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List of works by Benjamin Hoffmann

A global database of ant species abundances

scientific article

A global review of socioeconomic and environmental impacts of ants reveals new insights for risk assessment

scientific article published on 22 February 2022

A new species of 'Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma') Wheeler from the Northern Territory, Australia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae)

Adapting island conservation to climate change. Response to Andréfouët et al.

scientific article published on 2 December 2014

An invasion revisited: the African big-headed ant (Pheidole megacephala) in northern Australia

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Ant species accumulation on Lord Howe Island highlights the increasing need for effective biosecurity on islands

scientific article published on 13 April 2017

Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's monsoonal tropics

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Biological invasions and natural colonisations: are they that different?

scientific article published in 2016

Body size variation and caste ratios in geographically distinct populations of the invasive big-headed ant,Pheidole megacephala(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scholarly article by Bill D. Wills et al published 29 August 2014 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Climate change, sea-level rise, and conservation: keeping island biodiversity afloat

scientific article

Climate mediates the effects of disturbance on ant assemblage structure

scientific article published in June 2015

Conservation value of low fire frequency in tropical savannas: Ants in monsoonal northern Australia

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Development and testing of a standardized method to estimate honeydew production

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Diversity and biogeography of a species-rich ant fauna of the Australian seasonal tropics

scientific article published on 15 September 2016

Dominance-diversity relationships in ant communities differ with invasion

article by Xavier Arnan et al published 30 May 2018 in Global Change Biology

Economic costs of invasive alien ants worldwide

scientific article published on 25 April 2022

Eradication of populations of an invasive ant in northern Australia: successes, failures and lessons for management

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Field evaluations of the efficacy of Distance Plus on invasive ant species in northern Australia

scientific article published on August 2013

Field quantifications of probability of detection and search patterns to form protocols for the use of detector dogs for eradication assessments

scientific article published in 2022

Genetic diversity is positively associated with fine-scale momentary abundance of an invasive ant.

scientific article

Honey bee death from aerosols inadvertently produced from propelled aerial dispersal of a solid ant bait

scientific article published in 2022

Honey bees are not attracted to multiple new ant bait matrices containing sugar

scientific article published in 2022

Impact of an introduced ant on native rain forest invertebrates:

scholarly article by Benjamin Hoffmann et al published 1999 in Oecologia

Impact of an introduced ant on native rain forest invertebrates: Pheidole megacephala in monsoonal Australia

scientific article

Improving invasive ant eradication as a conservation tool: A review

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Introduced and Invasive Species in Novel Rangeland Ecosystems: Friends or Foes?

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Molecular phylogeny of Indo-Pacific carpenter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae,Camponotus) reveals waves of dispersal and colonization from diverse source areas

scientific article published on 7 November 2014

Multiple ant species tending lac insect Kerria yunnanensis (Hemiptera: Kerriidae) provide asymmetric protection against parasitoids

scientific article

Pisonia grandis monocultures limit the spread of an invasive ant—a case of carbohydrate quality?

Plant and ant assemblages predicted to decouple under climate change

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Quantification of Supercolonial Traits in the Yellow Crazy Ant,Anoplolepis gracilipes

article by Benjamin Hoffmann published February 2014 in Journal of Insect Science

Quantification of flight times of aerial treatments targeting invasive species: the interplay of helicopter or drone with bait‐delivery systems, flight speed and bait form

scientific article published in 2023

Quantification of supercolonial traits in the yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes

scientific article

Recent behavioural and population genetic divergence of an invasive ant in a novel environment

scientific article published in 2011

Responses of ants to disturbance in Australia, with particular reference to functional groups

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Strategies of the invasive tropical fire ant (Solenopsis geminata) to minimize inbreeding costs

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Targeted research to improve invasive species management: yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes in Samoa

scientific article

Taxonomic confusion of two tramp ant species:Iridomyrmex ancepsandOchetellus glaberare really species complexes

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The Megadiverse Australian Ant Genus Melophorus: Using CO1 Barcoding to Assess Species Richness

article by Alan Neil Andersen et al published 19 December 2016 in Diversity

The economic cost of managing invasive species in Australia

scientific article published on 14 September 2016

The end of Invasion Biology: intellectual debate does not equate to nonsensical science

article by Jacques Blondel et al published 26 September 2013 in Biological Invasions

Three new strategies for improving biosecurity and invasive species management to build resilience in Pacific Islands

scientific article published in 2024

Using ants as bioindicators in land management: simplifying assessment of ant community responses

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When similarities matter more than differences: a reply to Wilson et al

scientific article published in 2016

Worldwide ant invasions under climate change

scholarly article by Cleo Bertelsmeier et al published 7 September 2014 in Biodiversity and Conservation

Yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) invasions within undisturbed mainland Australian habitats: no support for biotic resistance hypothesis

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