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List of works by Darren Francis Ward

A Preliminary Investigation into the Host-Parasite Relationship of an Alpine Cricket (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) from New Zealand

scientific article published in 1998

A framework for predicting competition between native and exotic hymenopteran parasitoids of lepidopteran larvae using taxonomic collections and species level traits

scientific article

A new generic key to the New Zealand cave weta genera (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae

scholarly article

A new micropterous, ground‐dwelling, non‐cyclostome braconid parasitoid wasp, Epigeiobracon perplexus Quicke & Ward, gen. et sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand of uncertain relationships ⬇️

scholarly article published by Buntika Areekul Butcher in 2019

A new species of Lusius (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from New Zealand ⬇️

journal article from 'New Zealand Entomologist' published in 2017

A new species of Metaspathius (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mesostoinae) from New Zealand

scientific article published on 3 July 2019

A review of Paroplitis (Braconidae, Microgastrinae), and description of a new genus from New Zealand, Shireplitis, with convergent morphological traits

scientific article (publication date: 24 October 2013)

A survey of the adventive parasitoid Meteorus pulchricornis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and native larval parasitoids of native Lepidoptera

scientific article published on 02 March 2018

Ant invasion at Papamoa Beach ⬇️

journal article from 'The Wētā' published in 2012

Assessing invasion threats: novel insect-pathogen-natural enemy associations with native New Zealand plants in southern California

scientific article published on 03 November 2014

Assessing the risk of invasive ants: a simple and flexible scorecard approach

article by Darren Francis Ward et al published 27 June 2008 in Insectes Sociaux

Biogeography and anthropogenic impact shape the success of invasive wasps on New Zealand's offshore islands

scientific article published on 24 January 2020

Biotic resistance: Facilitation between invasive Homoptera and invasive ants limits the establishment of an introduced weed biocontrol agent in New Zealand

scientific article

Building a DNA barcode reference collection of Hymenoptera in New Zealand

scientific article published in 2024

Can natural enemies of current insect pests provide biotic resistance to future pests?

scientific article published on 19 August 2019

Coexistence, habitat patterns and the assembly of ant communities in the Yasawa islands, Fiji

article

Colony structure and nest characteristics of European wasps, Vespula germanica (F.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), in Victoria, Australia

article

Comparisons of body size for native and exotic Hymenoptera established in New Zealand

scientific article published in 2023

Conceptual Risk Framework: Integrating Ecological Risk of Introduced Species with Recipient Ecosystems

Critical issues facing New Zealand entomology

article

DNA barcoding and the taxonomy of Microgastrinae wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae): impacts after 8 years and nearly 20 000 sequences.

scientific article

DNA metabarcoding of prey reveals spatial, temporal and diet partitioning of an island ecosystem by four invasive wasps

scientific article published on 17 March 2021

Dataset of host records for introduced parasitoid wasp species (Hymenoptera) in New Zealand

scientific article published on 30 November 2020

Determining species diversity and functional traits of beetles for monitoring the effects of environmental change in the New Zealand alpine zone

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from New Zealand

article

Ecological Partitioning and Invasive Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Tropical Rain Forest Ant Community from Fiji1

scientific article published in October 2008

Establishment patterns of non-native insects in New Zealand

article

Experimental and natural warming elevates mercury concentrations in estuarine fish

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Fast‐tracking bespoke DNA reference database generation from museum collections for biomonitoring and conservation

scientific article published in 2022

First host record and morphological notes on the rare Chilean wasp Vervoortihelcon scaramozzinoi van Achterberg (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Helconinae, Vervoortihelconini) ⬇️

scientific article

Fluctuating asymmetry in an ornamental trait in the cave weta, Pleioplectron simplex Hutton (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae): no role for parasites

scientific article published in 1998

Front Cover

scientific article published on 6 March 2020

Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools ⬇️

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

Guide to the sawflies and woodwasps (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) of New Zealand ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

Habitat determinants of the taxonomic and functional diversity of parasitoid wasps

High Dietary Niche Overlap Between Non-native and Native Ant Species in Natural Ecosystems

scientific article published on 03 December 2020

Historical collections as a tool for assessing the global pollination crisis

scientific article published on 19 November 2018

Impacts of Argentine ants on invertebrate communities with below-ground consequences

article

Improving physical health care in a mental health trust.

scientific article

Invasion patterns of non-native ants in natural ecosystems in warm, temperate New Zealand

scientific article

Invasive interactions: can Argentine ants indirectly increase the reproductive output of a weed?

