Jonathan Z. Shik

Jonathan Z. Shik

Associate Professor


  1. 2014
  2. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 2013
  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 2012
  9. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. 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

  13. 2011
  14. 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

  15. 2010
  16. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 2009
  20. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. 2008
  22. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 2005
  24. 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

Previous 1 2 Next

ID: 107183023