@article {27873,
	title = {The causes and consequences of ant invasions},
	journal = {Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics},
	volume = {33},
	year = {2002},
	note = {Part of FORMIS 04; from NAL{\textquoteright}S AGRICOLA; from-DPW, },
	month = {Volume publicati},
	pages = {181-233},
	abstract = {*[Invasions by non-native ants are an ecologically destructive phenomenon affecting both continental \& island ecosystems throughout the world.  Invasive ants often become highly abundant intheir invaded range and can outnumber native ants.  These numerical disparities underlie the competitive asymmetry between invasive ants and native ants, and result from a complex interplay of behavioral, ecological, \& genetic factors.  Reductions in the diversity \& abundance of native ants resulting from ant invasions give rise to a variety of direct and indirect effects on non-ant taxa.  Invasive ants compete with and prey upon a diversity of other organisms, including some vertebrates, and may enter into or disrupt mutualistic interactions with numerous plants and other insects.  Paratrechina longicornis is labeled as an African species.]},
	author = {Holway, D.A. and Lach, L. and Suarez, A.V. and Ysutsui, N.D. and Case, T.J.}
}
@article {27881,
	title = {The role of opportunity in the unintentional introduction of nonnative ants},
	journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
	volume = {102},
	year = {2005},
	note = {Part of FORMIS 06; from NAL{\textquoteright}S AGRICOLA; Part of the Leaf-Cutting Ant bibliography; from-DPW, },
	month = {Nov. 22; Epub 20},
	pages = {cover,17032-17035},
	abstract = {*[A longstanding goal in the study of biological invasions is to predict why some species are successful invaders, whereas others are not.  To understand this process, detailed information is required concerning the pool of species that have the opportunity to become established.  Here we develop an extensive database of ant species unintentionally transported to the continental United States and use these data to test how opportunity and species-level ecological attributes affect the probability of establishment.  This database includes an amount of information on failed introductions that may be unparalleled for any group of unintentionally introduced insects.  We found a high diversity of species, 232 species from 394 records, 12\% of which have become established in the continental United States.  The probability of establishment increased with the number of times a species was transported, propagule pressure, but was also influenced by nesting habit.  Ground nesting species were more likely to become established compared with arboreal species.]},
	author = {Suarez, A.V. and Holway, D.A. and Ward, P.S.}
}
@article {27882,
	title = {The colony structure and population biology of invasive ants},
	journal = {Conservation Biology},
	volume = {17},
	year = {2003},
	note = {Part of FORMIS 06; from Fire Ant Literature Database; from-DPW, verified-DPW.},
	month = {February 2003},
	pages = {48-58},
	abstract = {*[Many invasive ants share a suite of characteristics that facilitate their introduction, establishment, \& subsequent range expansion.  One feature of particular importance isthe ability to form numerically large, ecologically dominant colonies.  Authors review the population biology of invasive ants, focusing on the role of sociality \& colony structure in their success.  Specifically, they considered different hypotheses that have been proposed for the observed transitions in social structure of the 2 most well-studied ant invaders, the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, \& the red imported fire ant,Solenopsis invicta.  In both species, genetic changes during or subsequent to introduction have led to alterations in social behavior \& colony structure; these, in turn, have promoted the invasive success of introduced populations.  Although many other invasive ant species appear to have similar forms of social organization, little is known about the basic population biology of these species.]},
	author = {Tsutsui, N.D. and Suarez, A.V.}
}
@article {3866,
	title = {Worldwide spread of the Argentine ant, <i>Linepithema humile</i> (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)},
	journal = {Myrmecological News},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2009},
	note = {Part of FORMIS 09; from-DPW, },
	month = {September 2009, },
	pages = {187-194},
