Dr Benjamin Jarrett

Lecturer in Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology

b.jarrett@bangor.ac.uk

Dr Benjamin Jarrett

I am a behavioural and evolutionary ecologist interested in the factors that influence adaptation and the evolution of reproductive isolation. I primarily use insects in the lab to experimentally test mechanisms that shape adaptation.

  • PhD: The role of parents in evolution
    University of Cambridge,

How social evolution impacts ecological adaptation

A primary interest of mine is how social interactions can drive evolutionary dynamics and understanding why these dynamics may be hard to predict. How does sexual selection impact host plant adaptation? I am using broad-headed bugs (Hemiptera: Alydidae) to better understand this process. 

In collaboration with in Taiwan, we are exploring how parental care can help species cope with rapid environmental change as forecast by climate change models, using the burying beetle Nicrophorus nepalensis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) as a model.

Evolutionary impacts of invasive species

Alien and invasive species can fundamentally change the communities in which they invade, providing a new niche for species to adapt or restructuring food webs. With Dr Farnon Ellwood I am exploring how the invertebrate community associated with the invasive Rhododendron ponticum has evolved over the last thirty years.

Please get in touch if you have any ideas and we can discuss funding options.

2025

  • Published
    Malik, T., Tsai, M.-T., Jarrett, B. & Sun, S.-J., 5 Mar 2025, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292, 2042, 20250026.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

  • Published
    Jarrett, B. & Miller, C., 1 Jan 2024, In: Annual Review of Entomology. 69, p. 41-57
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Jarrett, B., Mashoodh, R., Issar, S., Pascoal, S., Rebar, D., Sun, S.-J., Schrader, M. & Kilner, R., Jun 2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2024, 20240876.
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  • Published
    Malik, T., Jarrett, B. & Sun, S.-J., Oct 2024, In: Royal Society Open Science. 11, 10, p. 240653
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

  • Published
    Linder, S., Jarrett, B. & Szucs, M., 1 Feb 2023, In: Biological Control. 177, p. 105107
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

  • Published
    Jarrett, B., Szucs, M., Linder, S., Fanning, P. & Isaacs, R., 1 Apr 2022, In: Biological Control. 167, 104843.
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  • Published
    Global Urban Evolution Project, 17 Mar 2022, In: Science. 375, 6586, p. 1275-1281
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  • Published
    Schrader, M., Jarrett, B. & Kilner, R., 1 Mar 2022, In: Evolution. 76, 3, p. 667-674
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  • Published
    Linder, S., Jarrett, B., Fanning, P., Isaacs, R. & Szucs, M., 1 Dec 2022, In: Evolutionary Applications.
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  • Published
    Jarrett, B. & Szucs, M., 10 Mar 2022, In: Ecology and Evolution. 12, p. e8654
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2021

  • Published
    Jarrett, B., Duarte, A., Rebar, D., Hallett, A. & Kilner, R., 30 Nov 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 118, 48, e2102450118.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

  • Published
    Alund, M., Emery, N., Jarrett, B. J. M., MacLeod, K. J., McCreery, H. F., Mamoozadeh, N., Phillips, J. G., Schossau, J., Thompson, A. W., Warwick, A. R., Yule, K. M., Zylstra, E. R. & Gering, E., 1 Jun 2020, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 4, 6, p. 777-781
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Rebar, D., Jarrett, B., Bailey, N. & Kilner, R., 21 Jan 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 117, p. 2544-2550
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Assis, B., Jarrett, B., Koscky, G., Langkilde, T. & Avery, J., 20 May 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, p. e0233221
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Sun, S.-J., Catherall, A., Pascoal, S., Jarrett, B., Miller, S., Sheehan, M. & Kilner, R., 1 Aug 2020, In: Evolution Letters. 4, 4, p. 345-359
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

  • Published
    Jarrett, B., Pote, J., Talamas, E., Gut, L. & Szucs, M., 1 Sept 2019, In: The Great Lakes Entomologist. 52, 1, p. 1-6
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

  • Published
    Jarrett, B., Rebar, D., Haynes, H., Leaf, M., Halliwell, C., Kemp, R. & Kilner, R., 29 Aug 2018, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285, 1885, p. 20181452
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Jarrett, B., Evans, E., Haynes, H., Leaf, M., Rebar, D., Duarte, A., Schrader, M. & Kilner, R., 28 Sept 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, p. 3987
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Schreven, S., Perlett, E., Jarrett, B., Marchant, N., Harsanto, F., Purwanto, A., Sykora, K. & Harrison, M., 2018, In: Asian Myrmecology. 10, e010010.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Schrader, M., Jarrett, B. & Kilner, R., 1 Nov 2018, In: Evolution. 72, p. 2546-2552
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  • Published
    Pascoal, S., Jarrett, B., Evans, E. & Kilner, R., 1 Apr 2018, In: Evolution Letters. 2, 2, p. 114-125
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2017

  • Published
    Schrader, M., Jarrett, B., Rebar, D. & Kilner, R., 13 Sept 2017, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284, 1862, p. 20171295
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  • Published
    Jarrett, B., Schrader, M., Rebar, D., Houslay, T. & Kilner, R., 26 May 2017, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 1, 0178.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

  • Published
    Schrader, M., Crosby, R., Hesketh, A., Jarrett, B. & Kilner, R., Jan 2016, In: Ecology and Evolution. 6, 1, p. 329-336
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

  • Published
    Schrader, M., Jarrett, B. & Kilner, R., 17 Apr 2015, In: Evolution. 69, 4, p. 1077-1084
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  • Published
    Kilner, R., Boncoraglio, G., Henshaw, J., Jarrett, B., De Gasperin, O., Attisano, A. & Kokko, H., 22 Oct 2015, In: Elife. p. e07340
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  • Published
    Schrader, M., Jarrett, B. & Kilner, R., 1 May 2015, In: American Naturalist. 185, p. 610-619
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