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2024
Genomic Signatures of Domestication in a Fungus Obligately Farmed by Leafcutter Ants
Leal-Dutra, C. A., Vizueta, J., Baril, T., Kooij, P. W., Rødsgaard-Jørgensen, A., Conlon, B. H., Croll, D. & Shik, J. Z., 2024, In: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION . 41, 10, 14 p., msae197.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The evolution of thermal performance curves in fungi farmed by attine ant mutualists in above-ground or below-ground microclimates
Hess, O. C. J., van der Deure, T., Bolander, M., Leal Dutra, C. A. & Shik, J. Z., 24 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Two +ssRNA mycoviruses cohabiting the fungal cultivar of leafcutter ants
Rødsgaard-Jørgensen, A., Leal-Dutra, C. A., de Santana, S. F., Jensen, A. R., Marques, R. E., Aguiar, E. R. G. R. & Shik, J. Z., 2024, In: Virology Journal. 21, 1, 8 p., 211.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2023
Ecological strategies of (pl)ants: Towards a world-wide worker economic spectrum for ants
Gibb, H., Bishop, T. R., Leahy, L., Parr, C. L., Lessard, J-P., Sanders, N. J., Shik, J. Z., Ibarra-Isassi, J., Narendra, A., Dunn, R. R. & Wright, I. J., 2023, In: Functional Ecology. 37, 1, 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evidence that the domesticated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus recycles its cytoplasmic contents as nutritional rewards to feed its leafcutter ant farmers
Leal-Dutra, C. A., Yuen, L. M., Guedes, B. A. M., Contreras-Serrano, M., Marques, P. E. & Shik, J. Z., 2023, In: IMA Fungus. 14, 1, 13 p., 19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Reciprocal nutritional provisioning between leafcutter ants and their fungal cultivar mediates performance of symbiotic farming systems
Bolander, M., Andersen, J. E., Conlon, B. H., Arnan, X., Michelsen, A. & Shik, J. Z., 2023, In: Functional Ecology. 37, 12, p. 3079-3090 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2022
A fungal symbiont converts provisioned cellulose into edible yield for its leafcutter ant farmers
Conlon, B. H., O'Tuama, D., Michelsen, A., Crumière, A. J. J. & Shik, J. Z., 2022, In: Biology Letters. 18, 4, 6 p., 20220022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Male ant reproductive investment in a seasonal wet tropical forest: Consequences of future climate change
Donoso, D. A., Basset, Y., Shik, J. Z., Forrister, D. L., Uquillas, A., Salazar-Méndez, Y., Arizala, S., Polanco, P., Beckett, S., Diego Dominguez, G. & Barrios, H., 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 3 , 13 p., e0266222.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Nutritional challenges of feeding a mutualist: Testing for a nutrient–toxin tradeoff in fungus-farming leafcutter ants
Crumière, A. J. J., Mallett, S., Michelsen, A., Rinnan, R. & Shik, J. Z., 2022, In: Ecology. 103, 6, 12 p., e3684.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Orthogonal protocols for DNA extraction from filamentous fungi
Conlon, B. H., Schmidt, S., Poulsen, M. & Shik, J. Z., 2022, In: STAR Protocols. 3, 1, 10 p., 101126.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2021
Nutritional niches reveal fundamental domestication trade-offs in fungus-farming ants
Shik, J. Z., Kooij, P. W., Donoso, D. A., Santos, J. C., Gomez, E. B., Franco, M., Crumière, A. J. J., Arnan, X., Howe, J., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, J. J., 2021, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5, 1, p. 122-134Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The multidimensional nutritional niche of fungus-cultivar provisioning in free-ranging colonies of a neotropical leafcutter ant
Crumière, A. J. J., James, A., Lannes, P., Mallett, S., Michelsen, A., Rinnan, R. & Shik, J. Z., 2021, In: Ecology Letters. 24, 11, p. 2439-2451 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research › peer-review
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2020
24 Messages on a Sustainable Career in Research at UCPH
Larsen, K. R. (ed.), Wegener, H. C., Stein, A., Bach, A., Williams, A. R., Gall, C., Gravert, C., Gloriam, D. E., Lorenzen, E., Yvanez, E., Cappellini, E., Poulsen, F., Mortensen, J., Bentzen, J. S., Shik, J. Z., Miskowiak, K. W., Elgaard, K. K. E., Jønsson, K. A., Won, K. J., Nørgaard, L. C. & 9 others, , 2020, University of Copenhagen. 31 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Communication
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Nutritional Dimensions of Invasive Success
Shik, J. Z. & Dussutour, A., 2020, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 35, 8, p. 691-703 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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The evolution of multicellular complexity: the role of relatedness and environmental constraints
