kerr lab at the university of washington

Allelopathy

Prado, F., B. Kerr. 2008. The evolution of resistraint in bacterial biofilms under nontransitive competition. Evolution 62-3: 538-548. PDF
Kerr, B. "The ecological and evolutionary dynamics of model bacteriocin communities." Bacteriocins: Ecology and Evolution. Ed. M.A. Riley and M. A. Chavan. Heidelberg: Springer, 2007. 111-134. PDF
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

Altruism, Cooperation and Levels of Selection

Kerr, B. "Theoretical and experimental approaches to the evolution of altruism and the levels of selection." Experimental Evolution: From Selection Experiments. Eds. T. Garland & M. R. Rose. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2009. 585-630. PDF
Kerr, B., and P. Godfrey-Smith. 2009. Generalization of the Price equation for evolutionary change. Evolution. 63-2:531-536. PDF
Prado, F., and B. Kerr. 2008. The evolution of resistraint in bacterial biofilms under nontransitive competition. Evolution 62-3: 538-548. PDF
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 Matrial, News Item
Kerr, B. 2004. The Caucas-race of the Dodo: A review of Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Cooperation. Biology and Philosophy 19 (5): 781-799. PDF
Kerr, B., P. Godfrey-Smith and M. W. Feldman. 2004. What is altruism? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19: 135-140. PDF
Kerr, B. and P. Godfrey-Smith. 2002. On individualist and multi-level perspectives on selection in structured populations. Biology and Philosophy 17 (4): 477-517. PDF
Kerr, B. and P. Godfrey-Smith. 2002. On Price’s equation and average fitness. Biology and Philosophy 17 (4): 551-565. PDF, Commentary
Godfrey-Smith, P. and B. Kerr. 2002. Group fitness and multi-level selection: Replies to commentaries. Biology and Philosophy 17 (4): 539-550. PDF

Behavior

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
Nahum, J., and B. Kerr. 2008. Optimal foraging: A bird in the hand released. Current Biology 18(9): R385-R386. PDF
Bergstrom, C., B. Kerr, and M. Lachmann. "Building trust by wasting time." Moral Markets. Ed. P. J. Zak. Oxfordshire: Princeton University Press, 2008. 142-153. Link
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 Matrial
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 (6): 898-906. PDF
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
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

Flammability

Schwilk, D. W. and B. Kerr. 2002. Genetic niche-hiking: An alternative explanation for the evolution of flammability. Oikos 99: 431-442. PDF
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

Learning and Cognition

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
Kerr, B. 2007. Niche construction and cognitive evolution. Biological Theory 2 (3): 250-262. PDF

Microbes

Kerr, B. "Theoretical and experimental approaches to the evolution of altruism and the levels of selection." Experimental Evolution: From Selection Experiments. Eds. T. Garland & M. R. Rose. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2009. 585-630. PDF
Prado, F., and B. Kerr. 2008. The evolution of resistraint in bacterial biofilms under nontransitive competition. Evolution 62-3: 538-548. PDF
Nahum, J., and B. Kerr. 2008. Optimal foraging: A bird in the hand released. Current Biology 18(9): R385-R386. PDF
Kerr, B., J. D. West, B. J. M. Bohannan. "Bacteriophage ecology: Population growth, evolution, and impact of bacterial viruses." Bacteriophages: Models for exploring basic principles of ecology. Ed. S. T. Abedon. Cambridge, U.K.: University Press, 2008. 31-63. Link
Kerr, B. "The ecological and evolutionary dynamics of model bacteriocin communities." Bacteriocins: Ecology and Evolution. Ed. M.A. Riley and M. A. Chavan. Heidelberg: Springer, 2007. 111-134. PDF
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 Matrial, News Item
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., 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

Niche Construction

Kerr, B. 2007. Niche construction and cognitive evolution. Biological Theory 2 (3): 250-262. PDF
Kerr, B. "The ecological and evolutionary dynamics of model bacteriocin communities." Bacteriocins: Ecology and Evolution. Ed. M.A. Riley and M. A. Chavan. Heidelberg: Springer, 2007. 111-134. PDF
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 Matrial, News Item
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
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
Schwilk, D. W. and B. Kerr. 2002. Genetic niche-hiking: An alternative explanation for the evolution of flammability. Oikos 99: 431-442. PDF
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

Spatial Structure

Kerr, B. "Theoretical and experimental approaches to the evolution of altruism and the levels of selection." Experimental Evolution: From Selection Experiments. Eds. T. Garland & M. R. Rose. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2009. 585-630. PDF
Kerr, B. "The ecological and evolutionary dynamics of model bacteriocin communities." Bacteriocins: Ecology and Evolution. Ed. M.A. Riley and M. A. Chavan. Heidelberg: Springer, 2007. 111-134. PDF
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 Matrial, News Item
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
Schwilk, D. W. and B. Kerr. 2002. Genetic niche-hiking: An alternative explanation for the evolution of flammability. Oikos 99: 431-442. PDF

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