Towards a nutritional ecology of invasive establishment: aphid mutualists provide better fuel for incipient Argentine ant colonies than insect prey

Impact of a mutualism between an invasive ant and honeydew-producing insects on a functionally important tree on a tropical island

(2011) R. Gaigher et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

The Argentine Ant Persists Through Unfavorable Winters Via a Mutualism Facilitated By a Native Tree

(2011) Robert J. Brightwell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Nutrition and interference competition have interactive effects on the behavior and performance of Argentine ants

(2010) Adam D. Kay et al.   ECOLOGY

Macronutrient content of plant-based food affects growth of a carnivorous arthropod

(2010) Shawn M. Wilder et al.   ECOLOGY

Population Growth ofAphis gossypiiandMyzus persicae(Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the Presence ofLinepithemahumile andTapinoma sessile(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2010) Bradford E. Powell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Synergy of multiple partners, including freeloaders, increases host fitness in a multispecies mutualism

(2010) T. M. Palmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Role of Propagule Pressure in Biological Invasions

(2009) Daniel Simberloff   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Quantitative analysis of the effects of the exotic Argentine ant on seed-dispersal mutualisms

(2009) M. A. Rodriguez-Cabal et al.   Biology Letters

Communal Nutrition in Ants

(2009) Audrey Dussutour et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Carbohydrate supply limits invasion of natural communities by Argentine ants

(2009) Alexei D. Rowles et al.   OECOLOGIA

Plant Resources and Colony Growth in an Invasive Ant: The Importance of Honeydew-Producing Hemiptera in Carbohydrate Transfer Across Trophic Levels

(2008) Ken R. Helms et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Behavioural plasticity associated with propagule size, resources, and the invasion success of the Argentine antLinepithema humile

(2008) Katayo Sagata et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Macroevolutionary patterns in the origin of mutualisms involving ants

(2008) T. H. OLIVER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY