Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. 2005
  2. Published

    The evolution of male traits in social insects

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Baer, B. & Heinze, J., 2005, In: Annual Review of Entomology. 50, p. 395-420 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Varying degrees of Apis mellifera ligustica introgression in protected populations of the black honeybee, Apis mellifera mellifera, in northwest Europe

    Jensen, Annette Bruun, Palmer, K. A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pedersen, B. V., 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 1, p. 93-106 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 2004
  5. Published

    A genetic component to size in queens of the ant, Formica truncorum

    Bargum, K., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Sundström, L., 2004, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 57, 1, p. 9-16

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Density-dependence and within-host competition in a semelparous parasite of leaf-cutting ants.

    Hughes, W., Petersen, K., Ugelvig, Line Vej, Pedersen, D., Thomsen, L., Poulsen, Michael & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 4, 1, p. 45 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Diet-induced aggression among colonies of the leafcutter ant Acromyrmex echinatior Forel (Hymenoptera Formicidae)

    Lambardi, D., Chegia, B., Turillazzi, S. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Redia. Vol. LXXXVII, p. 219-221

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Diversity of entomopathogenic fungi near leaf-cutting ant nests in a neotropical forest, with particular reference to Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae

    Hughes, W. O. H., Thomsen, L., Eilenberg, Jørgen & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 85, 1, p. 46-53 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 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

  12. Published

    Fungal enzymes transferred by leaf-cutting ants in their fungus gardens

    Rønhede, S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Rosendahl, Søren, 2004, In: Mycological Research. 108 (1), p. 101-106

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Genetic Diversity and Disease Resistance in Leaf-Cutting Ant Societies

    Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Evolution. Vol. 58, no. 6, p. 1251-1260

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Let your enemy do the work: within-host interactions between two fungal parasites of leaf-cutting ants

    Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society London B: Biology Letters. Vol. 271, no. S3, p. 104-106

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Male reproductive investment and queen mating-frequency in fungus-growing ants

    Baer, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Behavioral Ecology. Vol. 15, no. 3, p. 426-432

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Microsatellite markers for the driver ant Dorylus (Anomma) molestus

    Kronauer, D. J. C., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Gadau, J., 2004, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. Vol. 4, issue 2, p. 289-290

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Sex ratio variation in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

    Duchateau, M. J., Velthuis, H. H. W. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Behavioral Ecology. Vol. 15, no. 1, p. 71-82

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. 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

  19. Published

    The evolution of social parasitism in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: a test of Emery's rule

    Sumner, S., Aanen, D. K., Delabie, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 51, no. 1, p. 37-42

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. 2003
  21. Published

    The effect of metapleural gland secretion on the growth of a mutualistic bacterium on the cuticle of leaf-cutting ants

    Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A. N. M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1 Sep 2003, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. 90, 9, p. 406-409 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Gnamptogenys hartmani Wheeler (Ponerinae: Ectatommini): an agro-predator of Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants

    Dijkstra, M. B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. Vol. 90, no. 12, p. 568-571

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Cloning and sequencing of wsp encoding gene fragments reveals a diversity of co-infecting Wolbachia strains in Acromyrmex leafcutter ants

    van Borm, S., Wenseleers, T., Billen, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 26, 1, p. 102-109

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Evidence for differential selection and potential adaptive evolution in the worker caste of an inquiline social parasite

    Sumner, S., Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Vol. 54, no. 3, p. 256-263

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Experimental evidence of a tripartite mutualism: bacteria protect ant fungus gardens from specialized parasites

    Curries, C. R., Bot, A. N. M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Oikos. Vol. 101, no. 1, p. 91-102

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Informational constraints on optimal sex allocation in ants

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Nielsen, J., Sundström, L., Oldham, N. J., Tentschert, J., Petersen, H. C. & Morgan, E. D., 2003, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. Vol. 100, no. 15, p. 8799-8804

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Lack of patriline-specific differences in chemical composition of the metapleural gland secretion in Acromyrmex octospinosus