article

Mapping the knowledge of Insect Biodiversity across Northland ⬇️

report prepared for Northland Regional Council on insect biodiversity

Mechanisms driving component <scp>Allee</scp> effects during invasions: using a biological control agent as model invader

scientific article published on 14 July 2021

Microbial community structure in the gut of the New Zealand insect Auckland tree weta (Hemideina thoracica).

scientific article published on 21 February 2015

Moaxiphia gourlayisp. n. (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae), a new endemic woodwasp from New Zealand

article

Modelling the impacts of an invasive species across landscapes: a step-wise approach ⬇️

scientific article

Modelling the potential geographic distribution of invasive ant species in New Zealand

article

Molecular identification of the prey range of the invasive Asian paper wasp. ⬇️

scientific article published on 09 October 2013

More from ecologists to support natural history museums

scientific article published on 20 May 2015

More than just records: analysing natural history collections for biodiversity planning

scientific article

Overview and key to the New Zealand Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera)

scientific article (publication date: 30 October 2014)

Patterns of beetle diversity in kauri forest

Phylogenetic reassignment of basal cyclostome braconid parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera) with description of a new, enigmatic Afrotropical tribe with a highly anomalous 28S D2 secondary structure ⬇️

article by Donald L. J. Quicke et al published 18 May 2020 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Poecilocryptus zealandicussp. n. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Labeninae) from New Zealand

article

Poles Apart: Comparing Trends of Alien Hymenoptera in New Zealand with Europe (DAISIE).

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Policy and objectives of the New Zealand Arthropod Collection

article published in June 2021

Probing the role of propagule pressure, stochasticity, and Allee effects on invasion success using experimental introductions of a biological control agent

scientific article

Recurrent bridgehead effects accelerate global alien ant spread ⬇️

scientific article published on 07 May 2018

Relative roles of climatic suitability and anthropogenic influence in determining the pattern of spread in a global invader ⬇️

scientific article

Report of <i>Amblyaclastus melanops</i> (Ichneumonidae) in New Zealand with a host record

scientific article published on 18 April 2024

Review of the Anomaloninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from New Zealand with a description of a new genus and two new species

article

Revision of Bethylidae (Hymenoptera) from New Zealand

scientific article (publication date: July 2013)

Revision of the endemic New Zealand braconid wasp genus Metaspathius: new subfamily placement, and descriptions of four new species including three with fully winged females (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mesostoinae)

scientific article published on 3 July 2018

Seasonal patterns of drosophilid flies and parasitoid wasps attracted to rotting fruit and vegetable baits in Canterbury, New Zealand

scientific article published on 2 January 2017

Site occupancy and detection probability of Argentine ant populations

article

Taxonomic revision of the New Zealand endemic parasitoid genus Rhyssaloides Belokobylskij, 1999 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

scientific article published in May 2022

Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from New Zealand. Part 1. Generic key and three new genera

scientific article

Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from New Zealand. Part 2. Review of genera Kiwi gen. nov. and Zealochus Khalaim

scientific article

The conservation status of New Zealand Hymenoptera

article published in 2012

The distribution and ecology of invasive ant species in the Pacific region ⬇️

2007 doctoral thesis by Darren Francis Ward at University of Auckland

The diversity and origin of exotic ants arriving in New Zealand via human-mediated dispersal

article

The potential distribution of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in New Zealand

scientific article published in February 2009

The value of RTUs and parataxonomy versus taxonomic species

Three new species of the New Zealand endemic, Neptihormius van Achterberg & Berry (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with diverse host records ⬇️

scholarly article published by Buntika Areekul Butcher in 2019

Trialling a convolution neural network for the identification of Braconidae in New Zealand

scientific article published on 17 February 2023

Twenty years of Argentine ants in New Zealand: past research and future priorities for applied management

article

Understanding sampling and taxonomic biases recorded by citizen scientists

article

Using a Collection Heath Index to prioritise access and activities in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection

scientific article published in 2022

Using spatially explicit surveillance models to provide confidence in the eradication of an invasive ant ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 October 2016

Utilising museum data for comparative analysis of threatened insect species

scientific article

Variation in the diversity and richness of parasitoid wasps based on sampling effort

scientific article published on 5 April 2018

Zealastoa Quicke & Ward, gen. nov., a new basal cyclostome braconid wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand ⬇️

scientific article published in August 2020

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