Works (8)

Updated: July 5th, 2023 15:45

2014 journal article

Aphid honeydew provides a nutritionally balanced resource for incipient Argentine ant mutualists

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 95, 33–39.

By: J. Shik n, A. Kay* & J. Silverman n

author keywords: Argentine ant; invasive species; life history; Linepithema humile; mutualism; nutritional ecology
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Diet specialization in an extreme omnivore: nutritional regulation in glucose-averse German cockroaches

Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(10), 2096–2105.

By: J. Shik n, C. Schal n & J. Silverman n

author keywords: Blattella germanica; geometric framework; nutritional ecology
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Biological / genetics; Animals; Chimera; Cockroaches / genetics; Cockroaches / physiology; Diet / veterinary; Glucose; Models, Statistical; Nutritional Requirements
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Prey handling performance facilitates competitive dominance of an invasive over native keystone ant

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, 24(6), 1312–1319.

By: D. Bednar n, J. Shik n & J. Silverman n

author keywords: Aphaenogaster rudis; Asian needle ant; discoverydominance trade-off; invasive species; Pachycondyla chinensis; Subterranean termite
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 review

The life history continuum hypothesis links traits of male ants with life outside the nest

[Review of ]. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 149(2), 99–109.

By: J. Shik, D. Donoso & M. Kaspari

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Towards a nutritional ecology of invasive establishment: aphid mutualists provide better fuel for incipient Argentine ant colonies than insect prey

BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS, 15(4), 829–836.

By: J. Shik n & J. Silverman n

author keywords: Dietary plasticity; Colony demography; Linepithema humile; Invasive species; Nutritional ecology
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Effect of Scattered and Discrete Hydramethylnon Bait Placement on the Asian Needle Ant

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 105(5), 1751–1757.

By: E. Rice*, J. Shik* & J. Silverman*

author keywords: Asian needle ant; Pachycondyla chinensis; hydramethylnon; granular bait; control
MeSH headings : Animals; Ants / drug effects; Insect Control / methods; Insecticides / pharmacology; North Carolina; Pheromones / pharmacology; Pyrimidinones / pharmacology; Species Specificity; Time Factors
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Towards a general life-history model of the superorganism: predicting the survival, growth and reproduction of ant societies

Biology Letters, 8(6), 1059–1062.

By: J. Shik, C. Hou, A. Kay, M. Kaspari & J. Gillooly

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Preliminary assessment of metabolic costs of the nematode myrmeconema neotropicum on its host, the tropical ant cephalotes atratus

Journal of Parasitology, 97(5), 958–959.

By: J. Shik, M. Kaspari & S. Yanoviak

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018