Jonathan Z. Shik
Associate Professor
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24 Messages on a Sustainable Career in Research at UCPH
Larsen, K. R. (ed.), Wegener, H. C., Stein, A., Bach, A., Williams, A. R., Gall, C., Gravert, C., Gloriam, D. E., Lorenzen, E., Yvanez, E., Cappellini, E., Poulsen, F., Mortensen, J., Bentzen, J. S., Shik, J. Z., Miskowiak, K. W., Elgaard, K. K. E., Jønsson, K. A., Won, K. J., Nørgaard, L. C. & 9 others, , 2020, University of Copenhagen. 31 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Communication
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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. 191-197Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Ant colony size and the scaling of reproductive effort
Shik, Jonathan Z., 2008, In: Functional Ecology. 22, 4, p. 674-681Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 54-61Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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. 137-144Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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. 317-323Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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. 1999-2009Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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. 1751-1757Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Lifespan in male ants linked to mating syndrome
Shik, Jonathan Z. & Kaspari, M., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 2, p. 131-134Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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. 158-165Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Review › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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. 122-134Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Can interaction specificity in the fungus-farming termite symbiosis be explained by nutritional requirements of the fungal crop?
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Reconstructing the functions of endosymbiotic Mollicutes in fungus-growing ants
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Disentangling nutritional pathways linking leafcutter ants and their co-evolved fungal symbionts using stable isotopes
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