Boomsma, J. J.; Van Loon, A. J. 1982. Structure and diversity of ant communities in successive coastal dune valleys. Journal of Animal Ecology 51:957-974.

Mabelis, A. A.; Boomsma, J. J. 1984. The ant fauna of coastal and continental islands in the Netherlands. [Abstract.]. P. 498 in: XVII International Congress of Entomology 1984. Abstract Volume. Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany, August 20-26, 1984. Hamburg: XVII International Congress of Entomology, 960 pp.

Boomsma, J. J.; Mabelis, A. A.; Verbeek, M. G. M.; Los, E. C. 1987. Insular biogeography and distribution ecology of ants on the Frisian islands. Journal of Biogeography 14:21-37.

Boomsma, J. J. 1988. Empirical analysis of sex allocation in ants: from descriptive surveys to population genetics. Pp. 42-51 in: Jong, G. de (ed.) 1988. Population genetics and evolution. Berlin: Springer Verlag, xi + 282 pp.

Van der Have, T. M.; Boomsma, J. J.; Menken, S. B. J. 1988. Sex-investment ratios and relatedness in the monogynous ant Lasius niger (L.). Evolution 42:160-172.

Boomsma, J. J. 1989. Sex-investment ratios in ants: has female bias been systematically overestimated? American Naturalist 133:517-532. PDF

Boomsma, J. J.; Brouwer, A. H.; Van Loon, A. J. 1990. A new polygynous Lasius species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from central Europe. II. Allozymatic confirmation of species status and social structure. Insectes Sociaux 37:363-375.

Boomsma, J. J.; Grafen, A. 1990. Intraspecific variation in ant sex ratios and the Trivers-Hare hypothesis. Evolution 44:1026-1034.

Van Loon, A. J.; Boomsma, J. J.; Andrasfalvy, A. 1990. A new polygynous Lasius species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from central Europe. I. Description and general biology. Insectes Sociaux 37:348-362. PDF

Boomsma, J. J.; Grafen, A. 1991. Colony-level sex ratio selection in the eusocial Hymenoptera. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 4:383-407.

Boomsma, J. J.; Keller, L.; Nielsen, M. G. 1995. A comparative analysis of sex ratio investment parameters in ants. Functional Ecology 9:743-753.

Bot, A. N. M.; Boomsma, J. J. 1997 ("1996"). Variable metapleural gland size-allometries in Acromyrmex leafcutter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 69(4) suppl.:375-383.

Bekkevold, D.; Ortius, D.; Bot, A. N. M.; Boomsma, J. J. 1998. Colony founding and reproduction in the Panamian inquiline Acromyrmex insinuator. [Abstract.]. P. 56 in: Schwarz, M. P.; Hogendoorn, K. (eds.) 1998. Social insects at the turn of the millennium. Proceedings of the XIII International Congress of IUSSI. Adelaide, Australia. 29 December 1998 - 3 January 1999. Adelaide: XIII Congress of IUSSI, 535 pp.

Boomsma, J. J.; Sundström, L. 1998. Patterns of paternity skew in Formica ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 42:85-92.

Schultz, T. R.; Bekkevold, D.; Boomsma, J. J. 1998. Acromyrmex insinuator new species: an incipient social parasite of fungus-growing ants. Insectes Sociaux 45:457-471. PDF

Villesen, P.; Gertsch, P.; Müller, U. G.; Boomsma, J. J. 1998. Mating system evolution in fungus-growing ants. [Abstract.]. P. 493 in: Schwarz, M. P.; Hogendoorn, K. (eds.) 1998. Social insects at the turn of the millennium. Proceedings of the XIII International Congress of IUSSI. Adelaide, Australia. 29 December 1998 - 3 January 1999. Adelaide: XIII Congress of IUSSI, 535 pp.

Gertsch, P. J.; Savolainen, R.; Boomsma, J. J. 2002. Mating system evolution in the Lasius ants. [Abstract.]. P. 22 in: Billen, J. P. J. 2002. XIV International Congress of IUSSI. The Golden Jubilee Proceedings. 27 July - 3 August 2002, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Sapporo: XIV International Congress of IUSSI, 233 pp.

Schultz, T. R.; Solomon, S. A.; Mueller, U. G.; Villesen, P.; Boomsma, J. J.; Adams, R. M. M.; Norden, B. 2002. Cryptic speciation in the fungus-growing ants Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber and Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz and Solomon, new species (Formicidae, Attini). Insectes Sociaux 49:331-343. PDF

Sumner, S.; Boomsma, J. J. 2002. Evolution of social parasitism in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. [Abstract.]. P. 171 in: Billen, J. P. J. 2002. XIV International Congress of IUSSI. The Golden Jubilee Proceedings. 27 July - 3 August 2002, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Sapporo: XIV International Congress of IUSSI, 233 pp.

Hughes, W. O. H.; Sumner, S.; Van Borm, S.; Boomsma, J. J. 2003. Worker caste polymorphism has a genetic basis in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100:9394-9397. PDF

Currie, C. R.; Poulsen, M; Mendenhall, J.; Boomsma, J. J.; Billen, J. 2006. Coevolved crypts and exocrine glands support mutualistic bacteria in fungus-growing ants. Science (Washington, D. C.) 311:81-83. PDF

Kronauer, D. J. C.; Schöning, C.; Vilhelmsen, L. B.; Boomsma, J. J. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of Dorylus army ants provides evidence for multiple evolutionary transitions in foraging niche. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7:56. 10.1186/1471-2148-7-56 PDF

Hughes, W. O. H.; Pagliarini, R.; Madsen, H. B.; Dijkstra, M. B.; Boomsma, J. J. 2008. Antimicrobial defense shows an abrupt evolutionary transition in the fungus-growing ants. Evolution 62:1252-1257. PDF

Cremer, S.; Ugelvig, L. V.; Drijfhout, F. P.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Steiner, F. M.; Seifert, B.; Hughes, D. P.; Schulz, A.; Petersen, K. S.; Konrad, H.; Stauffer, C.; Kiran, K.; Espadaler, X.; d'Ettorre, P.; Aktaç, N.; Eilenberg, J.; Jones, G. R.; Nash, D. R.; Pedersen, J. S.; Boomsma, J. J. 2008. The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants. PLoS ONE 3(12):e3838. 10.1371/journal.pone.0003838 PDF

Van der Have, T. M.; Pedersen, J. S.; Boomsma, J. J. 2011. Mating, hybridisation and introgression in Lasius ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 15:109-115. PDF

Kronauer, D. J. C.; Peters, M. K.; Schöning, C.; Boomsma, J. J. 2011. Hybridization in East African swarm-raiding army ants. Frontiers in Zoology 8:20. 10.1186/1742-9994-8-20 PDF

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