J.J. Boomsma - Publications (2000-2004)
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Aanen, D.K., P. Eggleton, C. Rouland-Lefèvre, T. Guldberg-Frøslev, S.
Rosendahl and J.J. Boomsma (2002) The evolution of fungus-growing
termites and their mutualists.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 99,
14887-14892.
- Als, T.D., D.R. Nash, and J.J.
Boomsma (2001) Adoption of parasitic Maculinea alcon
caterpillars (Lepidoptera: lycaenidae) by three Myrmica ant
species. Animal Behaviour 62, 99-106.
- Als, T.D., D.R. Nash and J.J. Boomsma (2002) Geographical variation in host-ant specificity of
the parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon in Denmark.
Ecological Entomology 27, 403-414.
- Als, T.D., R. Vila, N.P.
Kandul, D.R. Nash, S.-H. Yen, Y.-F. Hsu, A.A. Mignault, J.J. Boomsma and N.E. Pierce
(2004) The evolution of alternative parasitic life
histories in large blue butterflies. Nature 432, 386-389.
- Anderson, C., J.J. Boomsma and J.J. Bartholdi III (2002)
Task partitioning in insect societies: bucket brigades.
Insectes Sociaux 49, 171-180.
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Baer, B. and J.J. Boomsma (2004) Mating system evolution and male
reproductive investment in fungus-growing ants. Behavioral Ecology
15, 426-432.
- Baer, B, P. Schmid-Hempel, J.T. Høeg and J.J. Boomsma (2003) Sperm
length, sperm storage and mating system characteristics in bumblebees.
Insectes Sociaux 50, 101-108.
- Bargum, K., J.J. Boomsma and L. Sundström (2004) A
genetic component to size in workers and queens of the wood ant, Formica truncorum.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57,
9-16.
- Bekkevold, D. and J.J.
Boomsma (2000) Evolutionary transition to a semelparous life
history in the socially parasitic ant Acromyrmex insinuator.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
13, 615-623.
- Boomsma, J.J. (2003) Social mutualism and social parasitism: conflict
and cooperation at the family and species level. In: Kikuchi, T.,
Azuma, N. & S. Higashi (eds) Genes,
Behavior and Evolution in Social Insects. Hokkaido
University Press, pp. 131-170.
- Boomsma, J.J. and Nachman, G. (2002)
Analysis of sex ratios in social insects. In: Hardy, I.C.W. (ed.) Sex ratios: concepts and research methods, p. 93-111. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge UK.
- Boomsma, J.J., J. Nielsen,
L. Sundström, N.J. Oldham, J.
Tentschert, H.C. Petersen and E.D. Morgan (2003) Informational
constraints on optimal sex allocation in ants.
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences U.S.A. 100, 8799-8804.
- Bot, A.N.M., C.R. Currie, A.G. Hart and J.J.
Boomsma (2001) Waste management in leaf-cutting ants. Ethology,
Ecology and Evolution 13, 225-237.
- Bot, A.N.M., D.
Ortius-Lechner, K. Finster, R. Maile and J.J. Boomsma (2002) Variable
sensitivity of fungi and bacteria to compounds produced by the
metapleural glands of leaf-cutting ants.
Insectes Sociaux 49,
363-370.
- Bot, A.N.M., M.L. Obermayer, B. Hölldobler
and J.J. Boomsma (2001) Functional morphology of the metapleural gland in
the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus. Insectes
Sociaux 48, 63-66.
- Bot, A.N.M., S.A. Rehner and J.J. Boomsma
(2001) Partial incompatibility between ants and symbiotic fungi in two
sympatric species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. Evolution
55, 1980-1991.
- Buhl, P.N., J.J. Boomsma, P. Holter and B.V.
Pedersen (2000) Snyltegedehamsen Pseudovespula adulterina (Buysson, 1905) ny for
Danmark (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Entomologiske Meddelelser
68, 137.
- Bønløkke-Pedersen, J., J.
Drachmann, J. Frydenberg and J.J. Boomsma (2002) Rare
extra-pair fertilizations in the semi-colonially breeding linnet Carduelis cannabina.
Journal of Avian Biology 33, 203-206.
- Currie, C.R., A.N.M. Bot and J.J. Boomsma (2003)
Experimental evidence of a tripartite mutualism:
bacteria
protect ant fungal gardens from specialized parasites. Oikos 101, 91-102.
- Dijkstra, M.B. and J.J. Boomsma (2004)
Gnamptogenys hartmani
Wheeler (Ponerinae: Ectatommini): an agro predator of Trachymyrmex
and Sericomyrmex fungus growing ants. Naturwissenschaften, 90, 568-571.
