Jonathan Z. Shik

Jonathan Z. Shik

Associate Professor

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    ORCID: 0000-0003-3309-7737

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    1. 2023
    2. Published

      Ecological strategies of (pl)ants: Towards a world-wide worker economic spectrum for ants

      Gibb, H., Bishop, T. R., Leahy, L., Parr, C. L., Lessard, J., Sanders, N. J., Shik, Jonathan Z., Ibarra-Isassi, J., Narendra, A., Dunn, R. R. & Wright, I. J., 2023, In: Functional Ecology. 37, 1, 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    3. Published

      Evidence that the domesticated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus recycles its cytoplasmic contents as nutritional rewards to feed its leafcutter ant farmers

      A. Leal-Dutra, Caio, Yuen, L. M., Guedes, B. A. M., Contreras Serrano, Marta, Marques, P. E. & Shik, Jonathan Z., 2023, In: IMA Fungus. 14, 1, 13 p., 19.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    4. Published

      Reciprocal nutritional provisioning between leafcutter ants and their fungal cultivar mediates performance of symbiotic farming systems

      Bolander, M., Andersen, J. E., Conlon, B. H., Arnan, X., Michelsen, Anders & Shik, Jonathan Z., 2023, In: Functional Ecology. 37, 12, p. 3079-3090 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    5. 2022
    6. Published

      A fungal symbiont converts provisioned cellulose into edible yield for its leafcutter ant farmers

      Conlon, B. H., O'Tuama, D., Michelsen, Anders, Crumière, A. J. J. & Shik, Jonathan Z., 2022, In: Biology Letters. 18, 4, 6 p., 20220022.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    7. Published

      Male ant reproductive investment in a seasonal wet tropical forest: Consequences of future climate change

      Donoso, D. A., Basset, Y., Shik, Jonathan Z., Forrister, D. L., Uquillas, A., Salazar-Méndez, Y., Arizala, S., Polanco, P., Beckett, S., Diego Dominguez, G. & Barrios, H., 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 3 , 13 p., e0266222.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    8. Published

      Nutritional challenges of feeding a mutualist: Testing for a nutrient–toxin tradeoff in fungus-farming leafcutter ants

      Crumière, A. J. J., Mallett, S., Michelsen, Anders, Rinnan, Riikka & Shik, Jonathan Z., 2022, In: Ecology. 103, 6, 12 p., e3684.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    9. Published

      Orthogonal protocols for DNA extraction from filamentous fungi

      Conlon, B. H., Schmidt, Suzanne, Poulsen, Michael & Shik, Jonathan Z., 2022, In: STAR Protocols. 3, 1, 10 p., 101126.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    10. 2021
    11. Published

      Nutritional niches reveal fundamental domestication trade-offs in fungus-farming ants

      Shik, Jonathan Z., Kooij, P. W., Donoso, D. A., Santos, J. C., Gomez, E. B., Franco, M., Crumière, A. J. J., Arnan, X., Howe, Jack, Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2021, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5, 1, p. 122-134

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    12. Published

      The multidimensional nutritional niche of fungus-cultivar provisioning in free-ranging colonies of a neotropical leafcutter ant

      Crumière, A. J. J., James, A., Lannes, P., Mallett, S., Michelsen, Anders, Rinnan, Riikka & Shik, Jonathan Z., 2021, In: Ecology Letters. 24, 11, p. 2439-2451 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research › peer-review

    13. 2020
    14. Published

      24 Messages on a Sustainable Career in Research at UCPH

      Larsen, K. R. (ed.), Wegener, H. C., Stein, A., Bach, A., Williams, A. R., Gall, C., Gravert, C., Gloriam, D. E., Lorenzen, E., Yvanez, E., Cappellini, E., Poulsen, F., Mortensen, J., Bentzen, J. S., Shik, J. Z., Miskowiak, K. W., Elgaard, K. K. E., Jønsson, K. A., Won, K. J., Nørgaard, L. C. & 9 others, Cantarero Arevalo, Lourdes, Kristiansen, Maria, Lund, Marianne N., Borregaard, Michael Krabbe, Høyland-Kroghsbo, Nina Molin, Iversen, Rune, Viskum, U., Nosch, Marie Louise Bech & Hjorth, Jens, 2020, University of Copenhagen. 31 p.

