| The expression and impact of antifungal grooming in ants A Reber, J Purcell, SD Buechel, P Buri, M Chapuisat Journal of evolutionary biology 24 (5), 954-964, 2011 | 139 | 2011 |
| Convergent genetic architecture underlies social organization in ants J Purcell, A Brelsford, Y Wurm, N Perrin, M Chapuisat Current Biology 24 (22), 2728-2732, 2014 | 113 | 2014 |
| Altitudinal patterns of spider sociality and the biology of a new midelevation social Anelosimus species in Ecuador L Avilés, I Agnarsson, PA Salazar, J Purcell, G Iturralde, EC Yip, ... The American Naturalist 170 (5), 783-792, 2007 | 79 | 2007 |
| Smaller colonies and more solitary living mark higher elevation populations of a social spider J Purcell, L Avilés Journal of Animal Ecology, 590-597, 2007 | 65 | 2007 |
| Geographic patterns in the distribution of social systems in terrestrial arthropods J Purcell Biological Reviews 86 (2), 475-491, 2011 | 60 | 2011 |
| Differential allocation and deployment of direct and indirect defences by Vicia sepium along elevation gradients S Rasmann, A Buri, M Gallot‐Lavallée, J Joaquim, J Purcell, L Pellissier Journal of Ecology 102 (4), 930-938, 2014 | 52 | 2014 |
| Transitions in social complexity along elevational gradients reveal a combined impact of season length and development time on social evolution SD Kocher, L Pellissier, C Veller, J Purcell, MA Nowak, M Chapuisat, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1787), 20140627, 2014 | 49 | 2014 |
| Gradients of precipitation and ant abundance may contribute to the altitudinal range limit of subsocial spiders: insights from a transplant experiment J Purcell, L Avilés Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 275 (1651), 2617-2625, 2008 | 48 | 2008 |
| Reassessing the causes of decline of Polylepis, a tropical subalpine forest J Purcell, A Brelsford Ecotropica 10, 155-158, 2004 | 47 | 2004 |
| Functional diversity decreases with temperature in high elevation ant fauna A Reymond, J Purcell, D Cherix, A Guisan, L Pellissier Ecological entomology 38 (4), 364-373, 2013 | 42 | 2013 |
| The Evolution of Inbred Social Systems in Spiders and Other Organisms: From Short-Term Gains to Long-Term Evolutionary Dead Ends? L Avilés, J Purcell Advances in the Study of Behavior 44, 99-133, 2012 | 34 | 2012 |
| Co-evolution between sociality and dispersal: the role of synergistic cooperative benefits J Purcell, A Brelsford, L Avilés Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2012 | 27 | 2012 |
| The world's highest forest: a better understanding of the properties of Andean queńua woodlands has major implications for their conservation J Purcell, A Brelsford, M Kessler American Scientist 92 (5), 454-461, 2004 | 26 | 2004 |
| Social structure varies with elevation in an Alpine ant J Purcell, L Pellissier, M Chapuisat Molecular Ecology 24 (2), 498-507, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| Factors influencing route choice by avian migrants: a dynamic programming model of Pacific brant migration J Purcell, A Brodin Journal of theoretical Biology 249 (4), 804-816, 2007 | 24 | 2007 |
| Bidirectional shifts in colony queen number in a socially polymorphic ant population J Purcell, M Chapuisat Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 67 (4), 1169-1180, 2013 | 23 | 2013 |
| An ancient and eroded social supergene is widespread across Formica ants A Brelsford, J Purcell, A Avril, PT Van, J Zhang, T Brütsch, L Sundström, ... Current Biology 30 (2), 304-311. e4, 2020 | 22 | 2020 |
| The influence of social structure on brood survival and development in a socially polymorphic ant: insights from a cross‐fostering experiment J Purcell, M Chapuisat Journal of evolutionary biology 25 (11), 2288-2297, 2012 | 22 | 2012 |
| Spatio-temporal differentiation and sociality in spiders J Purcell, J Vasconcellos-Neto, MO Gonzaga, JA Fletcher, L Avilés PLoS ONE 7 (4), e34592, 2012 | 18 | 2012 |
| Effects of the social environment on the survival and fungal resistance of ant brood J Purcell, T Brütsch, M Chapuisat Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66 (3), 467-474, 2012 | 18 | 2012 |
Michel ChapuisatUniversity of LausanneVerified email at unil.ch