	abstract = {*[The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868), originally from subtropical South America, is an important pest in many parts of the world.  To evaluate its worldwide distribution \& potential for further spread, we mapped records of L. humile from more than 2100 sites.  Because several South \& Central American Linepithema species have been often mis-identified as L. humile, we excluded all unconfirmed South \& Central American records.  We documented the earliest known L. humile records for 95 geographic areas (countries, island groups, major islands, \& US states), including several for which we found no previously published records.  We could not confirm any L. humile records from several South \& Central American countries with published reports.Most records of L. humile come from the subtropics, particularly from regions with Mediterranean-like climates (i.e., warm dry summers and cool moist winters), including its native range in South America \& exotic populations in California, the Mediterranean, southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, \& Japan.  In more humid subtropical areas, such as the southeast US, L. humile rarely dominates outside urban areas.  In tropical latitudes, L. humile dominates only at higher elevations, most notably in Hawaii.  In temperate areas, L. humile is almost exclusively an indoor pest.  Linepithema humile has already spread to most subtropical lowland regions with Mediterranean-like climates, but is not known yet from most tropical highland areas with suitable climates.  In the past, L. humile probably arrived in tropical regions by sea accompanying human commerce \& had to survive coastal lowland conditions before spreading to higher, cooler elevations.  Nowadays air travel allows L. humile to stowaway in cargo delivered almost anywhere in the world.  Therefore, a wider spread of this pest is expected in the future.]},
	author = {J K Wetterer and Wild, A.L. and Suarez, A.V. and Roura-Pascual, N. and Espadaler, X.}
}
@article {3833,
	title = {Bottom-up effects on persistence of a specialist predator: Ant invasions and horned lizards},
	journal = {Ecological Applications},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2002},
	note = {Part of FORMIS 07; from-DPW, },
	month = {February 2002},
	pages = {291-298},
	abstract = {*[We examined how Argentine ants influence horned lizard growth rates by raising hatchlings on prey typical of invaded \& uninvaded sites.  Hatchling horned lizards maintained positive growth rates on a diet of just one native ant species, Crematogaster californica.  However, on a diet of Argentine ants or arthropods typical of an invaded community, horned lizard growth rates were either negative or averaged near zero.  In addition, when lizards were switched from a diet of Argentine ants to native ants, growth rates increased.  One factor contributing to growth was foraging rate; capture success appears partly responsible for why horned lizards specialize on ants vs. other, harder to capture, arthropods.  Moreover, a comparison of diets among age classes of coastal horned lizards suggests a diversity of ants is necessary to support lizard populations. ]},
	author = {Suarez, A.V. and Case, T.J.}
}
@article {3834,
	title = {Patterns of spread in biological invasions dominated by long-distance jump dispersal: insights from Argentine ants},
	journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
	volume = {98},
	year = {2001},
	note = {Part of FORMIS 01; from NAL{\textquoteright}S AGRICOLA; from-DPW, },
	month = {Jan 30, 2001},
	pages = {1095-1100},
	abstract = {*[Invading organisms may spread through local movements giving rise to a diffusion-like process and by long-distance jumps, which are often human-mediated.  Using a combination of literature review, museum records, and personal surveys, we reconstruct the invasion history of the Linepithema humile, a widespread invasive species, at 3 spatial scales. Although the inherent dispersal abilities of Argentine ants are limited, in the last century, human-mediated dispersal has resulted in the establishment of this species on 6 continents and on many oceanic islands.  Human-mediated jump-dispersal has also been the primary mode of spread at a continental scale within the USA.  The spread of the Argentine ant involves 2 discrete modes.  Maximum distances spread by colonies undergoing budding reproduction averaged 150-m/year, whereas annual jump-dispersal distances averaged 3 orders of magnitude higher.  Invasions that involve multiple dispersal processes, such as those documented here, are undoubtedly common.]},
	author = {Suarez, A.V. and Holway, D.A. and Case, T.J.}
}
@article {3835,
	title = {Impacts of Argentine ants on avian nesting success},
	journal = {Insectes Sociaux},
	volume = {52},
	year = {2005},
	note = {Part of FORMIS 08; from-DPW, },
	pages = {378-382},
	author = {Suarez, A.V. and Yeh, P. and Case, T.J.}
}
