Jes Søe Pedersen

Jes Søe Pedersen

Associate Professor


  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Positive selection has shaped the evolution of Argentine ant immune genes both in native and introduced supercolonies

    Holmberg, I., Tolonen, L., Paviala, J., Pedersen, Jes Søe, Helanterä, H. & Viljakainen, L., 2024, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 37, 2, p. 131–140 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 2021
  4. 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

  5. Published

    Revideret tjekliste over den danske myrefauna og forslag til danske navne

    Sheard, Julie Koch, Børgesen, L., Pedersen, Jes Søe & Madsen, Henning Bang, 2021, In: Entomologiske Meddelelser. 88, 1-2, p. 51-58

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. 2020
  7. Published

    Modelled population growth based on reproduction differs from life tables based on age determination in Danish raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

    Pagh, S., Buxbom, J., Chriél, M., Pertoldi, C., Pedersen, Jes Søe & Hansen, M. S., 2020, In: Mammal Research. 65, 2, p. 215-222 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 2019
  9. Published

    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, Rasmus Stenbak, Pedersen, Jes Søe & Shik, Jonathan Z., 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 6, 17 p., e0218764.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 2017
  11. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    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, Jes Søe & Linksvayer, T. A., Feb 2017, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 30, 2, p. 225-234 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. 2016
  14. Published

    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, Jes Søe, Helantera, H. & Mikheyev, A. S., 2016, In: Genome Biology (Online). 17, 19 p., 43 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 2015
  16. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 2014
  18. Published

    A statistical approach to identify candidate cues for nestmate recognition

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Ant colonies prefer infected over uninfected nest sites

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

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

    Huszár, D. B., Larsen, Rasmus Stenbak, Carlsen, S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2014, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 68, 11, p. 1859-1870 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. 2013
  23. Published

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

    Kelager, Andreas, Pedersen, Jes Søe & Bruun, Hans Henrik, 2013, In: Biological Invasions. 15, 5, p. 1125-1141 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. 2012
  25. Published

    The logic of hypersocial colonies

    Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2012, In: Behavioral Ecology. 23, 5, p. 934–935 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearch

  26. 2011
  27. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    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 others, Burton-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., 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, Jes Søe, 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., 2011, In: Nature. 471, 7339, p. E1-E4 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    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, Jacobus J. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2011, In: Ecological Entomology. 36, 6, p. 751–759 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    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 others, Ward, D., Ward, P. S. & Worner, S. P., 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. 2010
  34. Published

    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, Jes Søe, Oct 2010, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 67, 10, p. 1585–1595

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    The worldwide expansion of the Argentine ant

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. 2009
  38. Published
  39. Published

    The evolution of social insect mating systems

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Kronauer, D. J. C. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 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 proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

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

    Limborg, Morten Tønsberg, Pedersen, Jes Søe, Hemmer-Hansen, J., Hemmer-Hansen, J., Tomkiewicz, J. & Bekkevold, D., 2009, In: Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 379, p. 213-224

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. 2008
  43. Published

    Breeding system and reproductive skew in a highly polygynous ant population

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants

    Cremer, S., Ugelvig, Line Vej, 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, Jørgen, Jones, G. R., Nash, David Richard, Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: PLoS ONE. 3, 12, 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. 2006
  47. Published

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

    Cremer, S., Ugelvig, Line Vej, Lommen, S. T. E., Petersen, K. S. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2006, In: Myrmecologische Nachrichten. 9, p. 13-19

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Native supercolonies of unrelated individuals in the invasive Argentine ant

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. 2005
  51. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. 2004
  53. Published

    Ant parasite queens revert to mating singly

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    De promiskuøse dronninger - Parrer de sig kun for sjov?

    Jensen, Annette Bruun, Pedersen, Jes Søe, Pedersen, B. V. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Tidsskrift for Biavl. 6, juni, p. 167-169

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  55. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  56. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  57. 2003
  58. Published

    Hypersociale myrer - en ulovlig økologisk succes

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  59. Published

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

    Moilanen, A., Sundström, L. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2003

    Research output: Non-textual formComputer programmeResearch

  60. 2002
  61. Published

    Convergent development of low-relatedness supercolonies in Myrmica ants

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  62. Published

    Evolution of supercolonies: the Argentine ants of southern Europe

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  63. 2000
  64. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  65. 1999
  66. Published

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

    Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Sep 1999, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 12, 5, p. 903-917

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  67. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  68. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  69. Published

    Genetic analysis of colony structure in polydomous and polygynous ant populations

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  70. 1998
  71. Published

    Direct genetic evidence for local mate competition in ants

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  72. Published

    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, Jes Søe, Zacchi, F., Queller, D. C. & Strassmann, J. E., Oct 1998, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 10, 2, p. 168-77

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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