David Richard Nash

David Richard Nash

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    The evolution of alternative parasitic life histories in large blue butterflies

    Als, T. D., Vila, R., Kandul, N. P., Nash, David Richard, Yen, S., Hsu, Y., Mignault, A. A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pierce, N. E., 2004, In: Nature. 432, 7015, p. 386-390 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Feather pecking in growers: a study with individually marked birds.

    Wechsler, B., Huber-Eicher, B. & Nash, David Richard, 1998, In: British Poultry Science. 39, 2, p. 178-85 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Communication between hosts and social parasites

    Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, Sociobiology of communication: an interdisciplinary perspective. d'Ettorre, P. & Hughes, D. P. (eds.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 55-79

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  4. Published

    Patterns of host ant use by sympatric populations of Maculinea alcon and M. 'rebeli' in the Carpathian Basin

    Tartally, A., Nash, David Richard, Lengyel, S. & Varga, Z., 2008, In: Insectes Sociaux. 55, 4, p. 370-381 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Fungus gardens of the leafcutter ant Atta colombica function as egg nurseries for the snake Leptodeira annulata.

    Baer, B., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Kronauer, D., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 3, p. 289-291 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Variation in male body size and reproductive allocation in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica: estimating variance components and possible trade-offs

    Stürup, M., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Nash, David Richard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 1, p. 47-55 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    The recruitment of parasitoid species to two invading herbivores

    Godfray, H. C. J., Agassiz, D. J. L., Nash, David Richard & Lawton, J. H., 1995, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 64, p. 393-402 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Ant colonies as an evolutionary paradigm (Key review of: Bourke, A.F.G. and Franks, N.R. (1995) Social evolution in ants)

    Nash, David Richard & Bernasconi, G., 1996, In: Quarterly Review of Biology. 71, p. 387-390 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    A comparative study of exocrine gland chemistry in Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants

    Adams, R. M. M., Jones, T. H., Jeter, A. W., de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schultz, T. R. & Nash, David Richard, 2012, In: Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 40, p. 91-97 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Gene flow and effective population sizes of the butterfly Maculinea alcon in a highly fragmented, anthropogenic landscape

    Vanden Broeck, A., Maes, D., Kelager, Andreas, Wynhoff, I., Wallisdevries, M. F., Nash, David Richard, Oostermeijer, J. G. B., van Dyck, H. & Mergeay, J., May 2017, In: Biological Conservation. 209, p. 89-97 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    When every sperm counts: factors affecting male fertility in the honeybee Apis mellifera

    Stürup, M., Baer-Imhoof, B., Nash, David Richard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2013, In: Behavioral Ecology. 24, 5, p. 1192-1198 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Sperm mixing in the polyandrous leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

    Stürup, M., Nash, David Richard, Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2014, In: Ecology and Evolution. 4, 18, p. 3571-3582 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Ectoparasitic fungi of Myrmica ants alter the success of parasitic butterflies

    Tartally, A., Szabó, N., Somogyi, A. Á., Báthori, F., Haelewaters, D., Mucsi, A., Fürjes-Mikó, Á. & Nash, David Richard, 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 13 p., 24031.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Detecting bird’s eggs in the diet of raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

    Bahlke, S. Ø., Nash, David Richard, Pedersen, Jes Søe, Hansen, Mette Sif, Chriél, M. & Pagh, S., 2021, In: Genetics and Biodiversity Journal. 5, 2, p. 127-139 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    The adaptive significance of inquiline parasite workers.

    Sumner, S., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 270, 1521, p. 1315-22 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Loss of genetic diversity in Maculinea populations over 10 years

    Nash, David Richard & Lomborg, A. E., 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearch

  17. Published

    Immune defense in leaf-cutting ants: a cross-fostering approach

    Armitage, S. A. O., Broch, J. F., Marín, H. F., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Evolution. 65, 6, p. 1791-9 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Dynamic Wolbachia prevalence in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: potential for a nutritional symbiosis

    Andersen, Sandra Breum, Boye, M., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2012, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25, 7, p. 1340-1350 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Maculinea-sommerfugle og stikmyrer på danske heder: coevolution i tid og rum

    Nash, David Richard & Andersen, A., 2015, In: Flora og Fauna. 121, 3/4, p. 137-145 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Evolution: sympatric speciation the eusocial way

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nash, David Richard, 2014, In: Current biology : CB. 24, 17, p. R798-R800 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    THE PATTERN OF SPREAD OF INVADING SPECIES - 2 LEAF-MINING MOTHS COLONIZING GREAT-BRITAIN

    Nash, David Richard, 1995, In: Journal of Animal Ecology.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Genetic Diversity and Structure in Danish Populations of the Alcon Blue Butterfly Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller)

    Boe, A. M. B., Simonsen, T. J., Colding-Jørgensen, Camilla Tvede, Folman, P. H., Jensen, T. T., Spencer, K. J., Thomsen, P. F. & Nash, David Richard, 2022, In: Diversity. 14, 12, 1098.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Morphology of caterpillars and pupae of European Maculinea species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with an identification table

    Sliwinska, E. B., Nowicki, P., Nash, David Richard, Witek, M., Settele, J. & Woychiechowski, M., 2006, In: Entomologica Fennica. 17, 4, p. 351-358

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    What can social parasites tell us about cooperation and conflict in insect societies?

