Isler, Karin

Overall Brain Size, and Not Encephalization Quotient, Best Predicts Cognitive Ability across Non-Human Primates

Deaner, R. O., Isler, K., Burkart, J., & van Schaik, C. (2007) · Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Primate Behavior and EcologyCognitive Abilities and Testing

Cited by 549

The Expensive Brain: A framework for explaining evolutionary changes in brain size

Isler, K., & van Schaik, C. P. (2009) · Journal of Human Evolution

Animal Behavior and ReproductionPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Cited by 474

Energetics and the evolution of human brain size

Navarrete, A., van Schaik, C. P., & Isler, K. (2011) · Nature

Primate Behavior and EcologyEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 469

The evolutionary origin of human hyper-cooperation

Burkart, J. M., Allon, O., Amici, F., Fichtel, C., Finkenwirth, C., Heschl, A., Huber, J., Isler, K., Kosonen, Z. K., Martins, E., et al. (2014) · Nature Communications

Primate Behavior and EcologyEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Cited by 396

Endocranial volumes of primate species: scaling analyses using a comprehensive and reliable data set

Isler, K., Christopher Kirk, E., Miller, J. M. A., Albrecht, G. A., Gelvin, B. R., & Martin, R. D. (2008) · Journal of Human Evolution

Primate Behavior and EcologyEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 320

Metabolic costs of brain size evolution

Isler, K., & van Schaik, C. P. (2006) · Biology Letters

Physiological and biochemical adaptationsEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 317

Costs of encephalization: the energy trade-off hypothesis tested on birds

Isler, K., & van Schaik, C. (2006) · Journal of Human Evolution

Primate Behavior and EcologyAnimal Behavior and Reproduction

Cited by 217

Primate energy expenditure and life history

Pontzer, H., Raichlen, D. A., Gordon, A. D., Schroepfer-Walker, K. K., Hare, B., O’Neill, M. C., Muldoon, K. M., Dunsworth, H. M., Wood, B. M., Isler, K., et al. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Primate Behavior and EcologyPhysiological and biochemical adaptations

Cited by 165

How Our Ancestors Broke through the Gray Ceiling: Comparative Evidence for Cooperative Breeding in Early Homo

Isler, K., & van Schaik, C. P. (2012) · Current Anthropology

Primate Behavior and EcologyPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Cited by 144

On Being Small: Brain Allometry in Ants

Wehner, R., Fukushi, T., & Isler, K. (2007) · Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Cited by 89

Wild Orangutan Males Plan and Communicate Their Travel Direction One Day in Advance

van Schaik, C. P., Damerius, L., & Isler, K. (2013) · PLoS ONE

Primate Behavior and EcologyAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Cited by 68

Gross intestinal morphometry and allometry in Carnivora

McGrosky, A., Navarrete, A., Isler, K., Langer, P., & Clauss, M. (2016) · European Journal of Wildlife Research

Comparative Animal Anatomy StudiesEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 41

Being fat and smart: A comparative analysis of the fat-brain trade-off in mammals

Heldstab, S. A., van Schaik, C. P., & Isler, K. (2016) · Journal of Human Evolution

Primate Behavior and EcologyEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Cited by 37

Allomaternal care, brains and fertility in mammals: who cares matters

Heldstab, S. A., Isler, K., Burkart, J. M., & van Schaik, C. P. (2019) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Animal Behavior and ReproductionPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Cited by 29