Koos Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15, 2100 København Ø, Bygning 12, 1. sal
Denmark
- 2003
- Published
The effect of metapleural gland secretion on the growth of a mutualistic bacterium on the cuticle of leaf-cutting ants. / Poulsen, Michael; Bot, Adrianne N M; Boomsma, Jacobus J.
In: Die Naturwissenschaften, Vol. 90, No. 9, 01.09.2003, p. 406-409.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Gnamptogenys hartmani Wheeler (Ponerinae: Ectatommini): an agro-predator of Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants. / Dijkstra, Michiel Bendert; Boomsma, Jacobus Jan.
In: Die Naturwissenschaften, No. Vol. 90, no. 12, 2003, p. 568-571.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Cloning and sequencing of wsp encoding gene fragments reveals a diversity of co-infecting Wolbachia strains in Acromyrmex leafcutter ants. / van Borm, S.; Wenseleers, T.; Billen, J.; Boomsma, Jacobus Jan.
In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2003, p. 102-109.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evidence for differential selection and potential adaptive evolution in the worker caste of an inquiline social parasite. / Sumner, Seirian; Hughes, William Owen Hamar; Boomsma, Jacobus Jan.
In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, No. Vol. 54, no. 3, 2003, p. 256-263.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Experimental evidence of a tripartite mutualism: bacteria protect ant fungus gardens from specialized parasites. / Curries, C. R.; Bot, A. N. M.; Boomsma, Jacobus Jan.
In: Oikos, No. Vol. 101, no. 1, 2003, p. 91-102.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Informational constraints on optimal sex allocation in ants. / Boomsma, Jacobus Jan; Nielsen, Jannie; Sundström, Liselotte; Oldham, N. J.; Tentschert, Jutta; Petersen, Hans Christian; Morgan, E. David.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, No. Vol. 100, no. 15, 2003, p. 8799-8804.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Lack of patriline-specific differences in chemical composition of the metapleural gland secretion in Acromyrmex octospinosus. / Ortius-Lechner, D.; Maile, R.; Morgan, E. D.; Petersen, H. C.; Boomsma, Jacobus Jan.
In: Insectes Sociaux, No. Vol. 50, no. 2, 2003, p. 113-119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Patterns of male parentage in the fungus-growing ants. / Villesen, P.; Boomsma, Jacobus Jan.
In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, No. Vol. 53, no. 4, 2003, p. 246-253.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Social mutualism and social parasitism: conflict and cooperation at the family and species level. / Boomsma, Jacobus Jan.
Genes, Behaviors and Evolution of Social Insects. Sapporo, Japan : Hokkaido University, 2003. p. 131-170.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research
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Sperm length, sperm storage and mating system characteristics in bumblebees. / Baer, Boris; Schmid-Hempel, Paul; Høeg, Jens Thorvald; Boomsma, Jacobus Jan.
In: Insectes Sociaux, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2003, p. 101-108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The adaptive significance of inquiline parasite workers. / Sumner, Seirian; Nash, David R; Boomsma, Jacobus J.
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, Vol. 270, No. 1521, 2003, p. 1315-22.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Within-colony transmission and the cost of a mutualistic bacterium in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus. / Poulsen, Michael; Bot, A. N. M.; Currie, C. R.; Nielsen, M. G.; Boomsma, J. J.
In: Functional Ecology, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2003, p. 260-269.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Worker caste polymorphism has a genetic basis in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. / Hughes, William Owen Hamar; Sumner, Seirian; Van Borm, Steven; Boomsma, Jacobus Jan.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, No. Vol. 100, no. 16, 2003, p. 9393-9397.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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