Susanne den Boer Beckers

Susanne den Boer Beckers

Senior adviser


  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Published

    Protein-level interactions as mediators of sexual conflict in ants

    Dosselli, R., Grassl, J., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Kratz, M., Moran, J. M., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2019, In: Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 18, Suppl. 1, p. S34-S45

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 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

  9. Published

    Research Data Management

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Hüser, Falco, Wildgaard, Lorna Elizabeth, Rasmussen, L. H., Drachen, T. M., Larsen, A. V., Dorch, B. & Sandøe, Peter, 2020, RCR – A Danish textbook for courses in Responsible Conduct of Research. Jensen, K. K., Andersen, M. M., Whiteley, L. & Sandøe, P. (eds.). 4 ed. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, p. 55-74

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterEducation

  10. Published

    Research data management

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Rasmussen, L. H., Drachen, T. M., Larsen, A. V., Dorch, B. F. & Sandøe, Peter, 2017, RCR – A Danish textbook for courses in Responsible Conduct of Researc. Jensen, K. K., Whiteley, L. & Sandøe, P. (eds.). 2. ed. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, p. 52-69 18 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterEducation

  11. Published

    Research data management

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Rasmussen, L. H., Drachen, T. M., Larsen, A. V., Dorch, B. F. & Sandøe, Peter, 2018, RCR – A Danish textbook for courses in Responsible Conduct of Research. Jensen, K. K., Whiteley, L. & Sandøe, P. (eds.). 3 ed. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, p. 52-70 19 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterEducation

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Published

    Sperm Storage Costs Determine Survival and Immunocompetence in Newly Mated Queens of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta colombica

    Baer-Imhoof, B., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2022, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 10 p., 759183.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Sperm use economy of honeybee (Apis mellifera) queens

    Baer, B., Collins, J., Maalaps, K. & Beckers, Susanne den Boer, 2016, In: Ecology and Evolution. 6, 9, p. 2877-2885 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    The ejaculatory biology of leafcutter ants

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Stürup, M., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2015, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 74, p. 56-62 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 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

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