    Ortius-Lechner, D., Maile, R., Morgan, E. D., Petersen, H. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 50, no. 2, p. 113-119

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Patterns of male parentage in the fungus-growing ants

    Villesen, P. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Vol. 53, no. 4, p. 246-253

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Sperm length, sperm storage and mating system characteristics in bumblebees

    Baer, B., Schmid-Hempel, P., Høeg, Jens Thorvald & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Insectes Sociaux. 50, 2, p. 101-108

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. 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

  31. Published

    Within-colony transmission and the cost of a mutualistic bacterium in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

    Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A. N. M., Currie, C. R., Nielsen, M. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Functional Ecology. 17, 2, p. 260-269 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Worker caste polymorphism has a genetic basis in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Hughes, W. O. H., Sumner, S., Van Borm, S. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. Vol. 100, no. 16, p. 9393-9397

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. 2002
  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. Published

    Biavl og Apis Biodiversitet i Europa

    Pedersen, B. V. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Tidsskrift for Biavl. 136(4), p. 106-108

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  37. Published

    Cryptic speciationin the fungus-growing ant Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber and Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz and Solomon, new species (Formicidae, Attini)

    Schultz, T. R., Solomon, S. A., Mueller, U. G., Villesen, P., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Adams, R. M. M. & Norden, B., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, p. 331-343

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Experimental evidence for the cost and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants

    Poulsen, M., Bot, A. N. M., Nielsen, M. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 52, p. 151-157

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Experimental evidence for the costs and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants

    Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A., Nielsen, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 52, 2, p. 151-157 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

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

    Als, T. D., Nash, D. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Ecological Entomology. 27, p. 403-414

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  41. Published

    Group-specific polymerase chain reaction amplification of SSU rRNA-encoding gene fragments from 12 microbial taxa

    Van Borm, S. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 2, p. 356-359

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Microsatellite primers for fungus-growing ants

    Villesen, P., Gertsch, P. J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 2, p. 320-322

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Mutualistic bacteria and a possible trade-off between alternative defence mechanisms in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A. N. M., Currie, C. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, 1, p. 15-19 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Rare extra-pair fertilizations in the semi-colonially breeding linnet Carduelis cannabina

    Bønløkke-Pedersen, J., Drachmann, J., Frydenberg, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Journal of Avian Biology. 33, p. 203-206

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Task partitioning in insect societies bucket brigades

    Anderson, C., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Bartholdi, J. J., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, p. 171-180

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  46. Published

    Tetra ponera ants have gut symbionts related to nitrogen-fixing root nodule bacteria

    Van Borm, S., Buschinger, A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Billen, J., 2002, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. B. 269, p. 2023-2027

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    The diversity of microorganisms associated with Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Van Borm, S., Billen, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2:9, p. ?

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    The evolution of fungus-growing termites and their mutualistic fungal symbionts

    Aanen, D. K., Eggleton, P., Rouland-Lefèvre, C., Frøslev, Tobias Guldberg, Rosendahl, Søren & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 99, 23, p. 14887-14892

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Trade-offs in group living: transmission and disease resistance in leaf-cutting ants

    Hughes, W. O. H., Eilenberg, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. B. 269, p. 1811-1819

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Unravelling the transition between single and multiple mating in attine ants

    Villesen, P., Murakami, T., Schultz, T. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society, London. B. 269, p. 1541-1548

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Variable sensitivity of fungi and bacteria to compounds produced by the metapleural glands of leafcutting ants

    Bot, A. N. M., Ortius-Lechner, D., Finster, K., Maile, R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, p. 363-370

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. 2001
  53. 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

  54. Published

    Conflicts and alliances in insect families

    Sundström, L. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Heredity. 86, p. 515-521

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  55. Published

    Functional morphology of the metapleural gland in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

    Bot, A. N. M., Obermayer, M. L., Hölldobler, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Insectes Sociaux. 48, p. 63-66

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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