Jacobus J. Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
- 2002
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Task partitioning in insect societies bucket brigades
Anderson, C., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Bartholdi, J. J., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, p. 171-180Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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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. 2023-2027Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 14887-14892Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1811-1819Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1541-1548Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 363-370Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 83-89Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2003
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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. 568-571Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 102-109Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 256-263Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 91-102Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 8799-8804Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 113-119Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 246-253Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 131-170Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research
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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. 101-108Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 9393-9397Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2004
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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. 9-16Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 35-36Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Bladskæremyrer - tropernes succesfulde landbrugere
Poulsen, M., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Naturens Verden. 5, p. 27-35Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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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. 167-169Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 219-221Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 101-106Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1251-1260Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 104-106Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 426-432Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 289-290Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 71-82Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 37-42Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2005
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Dinucleotide microsatellite DNA loci from the ant Myrmica scabrinodis
Zeisset, I., Ebsen, J. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 5, 1, p. 163-164Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evolutionary Dynamics of the Mutualistic Symbiosis between Fungus-Growing Termites and Termitomyces Fungi
Aanen, D. K. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolution. Vega, F. E. & Blackwell, M. (eds.). New York, USA: Oxford University Press, p. 191-210Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Evolutionary Ecology: Wasp Mother's Little Helpers
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, D. K., 2005, In: Current Biology. 15, 5, p. R163-R165Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Examination of the immune responses of males and workers of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior and the effect of infection
Baer, B., Krug, A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Hughes, W. O. H., 2005, In: Insectes Sociaux. 52, 3, p. 298-303Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Life Histories and Parasite Pressure Across the Major Groups of Social Insects
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Schmid-Hempel, P. & Hughes, W. O. H., 2005, Insect Evolutionary Ecology. Fellowes, M., Holloway, G. & Rolff, J. (eds.). Wallingford Oxon, UK & Cambridge MA, USA: CABI Publishing, p. 139-175Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Microsatellite markers for the large blue butterflies Maculinea nausithous and Maculinea alcon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and their amplification in other Maculinea species
Zeisset, I., Damm Als, T., Settele, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 5, 1, p. 165-168Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Multiple reproductive strategies in a tropical hover wasp
Fanelli, D., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Turillazzi, S., 2005, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 58, 2, p. 190-199Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Mutualistic fungi control crop diversity in fungus-growing ants
Poulsen, Michael & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Science. 307, 5710, p. 741-744 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Quantifying honey bee mating range and isolation in semi-isolated valleys by DNA microsatellite paternity analysis
Jensen, Annette Bruun, Palmer, K. A., Chaline, N., Raine, N. E., Tofilski, A., Martin, S. J., Pedersen, B. V., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Ratnieks, F. L. W., 2005, In: Conservation Genetics. 6, Vol. 6, no. 4, p. 527-537Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Reproduction and hybrid load in all-hybrid populations of Rana esculenta water frogs in Denmark
Christiansen, D. G., Fog, K., Pedersen, B. V. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Evolution. 59, 6, p. 1348-1361Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Self-restraint and sterility in workers of Acromyrmex and Atta leafcutter ants
Dijkstra, M. B., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Insectes Sociaux. 52, 1, p. 67-76Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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