Habitat complexity facilitates coexistence in a tropical ant community M Sarty, KL Abbott, PJ Lester Oecologia 149, 465-473, 2006 | 189 | 2006 |
Relative roles of climatic suitability and anthropogenic influence in determining the pattern of spread in a global invader N Roura-Pascual, C Hui, T Ikeda, G Leday, DM Richardson, S Carpintero, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (1), 220-225, 2011 | 186 | 2011 |
Quantifying uncertainty in the potential distribution of an invasive species: climate and the Argentine ant S Hartley, R Harris, PJ Lester Ecology letters 9 (9), 1068-1079, 2006 | 168 | 2006 |
Invasion Success and Management Strategies for Social Vespula Wasps PJ Lester, JR Beggs Annual review of entomology 64, 51-71, 2019 | 128 | 2019 |
Functional and numerical responses do not always indicate the most effective predator for biological control: an analysis of two predators in a two‐prey system PJ Lester, R Harmsen Journal of Applied Ecology 39 (3), 455-468, 2002 | 123 | 2002 |
Demersal fish community diversity off New Zealand: is it related to depth, latitude and regional surface phytoplankton? S McClatchie, RB Millar, F Webster, PJ Lester, R Hurst, N Bagley Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 44 (4), 647-667, 1997 | 123 | 1997 |
Determinants for the successful establishment of exotic ants in New Zealand PJ Lester Diversity and Distributions 11 (4), 279-288, 2005 | 114 | 2005 |
The potential for the use of gene drives for pest control in New Zealand: a perspective PK Dearden, NJ Gemmell, OR Mercier, PJ Lester, MJ Scott, RD Newcomb, ... Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 48 (4), 225-244, 2018 | 110 | 2018 |
Behavioural plasticity associated with propagule size, resources, and the invasion success of the Argentine ant Linepithema humile K Sagata, PJ Lester Journal of Applied Ecology 46 (1), 19-27, 2009 | 103 | 2009 |
The widespread collapse of an invasive species: Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) in New Zealand M Cooling, S Hartley, DA Sim, PJ Lester Biology Letters 8 (3), 430-433, 2012 | 95 | 2012 |
Temperature-dependent development of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a degree-day model with implications for range … S Hartley, PJ Lester New Zealand Entomologist 26 (1), 91-100, 2003 | 90 | 2003 |
Effects of riparian willow trees (Salix fragilis) on macroinvertebrate densities in two small Central Otago, New Zealand, streams PJ Lester, SF Mitchell, D Scott New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research 28 (3), 267-276, 1994 | 86 | 1994 |
Changes in the Bacteriome of Honey Bees Associated with the Parasite Varroa destructor, and Pathogens Nosema and Lotmaria passim J Hubert, M Bicianova, O Ledvinka, M Kamler, PJ Lester, M Nesvorna, ... Microbial ecology 73, 685-698, 2017 | 81 | 2017 |
Long-legged ants, Anoplolepis gracilipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), have invaded Tokelau, changing composition and dynamics of ant and invertebrate communities PJ Lester, A Tavite Pacific Science 58 (3), 391-401, 2004 | 80 | 2004 |
Invasive ants carry novel viruses in their new range and form reservoirs for a honeybee pathogen A Sébastien, PJ Lester, RJ Hall, J Wang, NE Moore, MAM Gruber Biology Letters 11 (9), 20150610, 2015 | 76 | 2015 |
Inferring historical introduction pathways with mitochondrial DNA: the case of introduced Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) into New Zealand SE Corin, PJ Lester, KL Abbott, PA Ritchie Diversity and Distributions 13 (5), 510-518, 2007 | 76 | 2007 |
Booms, busts and population collapses in invasive ants PJ Lester, MAM Gruber Biological Invasions 18, 3091-3101, 2016 | 75 | 2016 |
Integrating physiology, population dynamics and climate to make multi‐scale predictions for the spread of an invasive insect: the Argentine ant at Haleakala National Park, Hawaii S Hartley, PD Krushelnycky, PJ Lester Ecography 33 (1), 83-94, 2010 | 75 | 2010 |
Pathogen shifts in a honeybee predator following the arrival of the Varroa mite KJ Loope, JW Baty, PJ Lester, EE Wilson Rankin Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1894), 20182499, 2019 | 70 | 2019 |
Invasive ants compete with and modify the trophic ecology of hermit crabs on tropical islands A McNatty, KL Abbott, PJ Lester Oecologia 160, 187-194, 2009 | 69 | 2009 |