List of works - Catherine L. Parr

A global database of ant species abundances

scientific article

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

article

Animal movements in fire-prone landscapes.

scientific article

Ant assemblages have darker and larger members in cold environments

scientific article published in 2016

Ant colony nest networks adapt to resource disruption

scientific article published on 06 March 2020

Anthropogenic modifications to fire regimes in the wider Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

scientific article published on 08 July 2019

Ants are the major agents of resource removal from tropical rainforests.

scientific article

Assessing the Relative Efficiency of Termite Sampling Methods along a Rainfall Gradient in African Savannas

Beyond the forest edge: Ecology, diversity and conservation of the grassy biomes

article

Biological Invasions and the Homogenization of Faunas and Floras

Burning for biodiversity: highly resilient ant communities respond only to strongly contrasting fire regimes in Australia's seasonal tropics

article

Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate-species density relationships

scientific article

Cascading biodiversity and functional consequences of a global change-induced biome switch

scientific article (publication date: 22 February 2012)

Clarifying Terrestrial Recycling Pathways

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Climate mediates the effects of disturbance on ant assemblage structure

scientific article published in June 2015

Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness

scientific article

Comment on "The extent of forest in dryland biomes".

scientific article published in November 2017

Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"

scientific article published in October 2019

Constraint and competition in assemblages: a cross-continental and modeling approach for ants

scientific article published on 8 March 2005

Continent-level drivers of African pyrodiversity

scientific article published in 2017

Contrasting fire-related resilience of ecologically dominant ants in tropical savannas of northern Australia

article

Contrasting species and functional beta diversity in montane ant assemblages

scientific article

Cornerstones of biodiversity conservation? Comparing the management effectiveness of Kruger and Kakadu National Parks, two key savanna reserves

article

Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

scientific article published on 28 March 2019

DNA barcoding reveals incorrect labelling of insects sold as food in the UK

scientific article published on 11 February 2020

Darker ants dominate the canopy: Testing macroecological hypotheses for patterns in colour along a microclimatic gradient

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

Does structural complexity determine the morphology of assemblages? An experimental test on three continents.

scientific article

Dominance-diversity relationships in ant communities differ with invasion

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

Dominant ants can control assemblage species richness in a South African savanna

scientific article

Ecological engineering through fire-herbivory feedbacks drives the formation of savanna grazing lawns

scientific article published in 2017

Effects of fire frequency on savanna butterfly diversity and composition: A preliminary study

scientific article published on 19 September 2020

Elevation-diversity patterns through space and time: ant communities of the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains of southern Africa

article

Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Fire ecology for the 21st century: Conserving biodiversity in the age of megafire

scientific article published on 25 February 2022

Functional compensation in a savanna scavenger community

Geographical variation in ant foraging activity and resource use is driven by climate and net primary productivity

scientific article published on 29 March 2021

Global diversity in light of climate change: the case of ants

article

GlobalAnts: a new database on the geography of ant traits (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

article

Grazing by large savanna herbivores indirectly alters ant diversity and promotes resource monopolisation

scientific article published on 11 January 2019

Habitat Complexity and Invasive Species: The Impacts of Gamba Grass (Andropogon gayanus) on Invertebrates in an Australian Tropical Savanna

article

Indirect control of decomposition by an invertebrate predator

scientific article published in 2022

Interactive Effects of Fire, Rainfall, and Litter Quality on Decomposition in Savannas: Frequent Fire Leads to Contrasting Effects

article

Long-term land-cover/use change in a traditional farming landscape in Romania inferred from pollen data, historical maps and satellite images

Mammalian herbivore movement into drought refugia has cascading effects on savanna insect communities

scientific article published on 12 April 2021

Mental illness among the homeless: prevalence study in a Dublin homeless hostel

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Mineral analysis reveals extreme manganese concentrations in wild harvested and commercially available edible termites

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Numerically dominant species drive patterns in resource use along a vertical gradient in tropical ant assemblages

scientific article published in 2019

Patch mosaic burning for biodiversity conservation: a critique of the pyrodiversity paradigm

scientific article

Pyrodiversity interacts with rainfall to increase bird and mammal richness in African savannas.

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Resistance of mound-building termites to anthropogenic land-use change

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

Savanna ant species richness is maintained along a bioclimatic gradient of increasing latitude and decreasing rainfall in northern Australia

article

Seasonal variation in the relative dominance of herbivore guilds in an African savanna

scientific article published in June 2016

Spatial variability and abiotic determinants of termite mounds throughout a savanna catchment

scientific article published in 2014

Termite mounds differ in their importance for herbivores across savanna types, seasons and spatial scales

scientific article published in 2015

Termites can decompose more than half of deadwood in tropical rainforest

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Termites mitigate the effects of drought in tropical rainforest

scientific article

The costs and benefits of decentralization and centralization of ant colonies

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

The discovery–dominance trade‐off is the exception, rather than the rule ⬇️

scientific article published on August 19, 2011

The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

scientific article published in Nature

The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity

scientific article published in 2022

The impact of invertebrate decomposers on plants and soil

scientific article published on 15 June 2021

The pyrodiversity-biodiversity hypothesis: a test with savanna termite assemblages

scientific article published in 2012

The underestimated biodiversity of tropical grassy biomes

scientific article

Thermoregulatory traits combine with range shifts to alter the future of montane ant assemblages

scientific article published on 07 April 2019

Towards an understanding of the evolutionary role of fire in animals

Tropical grassy biomes: linking ecology, human use and conservation

scientific article

Tropical grassy biomes: misunderstood, neglected, and under threat

scientific article

Unpacking the impoverished nature of secondary forests

scientific article

Variable effects of termite mounds on African savanna grass communities across a rainfall gradient

What do you mean, ‘megafire’?

scientific article published in 2022

Woody encroachment slows decomposition and termite activity in an African savanna.

scientific article published on 8 March 2018

Woody vegetation damage by the African elephant during severe drought at Pongola Game Reserve, South Africa

scientific article

List of works by Catherine L. Parr

A global database of ant species abundances

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

Animal movements in fire-prone landscapes.

