| Habitat complexity facilitates coexistence in a tropical ant community M Sarty, KL Abbott, PJ Lester Oecologia 149, 465-473, 2006 | 182 | 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 | 176 | 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 | 167 | 2006 |
| 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 | 120 | 1997 |
| 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 | 111 | 2002 |
| Determinants for the successful establishment of exotic ants in New Zealand PJ Lester Diversity and Distributions 11 (4), 279-288, 2005 | 106 | 2005 |
| Invasion Success and Management Strategies for Social Vespula Wasps PJ Lester, JR Beggs Annual review of entomology 64, 51-71, 2019 | 95 | 2019 |
| 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 | 95 | 2009 |
| 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 | 92 | 2018 |
| 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 | 89 | 2012 |
| Temperature-dependent development of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr)(Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a degree-day model with implications for range limits in New Zealand. S Hartley, PJ Lester New Zealand Entomologist 26 (1), 91-100, 2003 | 89 | 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 | 87 | 1994 |
| 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 | 76 | 2004 |
| 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 | 73 | 2010 |
| 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 | 69 | 2007 |
| Booms, busts and population collapses in invasive ants PJ Lester, MAM Gruber Biological Invasions 18, 3091-3101, 2016 | 68 | 2016 |
| 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 | 68 | 2015 |
| Large scale unicoloniality: the population and colony structure of the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) in New Zealand SE Corin, KL Abbott, PA Ritchie, PJ Lester Insectes Sociaux 54, 275-282, 2007 | 66 | 2007 |
| 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 | 63 | 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 | 62 | 2009 |
Monica GruberPost-Doctoral Fellow, Victoria University of WellingtonVerified email at vuw.ac.nz
