Jonathan Z. Shik

Jonathan Z. Shik

Associate Professor


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  2. Published

    A fungal symbiont converts provisioned cellulose into edible yield for its leafcutter ant farmers

    Conlon, B. H., O'Tuama, D., Michelsen, Anders, Crumière, A. J. J. & Shik, Jonathan Z., 2022, In: Biology Letters. 18, 4, 6 p., 20220022.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. A life history continuum in the males of a Neotropical ant assemblage: refuting the sperm vessel hypothesis

    Shik, Jonathan Z., Flatt, D., Kay, A. & Kaspari, M., 2012, In: Naturwissenschaften. 99, 3, p. 191-197

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Ant colony size and the scaling of reproductive effort

    Shik, Jonathan Z., 2008, In: Functional Ecology. 22, 4, p. 674-681

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    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, Jonathan Z., Aanen, D. K. & Poulsen, Michael, 2019, In: Fungal Ecology. 38, p. 54-61

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Context is everything: mapping Cyphomyrmex-derived compounds to the fungus-growing ant phylogeny

    Hamilton, N., Jones, T. H., Shik, Jonathan Z., Wall, B., Schultz, T. R., Blair, H. A. & Adams, R. M. M., 2018, In: Chemoecology. 28, 4-5, p. 137-144

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Cryptic Diversity in Colombian Edible Leaf-Cutting Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Kooij, P. W., Dentinger, B. M., Donoso, D. A., Shik, Jonathan Z. & Gaya, E., 2018, In: Insects. 9, 4, p. 1-12 191.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Diet composition does not affect ant colony tempo.

    Kay, A. D., Shik, Jonathan Z., Van Alst, A., Miller, K. A. & Kaspari, M., 2012, In: Functional Ecology. 26, 2, p. 317-323

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Disentangling nutritional pathways linking leafcutter ants and their co-evolved fungal symbionts using stable isotopes

    Shik, Jonathan Z., Rytter, W., Arnan, X. & Michelsen, Anders, 2018, In: Ecology. 99, 9, p. 1999-2009

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Ecological strategies of (pl)ants: Towards a world-wide worker economic spectrum for ants

    Gibb, H., Bishop, T. R., Leahy, L., Parr, C. L., Lessard, J., Sanders, N. J., Shik, Jonathan Z., Ibarra-Isassi, J., Narendra, A., Dunn, R. R. & Wright, I. J., 2023, In: Functional Ecology. 37, 1, 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Evidence for locally adaptive metabolic rates among ant populations along an elevational gradient

    Shik, Jonathan Z., Arnan, X., Oms, C. S., Cerdá, X. & Boulay, R., 2019, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 88, 8, p. 1240-1249 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Evidence that the domesticated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus recycles its cytoplasmic contents as nutritional rewards to feed its leafcutter ant farmers

    A. Leal-Dutra, Caio, Yuen, L. M., Guedes, B. A. M., Contreras Serrano, Marta, Marques, P. E. & Shik, Jonathan Z., 2023, In: IMA Fungus. 14, 1, 13 p., 19.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Extreme polygyny in the previously unstudied subtropical ant Temnothorax tuscaloosae with implications for the biogeographic study of the evolution of polygyny

    Guénard, B., Shik, Jonathan Z., Booher, D., Lubertazzi, D. & Alpert, G., 2016, In: Insectes Sociaux. 63, 4, p. 543-551 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Lifespan in male ants linked to mating syndrome

    Shik, Jonathan Z. & Kaspari, M., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 2, p. 131-134

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Liquid foraging behaviour in leafcutting ants: the lunchbox hypothesis

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Male ant reproductive investment in a seasonal wet tropical forest: Consequences of future climate change

    Donoso, D. A., Basset, Y., Shik, Jonathan Z., Forrister, D. L., Uquillas, A., Salazar-Méndez, Y., Arizala, S., Polanco, P., Beckett, S., Diego Dominguez, G. & Barrios, H., 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 3 , 13 p., e0266222.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Metabolism and the rise of fungus cultivation by ants

    Shik, Jonathan Z., Santos, J. C., Seal, J. N., Kay, A., Mueller, U. G. & Kaspari, M., 2014, In: American Naturalist. 184, 3, p. 364-373 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. More food, less habitat: how necromass and leaf litter decomposition combine to regulate a litter ant community

    Shik, Jonathan Z. & Kaspari, M., 2010, In: Ecological Entomology. 35, 2, p. 158-165

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Nutrition mediates the expression of cultivar-farmer conflict in a fungus-growing ant

    Shik, Jonathan Z., Gomez, E. B., Kooij, P. W., Santos, J. C., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2016, In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 113, 36, p. 10121-10126 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Nutritional Dimensions of Invasive Success

    Shik, Jonathan Z. & Dussutour, A., 2020, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 35, 8, p. 691-703 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

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    Nutritional challenges of feeding a mutualist: Testing for a nutrient–toxin tradeoff in fungus-farming leafcutter ants

    Crumière, A. J. J., Mallett, S., Michelsen, Anders, Rinnan, Riikka & Shik, Jonathan Z., 2022, In: Ecology. 103, 6, 12 p., e3684.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Nutritional niches reveal fundamental domestication trade-offs in fungus-farming ants

    Shik, Jonathan Z., Kooij, P. W., Donoso, D. A., Santos, J. C., Gomez, E. B., Franco, M., Crumière, A. J. J., Arnan, X., Howe, Jack, Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2021, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5, 1, p. 122-134

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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