Jonathan Z. Shik
Associate Professor
- 2023
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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
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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
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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
- 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
- 2021
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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
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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. 122-134Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2020
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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
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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
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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, , 2020, University of Copenhagen. 31 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Communication
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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
- 2019
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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
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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
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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. 54-61Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2018
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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. 137-144Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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
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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
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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. 1999-2009Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 440-446Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2016
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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
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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
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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
- 2014
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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
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Can interaction specificity in the fungus-farming termite symbiosis be explained by nutritional requirements of the fungal crop?
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Reconstructing the functions of endosymbiotic Mollicutes in fungus-growing ants
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Disentangling nutritional pathways linking leafcutter ants and their co-evolved fungal symbionts using stable isotopes
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