Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. 2004
  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 2003
  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. Published

    Social mutualism and social parasitism: conflict and cooperation at the family and species level

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, Genes, Behaviors and Evolution of Social Insects. Sapporo, Japan: Hokkaido University, p. 131-170

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearch

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