Jonathan Z. Shik
Associate Professor
- 2014
- 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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2013
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. 1312-1319Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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. 99-109Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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. 829-836Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2012
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. 191-197Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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. 317-323Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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. 1751-1757Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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. 1059-1062Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2011
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. 958-959Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2010
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. 158-165Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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. 2221-2226Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
The metabolic costs of building ant colonies from variably sized subunits
Shik, Jonathan Z., 2010, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64, 12, p. 1981-1990Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2009
Lifespan in male ants linked to mating syndrome
Shik, Jonathan Z. & Kaspari, M., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 2, p. 131-134Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2008
Ant colony size and the scaling of reproductive effort
Shik, Jonathan Z., 2008, In: Functional Ecology. 22, 4, p. 674-681Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2005
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. 38-42Research 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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