities in a coastal dune ecosystem.
- Barbour, M.A. and S. Rudman. Ecological character displacement can destabilize food-web dynamics.
- Barbour, M.A., Crutsinger, G.M., Kartzinel, T.R., Kim, S., Goheen, J.R., Palmer, T.M., and Pringle, R.M. Large herbivores and rainfall control arthropod communities in an African savanna-woodland ecosystem.
- Busby, P., Crutsinger, G.M., Barbour, M.A., and Newcombe, G. Contingency rules for pathogen competition and antagonism in a genetically based, plant defense hierarchy.