Jes Søe Pedersen

Research output

Research output per year 1998 1999 2004 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2014 2019

• 41 Journal article
• 2 Comment/debate
• 1 Book chapter
• 1 Literature review
• 1 More
  • 1 Computer programme

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2019

  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

  • Carbohydrates 100%
  • Monomorium pharaonis 99%
  • Niche 88%
  • Ants 83%
  • Nutrition 76%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Artificial selection on ant female caste ratio uncovers a link between female-biased sex ratios and infection by Wolbachia endosymbionts

  Pontieri, L., Schmidt, A. M., Singh, R., Pedersen, J. S. & Linksvayer, T. A., 1 Feb 2017, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 30, 2, p. 225-234 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • caste 100%
  • endosymbiont 95%
  • artificial selection 83%
  • sex ratio 83%
  • Wolbachia 82%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Evolutionary constraints shape caste-specific gene expression across 15 ant species

  Morandin, C., Mikheyev, A. S., Pedersen, J. S. & Helanterä, H., May 2017, In: Evolution. 71, 5, p. 1273-1284 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • caste 100%
  • Ants 92%
  • ant 79%
  • gene expression 78%
  • morphs 65%
  7 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Comparative transcriptomics reveals the conserved building blocks involved in parallel evolution of diverse phenotypic traits in ants

  Morandin, C., Tin, M. M. Y., Abril, S., Gomez, C., Pontieri, L., Schiøtt, M., Sundstrom, L., Tsuji, K., Pedersen, J. S., Helantera, H. & Mikheyev, A. S., 7 Mar 2016, In: Genome Biology (Online). 17, 19 p., 43 .

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • parallel evolution 100%
  • Ants 93%
  • ant 80%
  • queen insects 72%
  • transcriptomics 59%
  49 Citations (Scopus)

  106 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Rapid increase of the parasitic fungus Laboulbenia formicarum in supercolonies of the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus

  Tragust, S., Feldhaar, H., Espadaler, X. & Pedersen, J. S., 22 Oct 2015, In: Biological Invasions. 17, 10, p. 2795-2801 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Lasius neglectus 100%
  • Laboulbenia 95%
  • ant 63%
  • garden 56%
  • Formicidae 47%
  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  Ant colonies prefer infected over uninfected nest sites

  Pontieri, L., Vojvodic, S., Graham, R., Pedersen, J. S. & Linksvayer, T. A., 5 Nov 2014, In: PLOS ONE. 9, 11, 6 p., e111961.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ant Colony 100%
  • nest site 86%
  • Ants 85%
  • Pathogens 83%
  • Nest 81%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

  617 Downloads (Pure)

• A statistical approach to identify candidate cues for nestmate recognition

  van Zweden, J., Pontieri, L. & Pedersen, J. S., 6 Nov 2014, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2, 11 p., 73.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • nestmate recognition 100%
  • Monomorium pharaonis 50%
  • hydrocarbons 28%
  • Formicidae 27%
  • Formica exsecta 26%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Convergent development of ecological, genetic, and morphological traits in native supercolonies of the red ant Myrmica rubra

  Huszár, D. B., Larsen, R. S., Carlsen, S., Boomsma, J. J. & Pedersen, J. S., Nov 2014, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 68, 11, p. 1859-1870 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Solenopsis geminata 100%
  • Myrmica rubra 99%
  • ecological genetics 90%
  • genetic traits 79%
  • ant 75%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• The evolution of multiqueen breeding in eusocial lineages with permanent physically differentiated castes

  Boomsma, J. J., Huszár, D. B. & Pedersen, J. S., Jun 2014, In: Animal Behaviour. 92, p. 241-252 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • polygyny 100%
  • caste 82%
  • breeding 55%
  • ant 54%
  • Formicidae 40%
  37 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Multiple introductions and no loss of genetic diversity: invasion history of Japanese Rose, Rosa rugosa, in Europe

