Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. Published

    Strict monandry in the ponerine army ant genus Simopelta suggests that colony size and complexity drive mating system evolution in social insects

    Kronauer, D. J. C., O'Donnell, S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pierce, N. E., 2011, In: Molecular Ecology. 20, 2, p. 420-8 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Structure and diversity of ant communities in successive coastal dune valleys.

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Van Loon, A. J., 1982, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 51, 3, p. 957-974 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Subordinate wasps are more aggressive in colonies with low reproductive skew

    Fanelli, D., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Turillazzi, S., 2008, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 75, 3, p. 879-886

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Superorganismality and caste differentiation as points of no return: how the major evolutionary transitions were lost in translation

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Gawne, R., 2018, In: Biological Reviews. 93, 1, p. 28-54 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  5. 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

  6. Published

    Symbiotic adaptation in the fungal cultivar of leaf-cutting ants

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Tunlid, A., 2014, In: Nature Communications. 5, 10 p., 5675.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Symbiotic partnerships and their chemical interactions in the leafcutter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Worsley, S. F., Innocent, T. M., Heine, D., Murrell, J. C., Yu, D. W., Wilkinson, B., Hutchings, M. I., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Holmes, N. A., Aug 2018, In: Myrmecological News. 27, p. 59-74

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Tachykinin expression levels correlate with caste-specific aggression in workers of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

    Howe, Jack, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2016, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 4, 55, 12 p., 55.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 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

  10. Published

    Tawny Owls Strix aluco with reliable food supply produce male-biased broods

    Desfor, K. B., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Sunde, P., Jan 2007, In: Ibis. 149, 1, p. 98-105 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Temperature dependent virulence of obligate and facultative fungal pathogens of honeybee brood

    Vojvodic, S., Jensen, Annette Bruun, James, R. R., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Eilenberg, Jørgen, 2011, In: Veterinary Microbiology. 149, 1-2, p. 200-205 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. 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

  13. Published

    The Global Ant Genomics Alliance (GAGA)

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Brady, S. G., Dunn, Rob, Gadau, J., Heinze, J., Keller, L., Moreau, C. S., Sanders, N., Schrader, Lukas, Schultz, T. R., Sundström, L., Ward, P. S., Wcislo, W. T. & KU, thw266, Oct 2017, In: Myrmecological News. 25, p. 61-66 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Published

    The dynamics of plant cell-wall polysaccharide decomposition in leaf-cutting ant fungus gardens

    Moller, I. E., de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Harholt, J., Willats, W. G. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: P L o S One. 6, 3, 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    The economy of worker reproduction in Acromyrmex leafcutter ants

    Dijkstra, M. B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Sep 2007, In: Animal Behaviour. 74, 3, p. 519-529 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. 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

  19. Published

    The effects of age and social interactions on innate immunity in a leaf-cutting ant

    Armitage, S. A. O. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 56, 7, p. 780-787 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    The ejaculatory biology of leafcutter ants

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Stürup, M., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2015, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 74, p. 56-62 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

ID: 10088