      Research output: Book/Report › Report › Communication

    15. Published

      Nutritional Dimensions of Invasive Success

      Shik, Jonathan Z. & Dussutour, A., 2020, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 35, 8, p. 691-703 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review

    16. Published

      The evolution of multicellular complexity: the role of relatedness and environmental constraints

      Fisher, Roberta May, Shik, Jonathan Z. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1931, 8 p., 20192963.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    17. Published

      Using Nutritional Geometry to Explore How Social Insects Navigate Nutritional Landscapes

      Crumiere, A. J. J., Stephenson, C. J., Nagel, M. & Shik, Jonathan Z., 2020, In: Insects. 11, 1, 14 p., 53.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    18. 2019
    19. Published

      Can interaction specificity in the fungus-farming termite symbiosis be explained by nutritional requirements of the fungal crop?

      da Costa, R. R., Vreeburg, S. M. E., Shik, Jonathan Z., Aanen, D. K. & Poulsen, Michael, 2019, In: Fungal Ecology. 38, p. 54-61

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    20. Published

      Evidence for locally adaptive metabolic rates among ant populations along an elevational gradient

      Shik, Jonathan Z., Arnan, X., Oms, C. S., Cerdá, X. & Boulay, R., 2019, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 88, 8, p. 1240-1249 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    21. Published

      Using nutritional geometry to define the fundamental macronutrient niche of the widespread invasive ant Monomorium pharaonis

      Krabbe, B. A., Arnan, X., Lannes, P., Bergstedt, C. E., Larsen, Rasmus Stenbak, Pedersen, Jes Søe & Shik, Jonathan Z., 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 6, 17 p., e0218764.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    22. 2018
    23. Published

      The farming ant Sericomyrmex amabilis nutritionally manages its fungal symbiont and social parasite

      Shik, Jonathan Z., Consilio, A., Kaae, T. & Adams, R. M. M., Aug 2018, In: Ecological Entomology. 43, 4, p. 440-446

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    24. Published

      Context is everything: mapping Cyphomyrmex-derived compounds to the fungus-growing ant phylogeny

      Hamilton, N., Jones, T. H., Shik, Jonathan Z., Wall, B., Schultz, T. R., Blair, H. A. & Adams, R. M. M., 2018, In: Chemoecology. 28, 4-5, p. 137-144

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    25. Published

      Cryptic Diversity in Colombian Edible Leaf-Cutting Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

      Kooij, P. W., Dentinger, B. M., Donoso, D. A., Shik, Jonathan Z. & Gaya, E., 2018, In: Insects. 9, 4, p. 1-12 191.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    26. Published

      Disentangling nutritional pathways linking leafcutter ants and their co-evolved fungal symbionts using stable isotopes

      Shik, Jonathan Z., Rytter, W., Arnan, X. & Michelsen, Anders, 2018, In: Ecology. 99, 9, p. 1999-2009

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    27. Published

      Reconstructing the functions of endosymbiotic Mollicutes in fungus-growing ants

      Sapountzis, P., Zhukova, M., Shik, Jonathan Z., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2018, In: eLife. 7, p. 1-31 e39209.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    28. 2016
    29. Published

      Extreme polygyny in the previously unstudied subtropical ant Temnothorax tuscaloosae with implications for the biogeographic study of the evolution of polygyny

      Guénard, B., Shik, Jonathan Z., Booher, D., Lubertazzi, D. & Alpert, G., 2016, In: Insectes Sociaux. 63, 4, p. 543-551 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    30. Published

      Liquid foraging behaviour in leafcutting ants: the lunchbox hypothesis

      Rytter, W. & Shik, Jonathan Z., 2016, In: Animal Behaviour. 117, p. 179-186 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    31. Published

      Nutrition mediates the expression of cultivar-farmer conflict in a fungus-growing ant

      Shik, Jonathan Z., Gomez, E. B., Kooij, P. W., Santos, J. C., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2016, In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 113, 36, p. 10121-10126 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    32. 2014
    33. Published

