Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. 2003
  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 2002
  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Published

    Analysis of sex ratios in social insects

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nachman, Gøsta Støger, 2002, Sex Ratio Handbook. Cambridge University Press, p. 93-111

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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 2001
  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. Published

    Partial incompatibility between ants and symbiotic fungi in two sympatric species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Bot, A. N. M., Rehner, S. A. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Evolution. 55, p. 1980-1991

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Waste management in leafcutting ants

    Bot, A. N. M., Currie, C. R., Hart, A. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 13, p. 225-237

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Wolbachia in leafcutter ants: a widespread symbiont that may induce male killing or incompatible matings

    van Borm, S., Wenseleers, T., Billen, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14, p. 805-814

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. 2000
  34. Published

    Comparison of genetic population structure of the large blue butterflies Maculinea nausithous and M. teleius

    Figurny-Puchalska, E., Gadeberg, R. M. E. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 9, 3, p. 419-432

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Evolutionary transition to a semelparous life story in the socially parasitic ant Acromyrmex insinuator

    Bekkevold, D. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 13, p. 615-623

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Hatching asynchrony in Linnets: the effects of nest predation and food demand of nestlings

    Drachmann, J., Als, T. D. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Ornis Fennica. 77, p. 155-167

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Mate guarding in the Linnet Carduelis cannabina

    Drachmann, J., Komdeur, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Bird Study. 47, p. 238-241

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Metapleural gland secretion of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex octospinosus: New compounds and their functional significance

    Ortius-Lechner, D., Maile, R., Morgan, E. D. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. Vol. 26 no. 7, p. 1667-1683

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Queen mating frequency and relatedness in young Atta sexdens colonies

    Fjerdingstad, E. J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Insectes Sociaux. 47, p. 354-356

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Reproductive alliances and posthumous fitness enhancement in male ants

    Sundström, L. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 267, p. 1439-1444

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Snyltegedehamsen Pseudovespula adulterina (Buysson, 1905) ny for Danmark (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

    Buhl, P. N., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Holter, P. & Pedersen, B. V., 2000, In: Ent. Meddr.. 68, p. 137

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  42. Published

    Variable microsatellite loci for the leafcutter ant Acromyrmex echinatior and their applicability to related species

    Ortius-Lechner, D., Gertsch, P. J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Molecular Ecology. 9, p. 115-116

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. 1999
  44. Published

    Effect of habitat saturation on the number and turnover of queens in the polygynous ant Myrmica sulcinodis

    Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Sep 1999, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 12, 5, p. 903-917

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Multiple paternity in social Hymenoptera: estimating the effective mate number in single-double mating populations

    Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Apr 1999, In: Molecular Ecology. 8, 4, p. 577-587

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Positive association of queen number and queen mating frequency in Myrmica ants: a challenge to the genetic variability hypothesis

    Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Mar 1999, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 45, 3-4, p. 185-193

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Genetic analysis of colony structure in polydomous and polygynous ant populations

    Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Jan 1999, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 66, 1, p. 115-144

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Colony-level and season-specific variation incuticular hydrocarbon profiles of individual workers in the ant Formica truncorum

    Nielsen, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Oldham, N. J., Petersen, H. C. & Morgan, E. D., 1999, In: Insectes Sociaux. 46, p. 58-65

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Evolutionary transition from single to multiple mating in fungus-growing ants

    Villesen, P., Gertsch, P. J., Frydenberg, J., Mueller, U. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1999, In: Molecular Ecology. 8, p. 1819-1825

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Hamilton's rule generalized. Foundations of Social Evolution, S.A. Frank

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1999, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 14, p. 121

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Low genetic variation in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) from western Greenland using microsatellites

    Holm, L. E., Forchhammer, M. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1999, In: Molecular Ecology. 8, p. 675-679

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    Multiple mating and facultative polygyny in the Panamanian ant Acromyrmex echinatior

    Bekkevold, D., Frydenberg, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1999, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 46, p. 103-109

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Multiple paternity, relatedness and genetic diversity in Acromyrmex leafcutter ants

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Fjerdingstad, E. J. & Frydenberg, J., 1999, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 266, p. 249-254

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    Social structure and split sex ratios in the ant Pheidole pallidula

    Aron, S., Campan, E., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Passera, L., 1999, In: Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 11, p. 209-227

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  55. 1998
  56. Published

    Direct genetic evidence for local mate competition in ants

    Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Dec 1998, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. 85, 12, p. 593-595

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

ID: 10088