Jonathan Z. Shik

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., Apr 2019, In: Fungal Ecology. 38, p. 54-61

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7 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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9 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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4 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., 1 Oct 2018, In: Chemoecology. 28, 4-5, p. 137-144

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2 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., 1 Dec 2018, In: Insects. 9, 4, p. 1-12 191.

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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., Sept 2018, In: Ecology. 99, 9, p. 1999-2009

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11 Citations (Scopus)

67 Downloads (Pure)

Reconstructing the functions of endosymbiotic Mollicutes in fungus-growing ants

Sapountzis, P., Zhukova, M., Shik, J. Z., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 1 Nov 2018, In: eLife. 7, p. 1-31 e39209.

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18 Citations (Scopus)

64 Downloads (Pure)

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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1 Citation (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., 1 Nov 2016, In: Insectes Sociaux. 63, 4, p. 543-551 9 p.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

Liquid foraging behaviour in leafcutting ants: the lunchbox hypothesis

Rytter, W. & Shik, J. Z., 1 Jul 2016, In: Animal Behaviour. 117, p. 179-186 8 p.

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4 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., 6 Sept 2016, In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 113, 36, p. 10121-10126 6 p.

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23 Citations (Scopus)

2014

Aphid honeydew provides a nutritionally balanced resource for incipient Argentine ant mutualists

Shik, J. Z., Kay, A. D. & Silverman, J., Sept 2014, In: Animal Behaviour. 95, p. 33-39 7 p.

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15 Citations (Scopus)

Diet specialization in an extreme omnivore: nutritional regulation in glucose-averse German cockroaches

Shik, J. Z., Schal, C. & Silverman, J., 1 Oct 2014, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27, 10, p. 2096-2105 10 p.

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10 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., Sept 2014, In: American Naturalist. 184, 3, p. 364-373 10 p.

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19 Citations (Scopus)

2013

Prey handling performance facilitates competitive dominance of an invasive over a native keystone ant

Bednar, D., Shik, J. Z. & Silverman, J., Jul 2013, In: Behavioral Ecology. 24, 6, p. 1312-1319

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10 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., Nov 2013, In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 149, 2, p. 99-109

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17 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., Apr 2013, In: Biological Invasions. 15, 4, p. 829-836

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31 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., Mar 2012, In: Naturwissenschaften. 99, 3, p. 191-197

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10 Citations (Scopus)

Effect of scattered and discrete hydramethylnon bait placement on the Asian needle ant

Rice, E. S., Shik, J. Z. & Silverman, J., Oct 2012, In: Journal of Economic Entomology. 105, 5, p. 1751-1757

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5 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, JF., 23 Dec 2012, In: Biology Letters. 8, p. 1059-1062

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18 Citations (Scopus)

2011

Diet composition does not affect ant colony tempo.

Kay, A., Shik, J. Z., A, V. A. & Kaspari, M., 2011, In: Functional Ecology. 26

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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., Oct 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., Apr 2010, In: Ecological Entomology. 35, p. 158-165

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20 Citations (Scopus)

Scaling biodiversity: how bacteria, fungi, and ant communities respond to the same tropical landscape.

Kaspari, M., Stevenson, B., Shik, J. Z. & Jennifer, K., 2010, In: Ecology. 91, p. 2221-2226

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14 Citations (Scopus)

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

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

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24 Citations (Scopus)

2009

Male lifespan in ants linked to mating systems.

Shik, J. Z. & Kaspari, M., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 52, p. 131-134

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2008

Ant colony size and the scaling of reproductive effort.

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

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29 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. & Christopher, B., 2005, In: Canadian Field-Naturalist. 118, p. 38-42

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1 Citation (Scopus)

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