  Kelager, A., Pedersen, J. S. & Bruun, H. H., May 2013, In: Biological Invasions. 15, 5, p. 1125-1141 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Rosa rugosa 100%
  • genetic diversity 70%
  • Rosa 53%
  • Europe 43%
  • genetic variation 39%
  40 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  The logic of hypersocial colonies

  Pedersen, J. S., Sept 2012, In: Behavioral Ecology. 23, 5, p. 934–935 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research

  7 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Assessment of testis development during induced spermatogenesis in the European eel Anguilla anguilla

  Tomkiewicz, J., Kofoed, T. M. N. & Pedersen, J. S., 3 May 2011, In: Marine and Coastal Fisheries. 3, 1, p. 106-118

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Anguilla anguilla 100%
  • eel 96%
  • spermatogenesis 81%
  • testes 66%
  • index 40%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

  Abbot, P., Abe, J., Alcock, J., Alizon, S., Alpedrinha, J. A. C., Andersson, M., Andre, J-B., van Baalen, M., Balloux, F., Balshine, S., Barton, N., Beukeboom, L. W., Biernaskie, J. M., Kofoed, T. B., Borgia, G., Breed, M., Brown, S., Bshary, R., Buckling, A., Burley, N. T., & 117 othersBurton-Chellew, M. N., Cant, M. A., Chapuisat, M., Charnov, E. L., Clutton-Brock, T., Cockburn, A., Cole, B. J., Colegrave, N., Cosmides, L., Couzin, I. D., Coyne, J. A., Creel, S., Crespi, B., Curry, R. L., Dall, S. R. X., Day, T., Dickinson, J. L., Dugatkin, L. A., El Mouden, C., Emlen, S. T., Evans, J., Ferriere, R., Field, J., Foitzik, S., Foster, K., Foster, W. A., Fox, C. W., Gadau, J., Gandon, S., Gardner, A., Gardner, M. G., Getty, T., Goodisman, M. A. D., Grafen, A., Grosberg, R., Grozinger, C. M., Gouyon, P-H., Gwynne, D., Harvey, P. H., Hatchwell, B. J., Heinze, J., Helantera, H., Helms, K. R., Hill, K., Natalie, J., Johnstone, R. A., Kacelnik, A., Kiers, E. T., Kokko, H., Komdeur, J., Korb, J., Kronauer, D., Kümmerli, R., Lehmann, L., Linksvayer, T. A., Lion, S., Lyon, B., Marshall, J. A. R., McElreath, R., Michalakis, Y., Michod, R. E., Mock, D., Monnin, T., Montgomerie, R., Moore, A. J., Mueller, U. G., Noë, R., Okasha, S., Pamilo, P., Parker, G. A., Pedersen, J. S., Pen, I., Pfennig, D., Queller, D. C., Rankin, D. J., Reece, S. E., Reeve, H. K., Reuter, M., Roberts, G., Robson, S. K. A., Roze, D., Rousset, F., Rueppell, O., Sachs, J. L., Santorelli, L., Schmid-Hempel, P., Schwarz, M. P., Scott-Phillips, T., Shellmann-Sherman, J., Sherman, P. W., Shuker, D. M., Smith, J., Spagna, J. C., Strassmann, B., Suarez, A. V., Sundström, L., Taborsky, M., Taylor, P., Thompson, G., Tooby, J., Tsutsui, N. D., Tsuji, K., Turillazzi, S., Ubeda, F., Vargo, E. L., Voelkl, B., Wenseleers, T., West, S. A., West-Eberhard, M. J., Westneat, D. F., Wiernasz, D. C., Wild, G., Wrangham, R., Young, A. J., Zeh, D. W., Zeh, J. A. & Zink, A., 24 Mar 2011, In: Nature. 471, 7339, p. E1-E4 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review

  229 Citations (Scopus)

• Mating, hybridisation and introgression in Lasius ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

