David Richard Nash

David Richard Nash

Associate Professor


  1. 2022
  2. Published

    Grand Challenges in Coevolution

    Medina, M., Baker, D. M., Baltrus, D. A., Bennett, G. M., Cardini, U., Correa, A. M. S., Degnan, S. M., Christa, G., Kim, E., Li, J., Nash, David Richard, Marzinelli, E., Nishiguchi, M., Prada, C., Roth, M. S., Saha, M., Smith, C. I., Theis, K. R. & Zaneveld, J., 2022, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 11 p., 618251.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 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

  4. 2021
  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 2020
  8. 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

  9. 2019
  10. Published

    Changes in host ant communities of Alcon Blue butterflies in abandoned mountain hay meadows

    Tartally, A., Nash, David Richard, Varga, Z. & Lengyel, S., 2019, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 12, 6, p. 492-500 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Patterns of host use by brood parasitic Maculinea butterflies across Europe

    Tartally, A., Thomas, J. A., Anton, C., Balletto, E., Barbero, F., Bonelli, S., Bräu, M., Casacci, L. P., Csósz, S., Czekes, Z., Dolek, M., Dziekanska, I., Elmes, G., Fürst, M. A., Glinka, U., Hochberg, M. E., Höttinger, H., Hula, V., Maes, D., Munguira, M. L. & 19 others, Musche, M., Nowicki, P., Oliveira, P. S., Peregovits, L., Ritter, S., Schlick-Steiner, B. C., Settele, J., Sielezniew, M., Simcox, D. J., Stankiewicz, A. M., Steiner, F. M., Švitra, G., Ugelvig, Line Vej, Van Dyck, H., Varga, Z., Witek, M., Woyciechowski, M., Wynhoff, I. & Nash, David Richard, 2019, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 374, 1769, 20180202.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 2018
  15. 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

  16. Published

    Sex allocation and maintenance of androdioecy in the pedunculated barnacle Scalpellum scalpellum (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica)

    Dreyer, N., Sørensen, S., Yusa, Y., Sawada, K., Nash, David Richard, Svennevig, N. & Høeg, Jens Thorvald, 2018, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 124, 4, p. 776-788 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 2017
  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. Published
  22. 2016
  23. Published

    Eavesdropping on cooperative communication within an ant-butterfly mutualism

    Elgar, M. A., Nash, David Richard & Pierce, N. E., 2016, In: Naturwissenschaften. 103, 8 p., 84.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Host plant use drives genetic differentiation in syntopic populations of Maculinea alcon

    Tartally, A., Kelager, Andreas, Fürst, M. A. & Nash, David Richard, 2016, In: PeerJ. 4, 21 p., e1865.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. 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

  26. 2015
  27. Published

    Functional role of phenylacetic acid from metapleural gland secretions in controlling fungal pathogens in evolutionarily derived leaf-cutting ants

    Fernández-Marín, H., Nash, David Richard, Higginbotham, S., Estrada, C., van Zweden, J. S., D'Ettorre, P., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282, 1807, 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Interaction specificity between leaf-cutting ants and vertically transmitted Pseudonocardia bacteria

    Andersen, Sandra Breum, Yek, S. H., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15, 13 p., 27.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. 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

  30. Published

    Reduced entomopathogen abundance in Myrmica ant nests-testing a possible immunological benefit of myrmecophily using Galleria mellonella as a model

    Schär, S., Larsen, L. L. M., Meyling, Nicolai Vitt & Nash, David Richard, 2015, In: Royal Society Open Science. 2, 8 p., 150474.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. 2014
  32. 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

  33. Published

    Differences in oviposition strategies between two ecotypes of the endangered myrmecophilous butterfly Maculinea alcon ( Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) under unique syntopic conditions

    Czekes, Z., Marko, B., Nash, David Richard, Ferencz, M., Lazar, B. & Rakosy, L., 2014, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 7, 2, p. 122-131 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Evidence that microgynes of Myrmica rubra ants are social parasites that attack old host colonies

    Schär, S. & Nash, David Richard, 2014, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27, 11, p. 2396-2407 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 2013
  38. Published

    Chemically armed mercenary ants protect fungus-farming societies

    Adams, R. M. M., Liberti, J., Illum, A. A., Jones, T. H., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2013, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 39, p. 15752-15757 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 2012
  42. 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

  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

    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

  45. 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

  46. Published

    Testing the adjustable threshold model for intruder recognition on Myrmica ants in the context of a social parasite

    Fürst, M. A., Durey, M. & Nash, David Richard, 2012, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279, 1728, p. 516-522 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. 2011
  48. Published

    A phylogenetic revision of the Glaucopsyche section (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with special focus on the Phengaris-Maculinea clade.

    Ugelvig, Line Vej, Vila, R., Pierce, N. E. & Nash, David Richard, 1 Oct 2011, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61, 1, p. 237-243 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 2010
  54. Published

    Host ant independent oviposition in the parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon

    Fürst, M. A. & Nash, David Richard, 23 Apr 2010, In: Biology Letters. 6, 2, p. 174-6 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  55. 2009
  56. Published

    Caste-specific symbiont policing by workers of Acromyrmex fungus-growing ants

    Ivens, A. B. F., Nash, David Richard, Poulsen, Michael & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Behavioral Ecology. 20, 2, p. 378-384 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  57. 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

  58. 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

  59. Published

    Reduced biological control and enhanced chemical pest management in the evolution of fungus farming in ants

    Fernández-Marín, H., Zimmerman, J. K., Nash, David Richard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Wcislo, W. T., 2009, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 276, 1665, p. 2263-9 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  60. Published

    Sperm length evolution in the fungus-growing ants

    Baer, B., Dijkstra, M. B., Mueller, U. G., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Behavioral Ecology. 20, 1, p. 38-45

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  61. 2008
  62. 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

  63. 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

  64. Published

    Loss of genetic diversity in Maculinea populations over 10 years

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearch

  65. Published

    Oviposition behaviour in Maculinea alcon

    Fürst, M. A. & Nash, David Richard, 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

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