J.J. Boomsma - Publications (2000-2004)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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