PUBLICATIONS

Publications

If you cannot access any of the papers below, feel free to email me and I will send a PDF. Updated May 18th 2025

2025
Barnas, A.F., Fisher, J.T. 2025. Will using artificial intelligence to review camera trap images reduce human connection to wildlife research. Wildlife Society Bulletin. e1588
https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wsb.1588

2024
Barnas, A., Anholt, B., Burton, A.C., Carroll, K., Côté, S.D., Festa-Bianchet, M., Murray, D., Leblond, M., Mumma, M., Newmaster, S.G., et al. 2024. The influence of habitat alteration on density of invading white‐tailed deer should not be discounted. Global Change Biology. 30(9): e17498
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.17498

Ethier, C.A., Barnas, A.F., Boucher, N.P., Baillie‐David, K., Fisher, J.T. 2024. Lethal wolf control elicits change in moose habitat selection in unexpected ways. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 88(7): e22620
https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jwmg.22620

Gaston, M.V., Barnas, A.F., Smith, R.M., Murray, S., Fisher, J.T. 2024. Native prey, not landscape change or novel prey, drive cougar (Puma concolor) distribution at a boreal forest range edge. Ecology and Evolution. 14(4): e11146
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.11146
Barnas, A.F., Ladle, A., Burgar, J.M., Burton, A.C., Boyce, M.S., Eliuk, L., Grey, F., Heim, N., Newmaster, S.G. 2024. How landscape traits affect boreal mammal responses to anthropogenic disturbance. Science of the Total Environment. 915: 169285
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724014364

Barnas, A.F., Simone, C.A.B., Geldart, E.A., Love, O.P., Jagielski, P.M., Gilchrist, H.G., Hennin, H.L., Richardson, E.S., Dey, C.J., Semeniuk, C.A.D. 2024. An interspecific foraging association with polar bears increases foraging opportunities for avian predators in a declining Arctic seabird colony. Ecology and Evolution. 14(3): e11012
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.11012

2023
Geldart, E.A., Love, O.P., Barnas, A.F., Harris, C.M., Gilchrist, H.G., Semeniuk, C.A.D. 2023. A colonial-nesting seabird shows limited heart rate responses to natural variation in threats of polar bears. Royal Society Open Science. 10(10): 221108
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.221108

Barnas, A. 2023. Methodological review boards would threaten scientific creativity. Times Higher Education. 1–7
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/methodological-review-boards-would-threaten-scientific-creativity

Lenzi, J., Barnas, A.F., El Said, A.A., Desell, T., Rockwell, R.F., Ellis-Felege, S.N. 2023. Artificial intelligence for automated detection of large mammals creates path to upscale drone surveys. Scientific Reports. 13(1): 947
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-27841-8

Oak Bay Council, Barnas, A., Frey, S., Hering, A., Fisher, A. 2023. Black-tailed deer population density estimate and response to immuno-contraception trial in Oak Bay, BC. Internal Report, District of Oak Bay
https://www.oakbay.ca/sites/default/files/reports/environment/black-tailed-deer-report-2023.pdf

Geldart, E.A., Love, O.P., Gilchrist, H.G., Barnas, A.F., Harris, C.M., Semeniuk, C.A.D. 2023. Heightened heart rate but similar flight responses to evolved versus recent predators in an Arctic seabird. Avian Conservation & Ecology. 18(1): 22 https://ace-eco.org/vol18/iss1/art22/

2022
Barnas, A.F., Geldart, E.A., Love, O., Jagielski, P.M., Harris, C., Gilchrist, G., Hennin, H.L., Richardson, E.S., Dey, C.J., and C.A.D. Semeniuk. 2022. Predatory cue use in flush responses of a colonial nesting seabird during polar bear foraging. Animal Behaviour. 193: 75-90 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347222002329

Barnas, A.F., Darby, B.J., Iles, D.T., Koons, D.N., Rockwell, R.F., Semeniuk, C.A.D., and S.N. Ellis-Felege. 2022. Bear Presence attracts avian predators but does not impact lesser snow goose nest attendance. Journal of Avian Biology. 2022: e02840 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jav.02840

Geldart, E.A., Barnas, A.F., Semeniuk. C.A.D., Gilchrist, G., Harris, C.M., and O. Love. A colonial-nesting seabird shows no heart rate response to drone-based population surveys. Scientific Reports. 12 (1): 1-10 www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-22492-7

Jagielski, P.M., Barnas, A.F., Gilchrist, G., Richardson, E., Love, O., and C.A.D. Semeniuk. 2022. The utility of drones for studying polar bear behaviour in the Canadian Arctic: opportunities and recommendations. Drone Systems and Applications. 10 (1): 97-110 cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/dsa-2021-0018

