Publications

Accepted and In Press

  • Glenney, C. and B. Kerr. in press. Evolution of altruism. The Encyclopedia of Genetics (Wiki Supplement)

2013

  • Lindsey, H., J. Gallie, S. Taylor and B. Kerr. 2013. Evolutionary rescue from extinction is contingent on a lower rate of environmental change. Nature 494: 463-466 (PDF) (Supplementary Information) (Wiki Supplement)
  • Godfrey-Smith, P. and B. Kerr. 2013. Gestalt-switching and the evolutionary transitions. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 64: 205-222 (PDF)

2012

  • Goldsby, H., A. Dornhaus, B. Kerr and C. Ofria. 2012. Task-switching costs promote the evolution of division of labor and shifts in individuality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 109: 13686–13691 (PDF)
  • Goldsby, H., T. Pierce, F. Dyer, B. Kerr and C. Ofria. 2012. The evolution of temporal polyethism. Artificial Life 13: 178-185 (PDF)
  • Fox, J. W. and B. Kerr. 2012. Analyzing the effects of species gain and loss on ecosystem function using the extended Price equation partition. Oikos 121: 290-298 (PDF)

2011

  • Nahum, J. R., B. N. Harding and B. Kerr. 2011. Evolution of restraint in a structured rock-paper-scissors community. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 108: 10831-10838 (PDF) (Supporting Information) (Wiki Supplement)
  • Kerr, B. and J. Nahum. 2011. Setting the stage for an egalitarian major transition: The evolution of restraint. For—The Major Transitions Revisited: The Evolution of Individuality Eds. K. Sterelny & B. Calcott. (Link)
  • Rainey, P. and B. Kerr. 2011. Conflicts among levels of selection as fuel for the evolution of individuality. For—The Major Transitions Revisited: The Evolution of Individuality Eds. K. Sterelny & B. Calcott. (Link)
  • Miner, B. and B. Kerr. 2011. Adaptation to local ultraviolet radiation conditions among neighbouring Daphnia populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278:1306-1313 (PDF) (Supplement)
  • Majeed, H., O. Gillor, B. Kerr and M. Riley. 2011. Competitive interactions in Escherichia coli populations: the role of bacteriocins. The ISME Journal.  5: 71–81. (PDF) 

2010

  • Eshelman, C., R. Vouk, J. Stewart, E. Halsne, H. Lindsey, S. Schneider, M. Gualu, A. Dean and B. Kerr. 2010. Unrestricted migration favours virulent pathogens in experimental metapopulations: Evolutionary genetics of a rapacious life history. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 365: 2503-2513. (PDF) (Supplement)
  • Rainey, P. and B. Kerr. 2010. Cheats as first propagules: a new hypothesis for the evolution of individuality during the transition from single cells to multicellularity. Bioessays. 32: 872–880. (PDF)

2009

  • Prado, F., T. Billo, and B. Kerr. 2009. Introgression of sexually selected traits in lek-mating species. Evolutionary Ecology Research 11: 1235-1250. (PDF)
  • Godfrey-Smith, P. and B. Kerr. 2009. Selection in ephemeral networks. American Naturalist 174: 906-911. (PDF)
  • Prado, F., A. Sheih, J. West, and B. Kerr. 2009. Coevolutionary cycling of host sociality and pathogen virulence in contact networks. Journal of Theoretical Biology 261: 561-569. (PDF)
  • Dunlap, A., C. McLinn, H. MacCormick, M. Scott, and B. Kerr. 2009. Why some memories don’t last a lifetime: Optimal long-term recall in changing environments. Behavioral Ecology 20: 1096-1105. (PDF)
  • Kerr, B. 2009. "Theoretical and experimental approaches to the evolution of altruism and the levels of selection." Experimental Evolution: Concepts, Methods, and Applications of Selection Experiments. Eds. T. Garland & M. R. Rose. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 585-630. (PDF)
  • Gobush, K., B. Kerr, and S. Wasser. 2009. Genetic relatedness and disrupted social structure in a poached population of African elephants. Molecular Ecology 18: 722-734. (PDF)
  • Kerr, B., and P. Godfrey-Smith. 2009. Generalization of the Price equation for evolutionary change. Evolution 63:531-536. (PDF)

