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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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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