    Nash, David Richard, 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Geographical variation in host-ant specificity of the parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon in Denmark

    Als, T. D., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1 Aug 2002, In: Ecological Entomology. 27, p. 403-414 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Adoption of parasitic Maculinea alcon caterpillars (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae) by three Myrmica ant species

    Als, T. D., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1 Jul 2001, In: Animal Behaviour. 62, p. 99-106 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis

    Nygaard, S., Hu, H., Li, C., Schiøtt, M., Chen, Z., Yang, Z., Xie, Q., Ma, C., Deng, Y., Dikow, R. B., Rabeling, C., Nash, David Richard, Wcislo, W. T., Brady, S. G., Schultz, T. R., KU, thw266 & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 9 p., 12233.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Molecular substitution rate increases with latitude in butterflies: evidence for a trans-glacial latitudinal layering of populations?

    Schär, S., Vila, R., Petrović, A., Tomanović, Ž., Pierce, N. E. & Nash, David Richard, 2017, In: Ecography. 40, 8, p. 930-935 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Status og forvaltning af Ensianblåfugl i Nationalpark Thy

    Kelager, Andreas, Bruun, Hans Henrik, Nash, David Richard & Tøttrup, Anders P., 21 Feb 2017, København: Center for Makroøkologi, Evolution og Klima, Københavns Universitet. 79 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

  30. Published

    Ecological specialization is associated with genetic structure in the ant-associated butterfly family Lycaenidae

    Schär, S., Eastwood, R., Arnaldi, K. G., Talavera, G., Kaliszewska, Z. A., Boyle, J. H., Espeland, M., Nash, David Richard, Vila, R. & Pierce, N. E., 2018, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285, 1886, p. 1-7 20181158.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Host Ant Change of a Socially Parasitic Butterfly (Phengaris alcon) through Host Nest Take-Over

    Tartally, A., Somogyi, A. Á., Révész, T. & Nash, David Richard, 2020, In: Insects. 11, 9, 15 p., 556.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Sexual cannibalism in the garden spider Araneus diadematus

    Elgar, M. A. & Nash, David Richard, 1988, In: Animal Behaviour. 36, p. 1511-1517 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    The pattern of spread of invading species: two leaf-mining moths colonizing Great Britain

    Nash, David Richard, Agassiz, D. J. L., Godfray, H. C. J. & Lawton, J. H., 1995, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 64, p. 225-233 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    The origin of the chemical profiles of fungal symbionts and their significance for nestmate recognition in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Richard, F., Poulsen, Michael, Hefetz, A., Errard, C., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61, 11, p. 1637-1649 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published
  36. Published

    Phylogeography and cryptic speciation in the Myrmica scabrinodis NYLANDER, 1846 species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and their conservation implications

    Ebsen, J. R., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nash, David Richard, 2019, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 12, 6, p. 467-480 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Bladskæremyrer - tropernes succesfulde landbrugere

    Poulsen, M., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Naturens Verden. 5, p. 27-35

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  38. Published

    Process rather than pattern: finding pine needles in the coevolutionary haystack.

    Nash, David Richard, 2008, In: Journal of Biology. 7, 5, 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Prudent sperm use by leaf-cutter ant queens

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Baer, B., Dreier, S. A. J., Aron, S., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 276, 1675, p. 3945-3953 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Survival and growth of parasitic Maculinea alcon caterpillars (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in laboratory nests of three Myrmica ant species

    Nash, David Richard, Als, T. D. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 3, p. 391-401 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Reconstructing eight decades of genetic variation in an isolated Danish population of the large blue butterfly Maculinea arion

    Ugelvig, Line Vej, Nielsen, P. S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nash, David Richard, 2011, In: B M C Evolutionary Biology. 11, p. 201 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    The imperial blue, Jalmenus evagoras (Lycaenidae)

    Pierce, N. E. & Nash, David Richard, 1999, Biology of Australian Butterflies. Vol. 6. p. 279-317 39 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  43. Published

    Dispersal and gene flow in the rare, parasitic Large Blue butterfly Maculinea arion

    Ugelvig, Line Vej, Andersen, A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nash, David Richard, 2012, In: Molecular Ecology. 21, 13, p. 3224-3236 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Regulation and specificity of antifungal metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants

    Yek, S. H., Nash, David Richard, Jensen, Annette Bruun & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2012, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279, 1745, p. 4215-4222 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Dynamic disease management in trachymyrmex fungus-growing ants (Attini: Formicidae)

    Fernández-Marín, H., Bruner, G., Gomez, E. B., Nash, David Richard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Wcislo, W. T., 2013, In: American Naturalist. 181, 4, p. 571-582 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    The evolution of abdominal microbiomes in fungus-growing ants

    Sapountzis, P., Nash, David Richard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2019, In: Molecular Ecology. 28, 4, p. 879-899 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Assessing reintroduction schemes by comparing genetic diversity of reintroduced and source populations: A case study of the globally threatened large blue butterfly (Maculinea anion)

    Andersen, A., Simcox, D. J., Thomas, J. A. & Nash, David Richard, 2014, In: Biological Conservation. 175, p. 34-41 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Web resources for myrmecologists

    Nash, David Richard, 2005, In: Myrmecologische Nachrichten. 7, p. 95-102

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Self-restraint and sterility in workers of Acromyrmex and Atta leafcutter ants

    Dijkstra, M. B., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Insectes Sociaux. 52, 1, p. 67-76

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    A mosaic of chemical coevolution in a large blue butterfly.

    Nash, David Richard, Als, T. D., Maile, R., Jones, G. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: Science. 319, 5859, p. 88-90 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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