Clark, D., Barnas, A.F., Brook, R.K., Ellis-Felege, S.N., Fishback, L., Higdon, J.W., Manning, K., Rivet, D., Roth, J.D., Trim, T., Webb, M., Rockwell, R.F.  2022. The State of Knowledge About Grizzly Bears (Kakenokuskwe osow Muskwa (Cree), Ursus arctos) in Northern Manitoba. Arctic. 75 (1): 105-120 journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/74922

Simone, C.A.B, Geldart, E.A., Semeniuk, C.A.D, Love, O., Gilchrist, G., and A.F. Barnas. Conspecific nest attendance behaviours of common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in response to polar bear (Ursus maritimus) foraging activity: error or intent? Canadian Field Naturalist. Accepted September 28th, In-press

2021
Ellis-Felege, S.N., Stechmann, T., Hervey, S., Felege, C., Rockwell, R.F., and A.F. Barnas. 2021. Nesting common eiders (Somateria mollissima) show little behavioral response to fixed-wing drone surveys. Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems. 10 (1): 1-14 cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/juvs-2021-0012

2020
Barnas, A.F., Iles, D.T., Stechmann, T.J., Wampole, E.M., Koons, D.N., Rockwell, R.F., and S.N. Ellis-Felege. 2020. A phenological comparison of grizzly (Ursus arctos) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) as waterfowl nest predators in Wapusk National Park. Polar Biology. 43: 457-465 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-020-02647-w

Barnas, A.F., Chabot, D., Hodgson, A., Johnston, D.W., Bird, D.M., and S.N. Ellis-Felege. 2020. A standardized protocol for reporting methods when using drones for wildlife research. Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems . 8(2): 89- 98 https://doi.org/10.1139/juvs-2019-0011

2019
Hervey, S.D., Barnas, A.F., Stechmann, T.J., Rockwell, R.F., Ellis-Felege, S.N. and B.J. Darby. 2019. Kin grouping is insufficient to explain the inclusive fitness gains of conspecific parasitism in the common eider. Molecular Ecology. 28: 4825- 4838 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15258

Barnas, A.F., Darby, B.J., Vandeberg, G.S., Rockwell, R.F., and S.N. Ellis-Felege. 2019. A comparison of drone imagery and ground-based methods for estimating the extent of habitat destruction by lesser snow geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) in La Pérouse Bay. PLoS ONE. 14(8) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217049

Bowley, C., Mattingly, M., Barnas, A.F., Ellis-Felege, S.N., and T. Desell. 2019. An analysis of altitude, citizen science and a convolutional neural network feedback loop on object detection in unmanned aerial systems. Journal of Computational Science. 34:102-116 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocs.2019.04.010

2018
Bowley, C., Mattingly, M., Barnas, A.F., Ellis-Felege, S.N., and T. Desell. 2018. Detecting wildlife in unmanned aerial systems imagery using convolutional neural networks trained with an automated feedback loop. International Conference on Computational Science. 69-82 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93698-7_6

Barnas, A.F., Felege, C.J., Rockwell, R.F., and S.N. Ellis-Felege. 2018. A pilot(less) study on the use of an unmanned aircraft system for studying polar bears. Polar Biology. 41: 1055-1062 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2270-0

Barnas, A.F., Newman, R., Felege, C.J., Corcoran, M.P., Hervey, S.D., Stechmann, T.J., Rockwell, R.F., and S.N. Ellis-Felege. 2018. Evaluating behavioral responses of nesting lesser snow geese to unmanned aircraft surveys. Ecology and Evolution. 8: 1328-1338 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3731  PDF

Joo, S., Wang, MH, Lui, G., Lee, J., Barnas, A.F., Kim, E., Sudek, S., Worden, A.Z., and J.H. Lee. 2018. Common ancestry of heterodimerizing TALE homeobox transcription factors across Metazoa and Archaeplastida. BMC Biology 16:136 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-018-0605-5 PDF

2017
Gormezano, L.J., Ellis-Felege, S., Iles, D.T., Barnas, A.F., and R.F. Rockwell. 2017. Polar bear foraging behavior during the ice-free period in western Hudson Bay: observations, origins, and potential significance. American Museum Novitates. 3885: 1-28 https://doi.org/10.1206/3885.1

Bowley, C., Mattingly, M., Barnas, A.F., Ellis-Felege, S.N., and T. Desell. 2017. Toward using citizen scientists to drive automated ecological object detection in aerial imagery. IEEE 13th International Conference on e-Science. 99-108. https://doi.org/10.1109/eScience.2017.22  PDF

2016
Mattingly, M., Barnas, A., Ellis-Felege, S.N., Newman, R., Iles, D.T., and T. Desell. 2016. Developing a citizen science web portal for manual and automated ecological image detection. IEEE 12th International Conference on e-Science. 223-232. https://doi.org/10.1109/eScience.2016.7870903   PDF