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Entomology

a group member whose traits have a large, disproportionate influence on the behaviour and success of the whole group relative to its numbers.

In entomology, keystone individual refers to a group member whose traits have a large, disproportionate influence on the behaviour and success of the whole group relative to its numbers. This meaning comes from Modlmeier (2014) in Animal Behaviour.[1]

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References

Modlmeier, A. P., Keiser, C. N., Watters, J. V., Sih, A., & Pruitt, J. N. (2014). The keystone individual concept: an ecological and evolutionary overview. Animal Behaviour, 89, 53-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.12.020

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