Ant assemblages have darker and larger members in cold environments

Ant colony nest networks adapt to resource disruption

Anthropogenic modifications to fire regimes in the wider Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

Ants are the major agents of resource removal from tropical rainforests.

Assessing the Relative Efficiency of Termite Sampling Methods along a Rainfall Gradient in African Savannas

Beyond the forest edge: Ecology, diversity and conservation of the grassy biomes

Biological Invasions and the Homogenization of Faunas and Floras

Burning for biodiversity: highly resilient ant communities respond only to strongly contrasting fire regimes in Australia's seasonal tropics

Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate-species density relationships

Cascading biodiversity and functional consequences of a global change-induced biome switch

Clarifying Terrestrial Recycling Pathways

Climate mediates the effects of disturbance on ant assemblage structure

Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness

Comment on "The extent of forest in dryland biomes".

Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"

Constraint and competition in assemblages: a cross-continental and modeling approach for ants

Continent-level drivers of African pyrodiversity

Contrasting fire-related resilience of ecologically dominant ants in tropical savannas of northern Australia

Contrasting species and functional beta diversity in montane ant assemblages

Cornerstones of biodiversity conservation? Comparing the management effectiveness of Kruger and Kakadu National Parks, two key savanna reserves

Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

DNA barcoding reveals incorrect labelling of insects sold as food in the UK

Darker ants dominate the canopy: Testing macroecological hypotheses for patterns in colour along a microclimatic gradient

Does structural complexity determine the morphology of assemblages? An experimental test on three continents.

Dominance-diversity relationships in ant communities differ with invasion

Dominant ants can control assemblage species richness in a South African savanna

Ecological engineering through fire-herbivory feedbacks drives the formation of savanna grazing lawns

Effects of fire frequency on savanna butterfly diversity and composition: A preliminary study

Elevation-diversity patterns through space and time: ant communities of the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains of southern Africa

Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Fire ecology for the 21st century: Conserving biodiversity in the age of megafire

Functional compensation in a savanna scavenger community

Geographical variation in ant foraging activity and resource use is driven by climate and net primary productivity

Global diversity in light of climate change: the case of ants

GlobalAnts: a new database on the geography of ant traits (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Grazing by large savanna herbivores indirectly alters ant diversity and promotes resource monopolisation

Habitat Complexity and Invasive Species: The Impacts of Gamba Grass (Andropogon gayanus) on Invertebrates in an Australian Tropical Savanna

Indirect control of decomposition by an invertebrate predator

Interactive Effects of Fire, Rainfall, and Litter Quality on Decomposition in Savannas: Frequent Fire Leads to Contrasting Effects

Long-term land-cover/use change in a traditional farming landscape in Romania inferred from pollen data, historical maps and satellite images

Mammalian herbivore movement into drought refugia has cascading effects on savanna insect communities

Mental illness among the homeless: prevalence study in a Dublin homeless hostel

Mineral analysis reveals extreme manganese concentrations in wild harvested and commercially available edible termites

Numerically dominant species drive patterns in resource use along a vertical gradient in tropical ant assemblages

Patch mosaic burning for biodiversity conservation: a critique of the pyrodiversity paradigm

Pyrodiversity interacts with rainfall to increase bird and mammal richness in African savannas.

Resistance of mound-building termites to anthropogenic land-use change

Savanna ant species richness is maintained along a bioclimatic gradient of increasing latitude and decreasing rainfall in northern Australia

Seasonal variation in the relative dominance of herbivore guilds in an African savanna

Spatial variability and abiotic determinants of termite mounds throughout a savanna catchment

Termite mounds differ in their importance for herbivores across savanna types, seasons and spatial scales

Termites can decompose more than half of deadwood in tropical rainforest

Termites mitigate the effects of drought in tropical rainforest

The costs and benefits of decentralization and centralization of ant colonies

The discovery–dominance trade‐off is the exception, rather than the rule ⬇️

The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity

The impact of invertebrate decomposers on plants and soil

The pyrodiversity-biodiversity hypothesis: a test with savanna termite assemblages

The underestimated biodiversity of tropical grassy biomes

Thermoregulatory traits combine with range shifts to alter the future of montane ant assemblages

Towards an understanding of the evolutionary role of fire in animals

Tropical grassy biomes: linking ecology, human use and conservation

Tropical grassy biomes: misunderstood, neglected, and under threat

Unpacking the impoverished nature of secondary forests

Variable effects of termite mounds on African savanna grass communities across a rainfall gradient

What do you mean, ‘megafire’?

Woody encroachment slows decomposition and termite activity in an African savanna.

Woody vegetation damage by the African elephant during severe drought at Pongola Game Reserve, South Africa