Non‐native ants drive dramatic declines in animal community diversity: A meta‐analysis

MPTG Tercel, JP Cuff… - Insect Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐native ants can cause ecosystem‐wide ecological change, and these changes are
generally assumed to be negative. Despite this, the evidence base has never been …

[HTML][HTML] The global spread and invasion capacities of alien ants

MKL Wong, EP Economo, B Guénard - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Many alien species are neither cultivated nor traded but spread unintentionally, and their
global movements, capacities to invade ecosystems, and susceptibility to detection by …

The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile: natural history, ecology and impact of a successful invader

E Angulo, B Guénard, P Balzani, A Bang, F Frizzi… - Entomologia …, 2024 - flore.unifi.it
The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, is one of the world's worst invasive species, with
established populations in at least 40 countries on six continents. In this review, we …

[HTML][HTML] Land use system, invasive species and shrub diversity of the riparian ecological infrastructure determine the specific and functional richness of ant …

V Zina, G Duarte, A Fonseca, S Conde, MT Ferreira… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Riparian Ecological Infrastructure (REI) is defined by the ensemble of natural
and semi-natural woody and herbaceous vegetation patches located contiguously to water …

[BOOK][B] Encyclopedia of social insects

CK Starr - 2021 - Springer
“The story of the Cape bee is a kind of coloured flower in most of the books on the biology of
honeybees. It is astonishing and amusing and not quite believable. It remains a curious story …

The cryptic impacts of invasion: functional homogenization of tropical ant communities by invasive fire ants

MKL Wong, B Guénard, OT Lewis - Oikos, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The diversity and distribution of traits in an ecological community shapes its responses to
change and the ecosystem processes it modulates. This 'functional diversity', however, is not …

Pervasive and persistent effects of ant invasion and fragmentation on native ant assemblages

R Achury, DA Holway, AV Suarez - Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions are a leading cause of global change, yet their long‐term effects remain
hard to predict. Invasive species can remain abundant for long periods of time, or exhibit …

Two decades since first invasion: Revisiting round goby impacts on nearshore aquatic communities in the Upper St. Lawrence River

L Astorg, C Charette, MJS Windle, AM Derry - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Time Since Invasion (TSI) at invaded sites is an important factor that can moderate
invasive species abundances and their ecological impacts on resident communities, and yet …

Direct evidence of native ant displacement by the Argentine ant in island ecosystems

I Naughton, C Boser, ND Tsutsui, DA Holway - Biological Invasions, 2020 - Springer
Ecological impacts associated with ant introductions have received considerable attention,
but most studies that report on these impacts contrast species assemblages between …

Quantifying the impacts of symbiotic interactions between two invasive species: the tawny crazy ant (Nylanderia fulva) tending the sorghum aphid (Melanaphis sorghi)

JR Holt, A Malacrinò, RF Medina - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
The establishment of new symbiotic interactions between introduced species may facilitate
invasion success. For instance, tawny crazy ant (Nylanderia fulva Mayr) is known to be an …