- Drachmann, J., J. Komdeur and J.J. Boomsma
(2000) Mate guarding in the linnet Carduelis cannabina. Bird
Study 47, 238-241.
- Drachmann, J., T.D. Als and J.J. Boomsma
(2000) Hatching asynchrony in Linnets: the effects of nest predation
and food demand of nestlings. Ornis Fennica 77, 155-167.
- Duchateau, M.J., H.H.W.
Velthuis and J.J. Boomsma (2004) Sex ratio variation in the bumblebee
Bombus terrestris. Behavioral Ecology
15, 71-82.
- Fanelli, D., S. Turillazzi and J.J. Boomsma
(2004) Genetic relationships between females, males and older brood in
the tropical hover wasp Parischnogaster mellyi (Saussure). Insect
Social Life 5, 35-40.
- Figurny-Puchalska, E., R.M.E. Gadeberg and J.J. Boomsma (2000) Comparison of genetic population structure of the
large blue butterflies Maculinea nausithous and M. teleius.
Biodiversity and Conservation 9, 419-432.
- Fjerdingstad, E.J. and J.J. Boomsma (2000)
Queen mating frequency and relatedness in young Atta sexdens
colonies. Insectes Sociaux 47, 354-356.
- Hughes, W.O.H.
and J.J. Boomsma (2004) Genetic diversity and disease
resistance in leaf-cutting ant societies. Evolution 58,
1251-1260.
- Hughes, W.O.H.
and J.J. Boomsma (2004) Let your enemy do the work:
within-host interactions between two fungal parasites of
leaf-cutting ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B (Suppl.)
271(S3), S104-S106.
- Hughes, W.O.H., J. Eilenberg
and J.J. Boomsma (2002) Trade-offs in group living: transmission and
disease resistance in leaf-cutting ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B. 269, 1811-1819.
- Hughes, W.O.H.,
J. Eilenberg, L. Thomsen and J.J. Boomsma (2004) Diversity of entomopathogenic fungi near leaf-cutting ant nests in a neotropical forest, with particular reference to
Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
85, 46-53.
- Hughes, W.O.H., K.S. Petersen, L.V. Ugelvig, D. Pedersen, L. Thomsen, M.
Poulsen and J.J. Boomsma (2004). Density-dependence and within-host
competition in a semelparous parasite of leaf-cutting ants. BioMed
Central Evolutionary Biology 2004 4:45.
- Hughes, W.O.H., S.R. Sumner, S. van Borm
and J.J. Boomsma (2003). Worker
caste polymorphism is genetically controlled in a leaf-cutting ant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A.
100,
9394-9397.
- Jensen, A.B., J.S. Pedersen, B.V. Pedersen and J.J.
Boomsma (2004) De promiskuøse bidronninger – parrer de sig kun for sjov?
Tidskrift for biavl 6, 167-169.
- Kronauer, D.J.C., J.J. Boomsma
and J. Gadau (2004) Microsatellite markers for the driver ant Dorylus (Anomma) molestus.
Molecular
Ecology Notes 4, 289-290.
- Kronauer, D.J.C., C. Schöning, J.S. Pedersen, J.J. Boomsma and J. Gadau
(2004) Extreme queen-mating frequency and colony fission in African army
ants. Molecular Ecology 13, 2381-2388.
- Lambardi, D. B. Chegia, S. Turillazzi and J.J.
Boomsma (2004) Diet-induced aggression among colonies of the leafcutter
ant Acromyrmex echinatior Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Redia
87, 219-221.
- Ortius-Lechner, D., R. Maile, E.D. Morgan, H.C. Petersen and J.J.
Boomsma (2003) Lack of patriline-specific differences in chemical
composition of the metapleural gland secretion in Acromyrmex
octospinosus. Insectes Sociaux 50, 113-119. A correction in:
Insectes Sociaux 50, 297.
- Ortius-Lechner, D.,
R. Maile, E.D. Morgan and J.J. Boomsma (2000) The metapleural gland secretion of the leafcutter ant
Acromyrmex
octospinosus: new compounds and their functional significance. Journal of Chemical Ecology
26, 1667-1683.
- Ortius-Lechner, D., P.J. Gertsch and J.J.
Boomsma (2000) Variable microsatellite loci for the leafcutter
ant Acromyrmex echinatior and their applicability to related
species. Molecular Ecology 9, 115-116.
- Pedersen, B.V.
and J.J. Boomsma (2002) Biavl og Apis biodiversitet I Europa. Tidsskrift for Biavl 4, 108-110.
- Poulsen, M., A.N.M.