Fisher, R. M., Shik, J. Z. & Boomsma, J. J., 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1931, 8 p., 20192963.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Using Nutritional Geometry to Explore How Social Insects Navigate Nutritional Landscapes
Crumiere, A. J. J., Stephenson, C. J., Nagel, M. & Shik, J. Z., 2020, In: Insects. 11, 1, 14 p., 53.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2019
Can interaction specificity in the fungus-farming termite symbiosis be explained by nutritional requirements of the fungal crop?
da Costa, R. R., Vreeburg, S. M. E., Shik, J. Z., Aanen, D. K. & Poulsen, M., 2019, In: Fungal Ecology. 38, p. 54-61Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evidence for locally adaptive metabolic rates among ant populations along an elevational gradient
Shik, J. Z., Arnan, X., Oms, C. S., Cerdá, X. & Boulay, R., 2019, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 88, 8, p. 1240-1249 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Using nutritional geometry to define the fundamental macronutrient niche of the widespread invasive ant Monomorium pharaonis
Krabbe, B. A., Arnan, X., Lannes, P., Bergstedt, C. E., Larsen, R. S., Pedersen, J. S. & Shik, J. Z., 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 6, 17 p., e0218764.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2018
Context is everything: mapping Cyphomyrmex-derived compounds to the fungus-growing ant phylogeny
Hamilton, N., Jones, T. H., Shik, J. Z., Wall, B., Schultz, T. R., Blair, H. A. & Adams, R. M. M., 2018, In: Chemoecology. 28, 4-5, p. 137-144Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Cryptic Diversity in Colombian Edible Leaf-Cutting Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Kooij, P. W., Dentinger, B. M., Donoso, D. A., Shik, J. Z. & Gaya, E., 2018, In: Insects. 9, 4, p. 1-12 191.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Disentangling nutritional pathways linking leafcutter ants and their co-evolved fungal symbionts using stable isotopes
Shik, J. Z., Rytter, W., Arnan, X. & Michelsen, A., 2018, In: Ecology. 99, 9, p. 1999-2009Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Reconstructing the functions of endosymbiotic Mollicutes in fungus-growing ants
Sapountzis, P., Zhukova, M., Shik, J. Z., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 2018, In: eLife. 7, p. 1-31 e39209.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The farming ant Sericomyrmex amabilis nutritionally manages its fungal symbiont and social parasite
Shik, J. Z., Consilio, A., Kaae, T. & Adams, R. M. M., Aug 2018, In: Ecological Entomology. 43, 4, p. 440-446Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2016
Extreme polygyny in the previously unstudied subtropical ant Temnothorax tuscaloosae with implications for the biogeographic study of the evolution of polygyny
Guénard, B., Shik, J. Z., Booher, D., Lubertazzi, D. & Alpert, G., 2016, In: Insectes Sociaux. 63, 4, p. 543-551 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Liquid foraging behaviour in leafcutting ants: the lunchbox hypothesis
Rytter, W. & Shik, J. Z., 2016, In: Animal Behaviour. 117, p. 179-186 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Nutrition mediates the expression of cultivar-farmer conflict in a fungus-growing ant
Shik, J. Z., Gomez, E. B., Kooij, P. W., Santos, J. C., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, J. J., 2016, In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 113, 36, p. 10121-10126 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2014
Aphid honeydew provides a nutritionally balanced resource for incipient Argentine ant mutualists
Shik, J. Z., Kay, A. D. & Silverman, J., 2014, In: Animal Behaviour. 95, p. 33-39 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Diet specialization in an extreme omnivore: nutritional regulation in glucose-averse German cockroaches
Shik, J. Z., Schal, C. & Silverman, J., 2014, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27, 10, p. 2096-2105 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Metabolism and the rise of fungus cultivation by ants
Shik, J. Z., Santos, J. C., Seal, J. N., Kay, A., Mueller, U. G. & Kaspari, M., 2014, In: American Naturalist. 184, 3, p. 364-373 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2013
Prey handling performance facilitates competitive dominance of an invasive over a native keystone ant
Bednar, D., Shik, J. Z. & Silverman, J., 2013, In: Behavioral Ecology. 24, 6, p. 1312-1319Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The life history continuum hypothesis links traits of male ants with life outside the nest.