2008

  • Prado, F., and B. Kerr. 2008. The evolution of restraint in bacterial biofilms under nontransitive competition. Evolution 62: 538-548. (PDF)
  • Nahum, J., and B. Kerr. 2008. Optimal foraging: A bird in the hand released. Current Biology 18: R385-R386. (PDF)
  • Kerr, B., J. D. West, B. J. M. Bohannan. 2008. "Bacteriophages: Models for exploring basic principles of ecology." Bacteriophage ecology: Population growth, evolution, and impact of bacterial viruses. Ed. S. T. Abedon. Cambridge, U.K.: University Press, 31-63. (Link)
  • Bergstrom, C., B. Kerr, and M. Lachmann. 2008. "Building trust by wasting time." Moral Markets. Ed. P. J. Zak. Oxfordshire: Princeton University Press, 142-153. (Link)

2007

  • Kerr, B. 2007. Niche construction and cognitive evolution. Biological Theory 2: 250-262. (PDF)
  • Kerr, B. 2007. "The ecological and evolutionary dynamics of model bacteriocin communities." Bacteriocins: Ecology and Evolution. Ed. M.A. Riley and M. A. Chavan. Heidelberg: Springer, 111-134. (PDF)

2006

  • Kerr, B., C. Neuhauser, B. J. M. Bohannan, and A. M. Dean. 2006. Local migration promotes competitive restraint in a host-pathogen ‘tragedy of the commons’. Nature 442: 75-78. (PDF) (Supplemental Material) (News Item)

2004

  • Stephens, D. W., B. Kerr, and E. Fernández-Juricic. 2004. Impulsiveness without discounting: The ecological rationality hypothesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 271: 2459-2465 (PDF) (Supplemental Material)
  • Kerr, B. 2004. The Caucas-race of the Dodo: A review of Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Cooperation. Biology and Philosophy 19: 781-799. (PDF)
  • Fernández-Juricic, E., B. Kerr, P. A. Bednekoff, and D. W. Stephens. 2004. When are two heads better than one? Visual perception and information transfer affect the value of vigilance coordination in foraging groups. Behavioral Ecology 15: 898-906. (PDF)
  • Jessup, C., R. Kassen, S. E. Forde, B. Kerr, A. Buckling, P. B. Rainey, and B. J. M. Bohannan. 2004. Asking big questions of small worlds: Microbial model systems in ecological research. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19: 189-197. (PDF)
  • Kerr, B., P. Godfrey-Smith and M. W. Feldman. 2004. What is altruism? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19: 135-140. (PDF)

2003

  • Kerr, B., and M. W. Feldman. 2003. Carving the cognitive niche: Optimal learning strategies in homogeneous and heterogeneous environments. Journal of Theoretical Biology 220: 169-188. (PDF)

2002

  • Kerr, B., M. A. Riley, M. W. Feldman, and B. J. M. Bohannan. 2002. Local dispersal promotes biodiversity in a real-life game of rock-paper-scissors. Nature 418 (11): 171-174. (PDF) (Commentary)
  • Bohannan, B. J. M., B. Kerr, C. Jessup, J. Hughes, and G. Sandvik. 2002. Trade-offs and coexistence in microbial microcosms. Antonie von Leeuvenhoek 81: 107-115. (PDF)
  • Kerr, B. and P. Godfrey-Smith. 2002. On individualist and multi-level perspectives on selection in structured populations. Biology and Philosophy 17: 477-517. (PDF)
  • Kerr, B. and P. Godfrey-Smith. 2002. On Price's equation and average fitness. Biology and Philosophy 17: 551-565. (PDF) (Commentary)
  • Godfrey-Smith, P. and B. Kerr. 2002. Group fitness and multi-level selection: Replies to commentaries. Biology and Philosophy 17: 539-550. (PDF)
  • Schwilk, D. W. and B. Kerr. 2002. Genetic niche-hiking: An alternative explanation for the evolution of flammability. Oikos 99: 431-442. (PDF)

2001

  • Aoki, K., M. W. Feldman, and B. Kerr. 2001. Models of sexual selection on a quantitative genetic trait when preference is acquired by sexual imprinting. Evolution 55: 25-32. (PDF)

1999

  • Kerr, B., D. W. Schwilk, A. Bergman, and M. W. Feldman. 1999. Rekindling an old flame: A haploid model for the evolution and impact of flammability in resprouting plants. Evolutionary Ecology Research 1: 807-833. (PDF)