A new framework for predicting invasive plant species AT Moles, MAM Gruber, SP Bonser Journal of Ecology 96 (1), 13-17, 2008 | 278 | 2008 |
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 |
Booms, busts and population collapses in invasive ants PJ Lester, MAM Gruber Biological Invasions 18, 3091-3101, 2016 | 75 | 2016 |
Single-stranded RNA viruses infecting the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile MAM Gruber, M Cooling, JW Baty, K Buckley, A Friedlander, O Quinn, ... Scientific Reports 7 (1), 3304, 2017 | 56 | 2017 |
No evidence of enemy release in pathogen and microbial communities of common wasps (Vespula vulgaris) in their native and introduced range PJ Lester, PJ Bosch, MAM Gruber, EA Kapp, L Peng, EC Brenton-Rule, ... PLoS One 10 (3), e0121358, 2015 | 48 | 2015 |
Determining the origin of invasions and demonstrating a lack of enemy release from microsporidian pathogens in common wasps (Vespula vulgaris) PJ Lester, MAM Gruber, EC Brenton‐Rule, M Archer, JC Corley, L Dvořák, ... Diversity and Distributions 20 (8), 964-974, 2014 | 39 | 2014 |
Fitness in invasive social wasps: the role of variation in viral load, immune response and paternity in predicting nest size and reproductive output J Dobelmann, KJ Loope, E Wilson‐Rankin, O Quinn, JW Baty, ... Oikos 126 (8), 1208-1218, 2017 | 35 | 2017 |
A metatranscriptomic survey of the invasive yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes, identifies several potential viral and bacterial pathogens and mutualists M Cooling, MAM Gruber, BD Hoffmann, A Sébastien, PJ Lester Insectes Sociaux 64, 197-207, 2017 | 34 | 2017 |
Prevalence and genetic diversity of three bacterial endosymbionts (Wolbachia, Arsenophonus, and Rhizobiales) associated with the invasive yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) A Sebastien, MAM Gruber, PJ Lester Insectes Sociaux 59, 33-40, 2012 | 33 | 2012 |
A global review of socioeconomic and environmental impacts of ants reveals new insights for risk assessment MAM Gruber, D Santoro, M Cooling, PJ Lester, BD Hoffmann, C Boser, ... Ecological Applications 32 (4), e2577, 2022 | 27 | 2022 |
High-Quality Assemblies for Three Invasive Social Wasps from the Vespula Genus TWR Harrop, J Guhlin, GM McLaughlin, E Permina, P Stockwell, J Gilligan, ... G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 10 (10), 3479-3488, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
Behavioural variation and plasticity along an invasive ant introduction pathway A Felden, CI Paris, DG Chapple, J Haywood, AV Suarez, ND Tsutsui, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 87 (6), 1653-1666, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
Symbiotic bacterial communities in ants are modified by invasion pathway bottlenecks and alter host behavior PJ Lester, A Sébastien, AV Suarez, RF Barbieri, MAM Gruber Ecology 98 (3), 861-874, 2017 | 25 | 2017 |
Predicting socio‐economic and biodiversity impacts of invasive species: Red Imported Fire Ant in the developing western Pacific MAM Gruber, S Janssen‐May, D Santoro, M Cooling, R Wylie Ecological Management & Restoration 22 (1), 89-99, 2021 | 22 | 2021 |
The conundrum of the yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) reproductive mode: no evidence for dependent lineage genetic caste determination MAM Gruber, BD Hoffmann, PA Ritchie, PJ Lester Insectes sociaux 60, 135-145, 2013 | 21 | 2013 |
Population decline but increased distribution of an invasive ant genotype on a Pacific atoll MAM Gruber, AR Burne, KL Abbott, RJ Pierce, PJ Lester Biological Invasions 15, 599-612, 2013 | 20 | 2013 |
A metatranscriptomic analysis of diseased social wasps (Vespula vulgaris) for pathogens, with an experimental infection of larvae and nests O Quinn, MAM Gruber, RL Brown, JW Baty, M Bulgarella, PJ Lester PLoS One 13 (12), e0209589, 2018 | 18 | 2018 |
Recent behavioural and population genetic divergence of an invasive ant in a novel environment MAM Gruber, BD Hoffmann, PA Ritchie, PJ Lester Diversity and Distributions 18 (4), 323-333, 2012 | 17 | 2012 |
The association between mitochondrial genetic variation and reduced colony fitness in an invasive wasp J Dobelmann, A Alexander, JW Baty, NJ Gemmell, MAM Gruber, O Quinn, ... Molecular Ecology 28 (14), 3324-3338, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |
Native and introduced Argentine ant populations are characterised by distinct transcriptomic signatures associated with behaviour and immunity A Felden, C Paris, DG Chapple, AV Suarez, ND Tsutsui, PJ Lester, ... NeoBiota 49 (49), 105-126, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |