Jonathan Z. Shik

Jonathan Z. Shik

Associate Professor


  1. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-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 journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  13. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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