  Van der Have, T., Pedersen, J. S. & Boomsma, J. J., 2011, In: Myrmecological News. 15, p. 109–115 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Lasius 100%
  • Lasius niger 77%
  • introgression 66%
  • Formicidae 59%
  • Hymenoptera 55%

• No benefit in diversity? The effect of genetic variation on survival and disease resistance in a polygynous social insect

  Schmidt, A. M., Linksvayer, T. A., Boomsma, J. J. & Pedersen, J. S., Dec 2011, In: Ecological Entomology. 36, 6, p. 751–759 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Queen-worker caste ratio depends on colony size in the pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis)

  Schmidt, A. M., Linksvayer, T. A., Boomsma, J. J. & Pedersen, J. S., May 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 2, p. 139–144 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • worker caste 100%
  • Monomorium pharaonis 82%
  • ant 59%
  • queen insects 53%
  • caste 44%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Relative roles of climatic suitability and anthropogenic influence in determining the pattern of spread in a global invader

  Roura-Pascual, N., Hui, C., Ikeda, T., Leday, G., Richardson, D. M., Carpintero, S., Espadaler, X., Gómez, C., Guénard, B., Hartley, S., Krushelnycky, P., Lester, P. J., McGeoch, M. A., Menke, S. B., Pedersen, J. S., Pitt, J. P. W., Reyes, J., Sanders, N., Suarez, A. V., Touyama, Y., & 3 othersWard, D., Ward, P. S. & Worner, S. P., 4 Jan 2011, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108, 1, p. 220-225 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Introduced Species 100%
  • Ecosystem 41%
  • Ants 17%
  • Ecology 14%
  • Population Groups 12%
  107 Citations (Scopus)
• 2010

  Large effective population size and temporal genetic stability in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

  Therkildsen, N. O., Nielsen, E. E., Swain, D. P. & Pedersen, J. S., Oct 2010, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 67, 10, p. 1585–1595

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Gulf of Saint Lawrence 100%
  • effective population size 86%
  • genetic stability 82%
  • Gadus morhua 78%
  • gulf 48%
  46 Citations (Scopus)

• Low levels of nestmate discrimination despite high genetic differentiation in the invasive pharaoh ant

  Schmidt, A. M., d'Ettorre, P. & Pedersen, J. S., 30 Jun 2010, In: Frontiers in Zoology. 7, p. 20

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Monomorium pharaonis 100%
  • genetic differentiation 77%
  • ant 72%
  • aggression 56%
  • genetic variation 38%
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• The worldwide expansion of the Argentine ant

  Vogel, V., Pedersen, J. S., Giraud, T., Krieger, M. J. B. & Keller, L., Jan 2010, In: Diversity and Distributions. 16, 1, p. 170-186

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Linepithema humile 100%
  • ant 82%
  • genetic diversity 57%
  • mitochondrial DNA 41%
  • genetic variation 32%
  74 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Dynamics and genetic structure of Argentine ant supercolonies in their native range

  Vogel, V., Pedersen, J. S., d'Ettorre, P., Lehmann, L. & Keller, L., 2009, In: Evolution. 63, 6, p. 1627-39 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Linepithema humile 100%
  • Ants 96%
  • Genetic Structures 94%
  • genetic structure 83%
  • ant 82%
  47 Citations (Scopus)

• Genetic population structure of European sprat Sprattus sprattus: differentiation across a steep environmental gradient in a small pelagic fish

  Limborg, M. T., Pedersen, J. S., Hemmer-Hansen, J., Hemmer-Hansen, J., Tomkiewicz, J. & Bekkevold, D., 2009, In: Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 379, p. 213-224

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Sprattus sprattus 100%
  • pelagic fish 85%
  • Baltic Sea 78%
  • environmental gradient 70%
  • population structure 66%
  38 Citations (Scopus)