      Aphid honeydew provides a nutritionally balanced resource for incipient Argentine ant mutualists

      Shik, Jonathan Z., Kay, A. D. & Silverman, J., 2014, In: Animal Behaviour. 95, p. 33-39 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    34. Published

      Diet specialization in an extreme omnivore: nutritional regulation in glucose-averse German cockroaches

      Shik, Jonathan Z., Schal, C. & Silverman, J., 2014, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27, 10, p. 2096-2105 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    35. Published

      Metabolism and the rise of fungus cultivation by ants

      Shik, Jonathan Z., Santos, J. C., Seal, J. N., Kay, A., Mueller, U. G. & Kaspari, M., 2014, In: American Naturalist. 184, 3, p. 364-373 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    36. 2013

    37. Prey handling performance facilitates competitive dominance of an invasive over a native keystone ant

      Bednar, D., Shik, Jonathan Z. & Silverman, J., 2013, In: Behavioral Ecology. 24, 6, p. 1312-1319

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    38. The life history continuum hypothesis links traits of male ants with life outside the nest.

      Shik, Jonathan Z., Donoso, D. A. & Kaspari, M., 2013, In: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 149, 2, p. 99-109

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    39. Towards a nutritional ecology of invasive establishment: aphid mutualists provide better fuel for incipient Argentine ant colonies than insect prey

      Shik, Jonathan Z. & Silverman, J., 2013, In: Biological Invasions. 15, 4, p. 829-836

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    40. 2012

    41. A life history continuum in the males of a Neotropical ant assemblage: refuting the sperm vessel hypothesis

      Shik, Jonathan Z., Flatt, D., Kay, A. & Kaspari, M., 2012, In: Naturwissenschaften. 99, 3, p. 191-197

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    42. Diet composition does not affect ant colony tempo.

      Kay, A. D., Shik, Jonathan Z., Van Alst, A., Miller, K. A. & Kaspari, M., 2012, In: Functional Ecology. 26, 2, p. 317-323

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    43. Effect of scattered and discrete hydramethylnon bait placement on the Asian needle ant

      Rice, E. S., Shik, Jonathan Z. & Silverman, J., 2012, In: Journal of Economic Entomology. 105, 5, p. 1751-1757

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    44. Toward a general life history model of the superorganism: predicting the survival, growth, and reproduction of ant societies

      Shik, Jonathan Z., Hou, C., Kay, A., Kaspari, M. & Gillooly, J. F., 2012, In: Biology Letters. 8, 6, p. 1059-1062

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    45. 2011

    46. Preliminary assessment of metabolic costs of the nematode Myrmeconema neotropicum on its host, the tropical ant Cephalotes atratus

      Shik, Jonathan Z., Kaspari, M. & Yanoviak, S. P., 2011, In: Journal of Parasitology. 97, 5, p. 958-959

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    47. 2010

    48. More food, less habitat: how necromass and leaf litter decomposition combine to regulate a litter ant community

      Shik, Jonathan Z. & Kaspari, M., 2010, In: Ecological Entomology. 35, 2, p. 158-165

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    49. Scaling community structure: how bacteria, fungi, and ant taxocenes differentiate along a tropical forest floor

      Kaspari, M., Stevenson, B. S., Shik, Jonathan Z. & Kerekes, J. F., 2010, In: Ecology. 91, 8, p. 2221-2226

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    50. The metabolic costs of building ant colonies from variably sized subunits

      Shik, Jonathan Z., 2010, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64, 12, p. 1981-1990

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    51. 2009

    52. Lifespan in male ants linked to mating syndrome

      Shik, Jonathan Z. & Kaspari, M., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 2, p. 131-134

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    53. 2008

    54. Ant colony size and the scaling of reproductive effort

      Shik, Jonathan Z., 2008, In: Functional Ecology. 22, 4, p. 674-681

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

    55. 2005

    56. The Effect of Human Activity on Ant Species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Richness at the Mont St. Hilaire Biosphere Reserve, Quebec

      Shik, Jonathan Z., Francoeur, A. & Buddle, C. M., 2005, In: The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 119, 1, p. 38-42

      Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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