Susanne den Boer Beckers

Susanne den Boer Beckers

Senior adviser


  1. 2006
  2. Published

    A larval hunger signal in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer & Duchateau, M., 2006, In: Insectes Sociaux. 53, 3, p. 369-373 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 2008
  4. Published

    Seminal fluid enhances sperm viability in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2008, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 62, 12, p. 1843-1849 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 2009
  6. Published

    Dynamics of ejaculate transfer, sperm storage and sperm use in social insects

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, 2009, Biologisk Institut: Museum Tusculanum. 156 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesisResearch

  7. Published

    Fungus gardens of the leafcutter ant Atta colombica function as egg nurseries for the snake Leptodeira annulata.

    Baer, B., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Kronauer, D., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 3, p. 289-291 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Honey bee males and queens use glandular secretions to enhance sperm viability before and after storage

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2009, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 55, 6, p. 538-543

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Prudent sperm use by leaf-cutter ant queens

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Baer, B., Dreier, S. A. J., Aron, S., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 276, 1675, p. 3945-3953 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 2010
  11. Published

    Seminal fluid mediates ejaculate competition in social insects

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Baer, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Science. 327, 5972, p. 1506-1509 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. 2011
  13. Published

    Variation in male body size and reproductive allocation in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica: estimating variance components and possible trade-offs

    Stürup, M., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Nash, David Richard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 1, p. 47-55 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 2012
  15. Published

    Patterns of paternity skew among polyandrous social insects: what can they tell us about the potential for sexual selection?

    Jaffé, R., Garcia-Gonzalez, F., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Simmons, L. & Baer, B., 2012, In: Evolution. 66, 12, p. 3778-3788 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. 2013
  17. Published

    A technique to artificially inseminate leafcutter ants

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2013, In: Insectes Sociaux. 60, p. 111-118 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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