• Sleigh, C. 2007: Six legs better: a cultural history of myrmecology: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, VIII + 302 pp.; Hardback, ISBN 0-8018-8445-4, Price: £36.50

  Pedersen, J. S., Sept 2009, In: Myrmecological News. 12, p. 236

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Research

• The evolution of social insect mating systems

  Boomsma, J. J., Kronauer, D. J. C. & Pedersen, J. S., Feb 2009, Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Sociocomplexity. Gadau, J. & Fewell, J. (eds.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, p. 3-25

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2008

  Breeding system and reproductive skew in a highly polygynous ant population

  Haag-Liautard, C., Pedersen, J. S., Ovaskainen, O. & Keller, L., Dec 2008, In: Insectes Sociaux. 55, 4, p. 347–354

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • reproductive strategy 100%
  • ant 88%
  • queen insects 79%
  • Formicidae 66%
  • breeding 45%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants

  Cremer, S., Ugelvig, L. V., Drijfhout, F. P., Schlick-Steiner, B. C., Steiner, F. M., Seifert, B., Hughes, D. P., Schulz, A., Petersen, K. S., Konrad, H., Stauffer, C., Kiran, K., Espadaler, X., d'Ettorre, P., Aktaç, N., Eilenberg, J., Jones, G. R., Nash, D. R., Pedersen, J. S. & Boomsma, J. J., 2008, In: PLoS ONE. 3, 12, 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Lasius neglectus 100%
  • Lasius 79%
  • invasiveness 78%
  • Parasites 77%
  • Ants 74%
  77 Citations (Scopus)

• The introduction history of invasive garden ants in Europe: integrating genetic, chemical and behavioural approaches

  Ugelvig, L., Drijfhout, F., Kronauer, D., Boomsma, J., Pedersen, J. & Cremer, S., 2008, In: BMC Biology. 6, p. 1-14 11.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Lasius neglectus 100%
  • Behavioral Genetics 76%
  • Ants 74%
  • Molecular Cluster 34%
  • Black 23%
  65 Citations (Scopus)

  43 Downloads (Pure)
• 2006

  Attack of the invasive garden ant: aggression behaviour of Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) against native Lasius species in Spain

  Cremer, S., Ugelvig, L. V., Lommen, S. T. E., Petersen, K. S. & Pedersen, J. S., 2006, In: Myrmecologische Nachrichten. 9, p. 13-19

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Lasius neglectus 100%
  • Lasius 79%
  • aggression 49%
  • Formicidae 47%
  • Spain 45%

• Native supercolonies of unrelated individuals in the invasive Argentine ant

  Pedersen, J. S., Krieger, M. J. B., Vogel, V., Giraud, T. & Keller, L., 2006, In: Evolution. 60, 4, p. 782-791

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Linepithema humile 100%
  • Ants 96%
  • ant 82%
  • social organization 60%
  • relatedness 57%
  112 Citations (Scopus)

• The queen is not a pacemaker in the small-colony wasps Polistes instabilis and P. dominulus

  Jha, S., Casey-Ford, R. G., Pedersen, J. S., Platt, T. G., Cervo, R., Queller, D. C. & Strassmann, J. E., 2006, In: Animal Behaviour. 71, 5, p. 1197-1203

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Polistes dominula 100%
  • Polistes 92%
  • wasp 89%
  • queen insects 68%
  • wasps 65%
  22 Citations (Scopus)
• 2005

  Loss of Wolbachia infection during colonisation in the invasive Argentine ant Linepithema humile

  Reuter, M., Pedersen, J. S. & Keller, L., 2005, In: Heredity. 94, p. 364-369

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Wolbachia 100%
  • Ants 91%
  • Ecosystem 36%
  • Infections 31%
  • Arthropods 28%
  55 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Ant parasite queens revert to mating singly

  Sumner, S., Hughes, W. O. H., Pedersen, J. S. & Boomsma, J. J., 2004, In: Nature. 428, 6978, p. 35-36

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ants 100%
  • Parasites 60%
  • Habits 23%
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis 20%
  • Life Style 19%
  74 Citations (Scopus)

• De promiskuøse dronninger - Parrer de sig kun for sjov?