Bot and J.J. Boomsma (2003) The
effect of metapleural gland secretion on the growth of a mutualistic
bacterium on the cuticle of leaf-cutting ants. Naturwissenschaften
90, 406-409.
- Poulsen, M., A.N.M. Bot, C.R. Currie and J.J. Boomsma (2002) Mutualistic bacteria and a possible trade-off
between alternative defence mechanisms in Acromyrmex
leaf-cutting ants. Insectes Sociaux 49, 15-19.
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Poulsen, M., A.N.M. Bot, C.R. Currie, M.G.
Nielsen and J.J. Boomsma
(2003) Within colony
transmission and the cost of a mutualistic bacterium in the leaf-cutting ants
Acromyrmex octospinosus. Functional Ecology 17, 260-269.
- Poulsen, M., A.N.M. Bot, M.G.
Nielsen and J.J. Boomsma (2002) Experimental evidence for the cost and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52, 151-157.
- Poulsen, M., D.R. Nash and J.J. Boomsma (2004) Bladskærermyrer –
Tropernes succesfulde landbrugere. Naturens Verden 87,
27-35.
- Rønhede, S.,
J.J. Boomsma and S. Rosendahl (2004) Fungal enzymes transferred by leaf-cutting ants in their fungus gardens.
Mycological Research 108, 101-106.
- Schultz, T.R., S.A. Solomon, U.G. Mueller, P. Villesen, J.J. Boomsma, R.M.M. Adams & B. Norden (2002) Cryptic speciation in the fungus-growing ant
Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber and Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz and Solomon, new species (Formicidae, Attini).
Insectes Sociaux 49, 331-343.
- Sumner, S.R., D.K.
Aanen, J. Delabie and J.J. Boomsma (2004) The evolution of social parasitism in
Acromyrmex leaf-cutter ants: a test of Emery's rule. Insectes Sociaux 51, 37-42.
- Sumner,
S., D.R. Nash and J.J. Boomsma (2003) The adaptive significance of
inquiline parasite workers. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London
B. 270, 1315-1322.
- Sumner,
S., W.O.H. Hughes and J.J. Boomsma (2003) Evidence for differential
selection and potential adaptive evolution in an inquiline social
parasite. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 54, 256-263.
- Sumner, S.,
W.O.H. Hughes, J.S. Pedersen and J.J. Boomsma (2004) Ant parasite queens
revert to mating singly. Nature 428, 35-36.
- Sundström, L. and J.J. Boomsma (2000)
Reproductive alliances and posthumous fitness enhancement in male ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society,
London B. 267,
1439-1444.
- Sundström, L. and J.J. Boomsma (2001)
Conflicts and alliances in insect families. Heredity 86,
515-521.
- Van Borm, S. and J.J.
Boomsma (2002) Group-specific polymerase chain reaction amplification
of SSU rRNA-encoding gene fragments from 12 microbial taxa.
Molecular Ecology Notes
2,
356-359.
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Van Borm, S., J. Billen and J.J. Boomsma
(2002) The diversity of microorganisms associated with
Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants.
BioMed Central Evolutionary
Biology 2002 2:9.
- Van Borm, S., A. Buschinger, J.J. Boomsma and J.
Billen (2002) Tetraponera
ants have gut symbionts related to nitrogen-fixing root-nodule bacteria.
Proceedings of the Royal Society,
London
B. 269, 2023-2027.
- Van Borm, S., T. Wenseleers, J. Billen and J.J. Boomsma (2001)
Wolbachia in leafcutter ants: a widespread
symbiont that may induce male killing or incompatible matings. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14, 805-814.
- Van Borm, S., T.
Wenseleers, J. Billen and J.J. Boomsma (2003)
Cloning and sequencing of wsp encoding gene fragments reveals a
diversity of co-infecting Wolbachia
strains in Acromyrmex leafcutter ants.
Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution
26, 102-109.
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Van
der Hammen, T., J.S. Pedersen and J.J. Boomsma (2002)
Convergent
development of low relatedness supercolonies in Myrmica ants.
Heredity 89, 83-89.
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Villesen, P. and J.J. Boomsma (2003)
Patterns of male parentage in the fungus-growing ants.
Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology
53, 246-253.
- Villesen, P., P.J. Gertsch and J.J. Boomsma (2002) Microsatellite
primers for fungus-growing ants. Molecular Ecology Notes
2, 320-322.
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Villesen, P., T. Murakami,
T.R. Schultz and J.J.
Boomsma (2002) Identifying the transition between single and multiple
mating of queens in fungus-growing ants.
Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B. 269, 1541-1548.
Last updated:
28 February 2007