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Twenty years of Argentine ants in New Zealand: past research and future priorities for applied management
The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr), is a highly invasive global pest. It has been just over twenty years since Argentine ants were fi rst discovered in New Zealand. Through the result of… Expand
New Zealand's historically rare terrestrial ecosystems set in a physical and physiognomic framework
- P. Williams, S. Wiser, B. Clarkson, M. C. Stanley
- Environmental Science
- 2007
Terrestrial ecosystems that were rare before human colonisation of New Zealand often have highly specialised and diverse flora and fauna characterised by endemic and nationally rare species. Although… Expand
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Avian fruit consumption and seed dispersal in a temperate Australian woodland
- M. C. Stanley, A. Lill
- Biology
- 1 April 2002
Abstract The effectiveness of avian fruit consumers as seed dispersers of fleshy-fruited plants was studied in a temperate woodland community. As a consequence of the short and overlapping fruiting… Expand
Supplementary feeding restructures urban bird communities
- Josie A. Galbraith, J. Beggs, D. Jones, M. C. Stanley
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 4 May 2015
Significance Bird feeding is essentially a massive global supplementary feeding experiment, yet few studies have attempted to explore its ecological effects. In this study we use an in situ… Expand
Invasive ant pest risk assessment project for Biosecurity New Zealand
- R. J. Harris, K. Abbott, +8 authors R. Toft
- Biology
- 2005
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Feral pigs in a temperate rainforest ecosystem: disturbance and ecological impacts
- C. Krull, D. Choquenot, B. Burns, M. C. Stanley
- Biology
- Biological Invasions
- 16 March 2013
Feral pigs (Sus scrofa) are a widespread invasive species, and cause biotic disturbance. This study evaluated the impacts associated with ground disturbance by feral pigs in the North Island of New… Expand
Selection for chemical trait remixing in an invasive weed after reassociation with a coevolved specialist
- A. Zangerl, M. C. Stanley, M. Berenbaum
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 25 March 2008
The interaction between Depressaria pastinacella (parsnip webworm) and wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa), in its native Europe and in its longstanding nonindigenous range in the midwestern United… Expand
Risks and drivers of wild bird feeding in urban areas of New Zealand
- Josie A. Galbraith, J. Beggs, D. Jones, E. J. McNaughton, C. Krull, M. C. Stanley
- 1 December 2014
Abstract The practice of feeding wild birds is a widespread phenomenon, but there has been little consideration of both human and ecological dimensions of the impacts. We used a comprehensive… Expand
Fatal attraction: sexually cannibalistic invaders attract naive native mantids
- M. Fea, M. C. Stanley, G. Holwell
- Biology, Medicine
- Biology Letters
- 23 December 2013
Overlap in the form of sexual signals such as pheromones raises the possibility of reproductive interference by invasive species on similar, yet naive native species. Here, we test the potential for… Expand