  Jensen, A. B., Pedersen, J. S., Pedersen, B. V. & Boomsma, J. J., 2004, In: Tidsskrift for Biavl. 6, juni, p. 167-169

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• Extreme queen-mating frequency and colony fission in African army ants

  Kronauer, D. J. C., Schoning, C., Pedersen, J. S., Boomsma, J. J. & Gadau, J., 2004, In: Molecular Ecology. 13, 8, p. 2381-8 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ants 100%
  • mating frequency 98%
  • ant 85%
  • queen insects 77%
  • Formicidae 63%
  65 Citations (Scopus)

• MATESOFT: a program for deducing parental genotypes and estimating mating system statistics in haplodiploid species

  Moilanen, A., Sundström, L. & Pedersen, J. S., 2004, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. Vol. 4, issue 4, p. 795-797

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  69 Citations (Scopus)
• 2003

  Hypersociale myrer - en ulovlig økologisk succes

  Pedersen, J. S., 2003, In: Naturens Verden. Årgang 86, nr. 4, p. 22-31

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

• MATESOFT: a program for genetic analysis of mating systems. Version 1

  Moilanen, A., Sundström, L. & Pedersen, J. S., 2003

  Research output: Non-textual form › Computer programme › Research
• 2002

  Convergent development of low-relatedness supercolonies in Myrmica ants

  Van der Hammen, T., Pedersen, J. S. & Boomsma, J. J., Aug 2002, In: Heredity. 89, 1, p. 83-89

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Evolution of supercolonies: the Argentine ants of southern Europe

  Giraud, T., Pedersen, J. S. & Keller, L., 30 Apr 2002, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A.. 99, p. 6075-6079

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  352 Citations (Scopus)
• 2000

  Microsatellite analysis suggests occasional worker reproduction in the monogynous ant Crematogaster smithi

  Heinze, J., Strätz, M., Pedersen, J. S. & Haberl, M., 2000, In: Insectes Sociaux. 47, 4, p. 299-301

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 1999

  Effect of habitat saturation on the number and turnover of queens in the polygynous ant Myrmica sulcinodis

  Pedersen, J. S. & Boomsma, J. J., Sept 1999, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 12, 5, p. 903-917

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  69 Citations (Scopus)

• Genetic analysis of colony structure in polydomous and polygynous ant populations

  Pedersen, J. S. & Boomsma, J. J., Jan 1999, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 66, 1, p. 115-144

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  44 Citations (Scopus)

• Multiple paternity in social Hymenoptera: estimating the effective mate number in single-double mating populations

  Pedersen, J. S. & Boomsma, J. J., Apr 1999, In: Molecular Ecology. 8, 4, p. 577-587

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  45 Citations (Scopus)

• Positive association of queen number and queen mating frequency in Myrmica ants: a challenge to the genetic variability hypothesis

  Pedersen, J. S. & Boomsma, J. J., Mar 1999, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 45, 3-4, p. 185-193

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  35 Citations (Scopus)
• 1998

  Ancient conservation of trinucleotide microsatellite loci in polistine wasps

  Ezenwa, V. O., Peters, J. M., Zhu, Y., Arévalo, E., Hastings, M. D., Seppä, P., Pedersen, J. S., Zacchi, F., Queller, D. C. & Strassmann, J. E., Oct 1998, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 10, 2, p. 168-77

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Wasps 100%
  • wasp 93%
  • Microsatellite Repeats 70%
  • wasps 68%
  • microsatellite repeats 49%
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Direct genetic evidence for local mate competition in ants

  Pedersen, J. S. & Boomsma, J. J., Dec 1998, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. 85, 12, p. 593-595

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  18 Citations (Scopus)