Shik, J. Z., Donoso, D. A. & Kaspari, M., 2013, In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 149, 2, p. 99-109Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Towards a nutritional ecology of invasive establishment: aphid mutualists provide better fuel for incipient Argentine ant colonies than insect prey
Shik, J. Z. & Silverman, J., 2013, In: Biological Invasions. 15, 4, p. 829-836Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2012
A life history continuum in the males of a Neotropical ant assemblage: refuting the sperm vessel hypothesis
Shik, J. Z., Flatt, D., Kay, A. & Kaspari, M., 2012, In: Naturwissenschaften. 99, 3, p. 191-197Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Diet composition does not affect ant colony tempo.
Kay, A. D., Shik, J. Z., Van Alst, A., Miller, K. A. & Kaspari, M., 2012, In: Functional Ecology. 26, 2, p. 317-323Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Effect of scattered and discrete hydramethylnon bait placement on the Asian needle ant
Rice, E. S., Shik, J. Z. & Silverman, J., 2012, In: Journal of Economic Entomology. 105, 5, p. 1751-1757Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Toward a general life history model of the superorganism: predicting the survival, growth, and reproduction of ant societies
Shik, J. Z., Hou, C., Kay, A., Kaspari, M. & Gillooly, J. F., 2012, In: Biology Letters. 8, 6, p. 1059-1062Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2011
Preliminary assessment of metabolic costs of the nematode Myrmeconema neotropicum on its host, the tropical ant Cephalotes atratus
Shik, J. Z., Kaspari, M. & Yanoviak, S. P., 2011, In: Journal of Parasitology. 97, 5, p. 958-959Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2010
More food, less habitat: how necromass and leaf litter decomposition combine to regulate a litter ant community
Shik, J. Z. & Kaspari, M., 2010, In: Ecological Entomology. 35, 2, p. 158-165Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Scaling community structure: how bacteria, fungi, and ant taxocenes differentiate along a tropical forest floor
Kaspari, M., Stevenson, B. S., Shik, J. & Kerekes, J. F., 2010, In: Ecology. 91, 8, p. 2221-2226Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The metabolic costs of building ant colonies from variably sized subunits
Shik, J. Z., 2010, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64, 12, p. 1981-1990Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2009
Lifespan in male ants linked to mating syndrome
Shik, J. Z. & Kaspari, M., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 2, p. 131-134Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2008
Ant colony size and the scaling of reproductive effort
Shik, J. Z., 2008, In: Functional Ecology. 22, 4, p. 674-681Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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2005
The Effect of Human Activity on Ant Species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Richness at the Mont St. Hilaire Biosphere Reserve, Quebec
Shik, J. Z., Francoeur, A. & Buddle, C. M., 2005, In: The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 119, 1, p. 38-42Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)