| The keystone individual concept: an ecological and evolutionary overview AP Modlmeier, CN Keiser, JV Watters, A Sih, JN Pruitt Animal Behaviour 89, 53-62, 2014 | 206 | 2014 |
| Personality composition is more important than group size in determining collective foraging behaviour in the wild CN Keiser, JN Pruitt Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1796), 20141424, 2014 | 99 | 2014 |
| Exploring the effects of individual traits and within-colony variation on task differentiation and collective behavior in a desert social spider CN Keiser, DK Jones, AP Modlmeier, JN Pruitt Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68 (5), 839-850, 2014 | 71 | 2014 |
| Predator and prey activity levels jointly influence the outcome of long-term foraging bouts K Sweeney, B Cusack, F Armagost, T O’Brien, CN Keiser, JN Pruitt Behavioral Ecology 24 (5), 1205-1210, 2013 | 62 | 2013 |
| Open science isn’t always open to all scientists C Bahlai, LJ Bartlett, KR Burgio, AMV Fournier, CN Keiser, T Poisot, ... American Scientist 107 (2), 78-82, 2019 | 56 | 2019 |
| Integrating animal personality into insect population and community ecology AP Modlmeier, CN Keiser, CM Wright, JLL Lichtenstein, JN Pruitt Current Opinion in Insect Science 9, 77-85, 2015 | 55 | 2015 |
| Species-specific influence of group composition on collective behaviors in ants AP Modlmeier, CN Keiser, TA Shearer, JN Pruitt Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68, 1929-1937, 2014 | 52 | 2014 |
| Individual differences in boldness influence patterns of social interactions and the transmission of cuticular bacteria among group-mates CN Keiser, N Pinter-Wollman, DA Augustine, MJ Ziemba, L Hao, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1829), 20160457, 2016 | 49 | 2016 |
| Transgenerational Behavioral Plasticity in a Parthenogenetic Insect in Response to Increased Predation Risk CN Keiser, EB Mondor Journal of Insect Behavior, 1-11, 2013 | 36 | 2013 |
| Colony personality composition alters colony-level plasticity and magnitude of defensive behaviour in a social spider CM Wright, CN Keiser, JN Pruitt Animal behaviour 115, 175-183, 2016 | 30 | 2016 |
| The effect of keystone individuals on collective outcomes can be mediated through interactions or behavioral persistence N Pinter-Wollman, CN Keiser, R Wollman, JN Pruitt The American Naturalist 188 (2), 240-252, 2016 | 29 | 2016 |
| Exploring how a shift in the physical environment shapes individual and group behavior across two social contexts CN Keiser, AP Modlmeier, N Singh, DK Jones, JN Pruitt Ethology 120 (8), 825-833, 2014 | 29 | 2014 |
| Personality composition alters the transmission of cuticular bacteria in social groups CN Keiser, KA Howell, N Pinter-Wollman, JN Pruitt Biology letters 12 (7), 20160297, 2016 | 27 | 2016 |
| The emerging field of venom-microbiomics for exploring venom as a microenvironment, and the corresponding Initiative for Venom Associated Microbes and Parasites (iVAMP) S Ul-Hasan, E Rodríguez-Román, AM Reitzel, RMM Adams, V Herzig, ... Toxicon: X 4, 100016, 2019 | 25 | 2019 |
| Spider aggressiveness determines the bidirectional consequences of host–inquiline interactions CN Keiser, JN Pruitt Behavioral Ecology 25, 142-151, 2014 | 25 | 2014 |
| Warring arthropod societies: social spider colonies can delay annihilation by predatory ants via reduced apparency and increased group size CN Keiser, CM Wright, JN Pruitt Behavioural processes 119, 14-21, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| Queen presence mediates the relationship between collective behaviour and disease susceptibility in ant colonies CN Keiser, S Vojvodic, IO Butler, E Sartain, VHW Rudolf, JB Saltz Journal of Animal Ecology 87 (2), 379-387, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
| Increased bacterial load can reduce or negate the effects of keystone individuals on group collective behaviour CN Keiser, CM Wright, JN Pruitt Animal Behaviour 114, 211-218, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
| The primary case is not enough: Variation among individuals, groups and social networks modify bacterial transmission dynamics CN Keiser, N Pinter‐Wollman, MJ Ziemba, KS Kothamasu, JN Pruitt Journal of Animal Ecology 87 (2), 369-378, 2018 | 18 | 2018 |
| Putative microbial defenses in a social spider: immune variation and antibacterial properties of colony silk CN Keiser, AE DeMarco, TA Shearer, JA Robertson, JN Pruitt The Journal of Arachnology 43 (3), 394-399, 2015 | 18 | 2015 |
Jonathan N. PruittResearch Chair, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & BehaviourVerified email at mcmaster.ca
