Jonathan Z. Shik

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Research output per year 2005 2010 2012 2013 2014 2016 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024 2024

• 638 Citations
• 41 Journal article
• 1 Report
• 1 Letter
• 1 Review

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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  18 Citations (Scopus)

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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.

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

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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.

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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.

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

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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.

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  5 Citations (Scopus)

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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.

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

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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.

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  11 Citations (Scopus)

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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. 122-134

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  14 Citations (Scopus)

• 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.

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  4 Citations (Scopus)

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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, Cantarero Arevalo, L., Kristiansen, M., Lund, M. N., Borregaard, M. K., Høyland-Kroghsbo, N. M., Iversen, R., Viskum, U., Nosch, M. L. B. & Hjorth, J., 2020, University of Copenhagen. 31 p.

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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.

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  24 Citations (Scopus)

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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.

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  21 Citations (Scopus)

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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.

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  11 Citations (Scopus)

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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. 54-61

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  18 Citations (Scopus)

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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.

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  32 Citations (Scopus)

• 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.

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  14 Citations (Scopus)

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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. 137-144

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

• 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.

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  4 Citations (Scopus)

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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. 1999-2009

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  26 Citations (Scopus)

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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.

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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. 440-446

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  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 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.

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  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Liquid foraging behaviour in leafcutting ants: the lunchbox hypothesis

  Rytter, W. & Shik, J. Z., 2016, In: Animal Behaviour. 117, p. 179-186 8 p.

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  8 Citations (Scopus)

• 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.

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  27 Citations (Scopus)
• 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.

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  18 Citations (Scopus)

• 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.

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  14 Citations (Scopus)

• 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.

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  26 Citations (Scopus)
• 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. 1312-1319

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  12 Citations (Scopus)

• 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. 99-109

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  22 Citations (Scopus)

• 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. 829-836

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  40 Citations (Scopus)
• 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. 191-197

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  15 Citations (Scopus)

• 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. 317-323

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  19 Citations (Scopus)

• 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. 1751-1757

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  6 Citations (Scopus)

• 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. 1059-1062

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  31 Citations (Scopus)
• 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. 958-959

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  7 Citations (Scopus)
• 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. 158-165

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  27 Citations (Scopus)

• 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. 2221-2226

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  24 Citations (Scopus)

• The metabolic costs of building ant colonies from variably sized subunits

  Shik, J. Z., 2010, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64, 12, p. 1981-1990

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  33 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Lifespan in male ants linked to mating syndrome

  Shik, J. Z. & Kaspari, M., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 2, p. 131-134

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  10 Citations (Scopus)
• 2008

  Ant colony size and the scaling of reproductive effort

  Shik, J. Z., 2008, In: Functional Ecology. 22, 4, p. 674-681

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  34 Citations (Scopus)
• 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. 38-42

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  1 Citation (Scopus)