List of works - Monica Gruber

A Diverse Viral Community from Predatory Wasps in Their Native and Invaded Range, with a New Virus Infectious to Honey Bees

scientific article published on 23 July 2021

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

scientific article published on 22 February 2022

A metatranscriptomic analysis of diseased social wasps (Vespula vulgaris) for pathogens, with an experimental infection of larvae and nests

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

A new framework for predicting invasive plant species

article

Behavioural variation and plasticity along an invasive ant introduction pathway

scientific article published on 13 August 2018

Booms, busts and population collapses in invasive ants

Conservation and restoration in peopled landscapes in Oceania: opportunities and challenges

Fitness in invasive social wasps: the role of variation in viral load, immune response and paternity in predicting nest size and reproductive output

scientific article published in 2017

Foraging Relationships Between Elephants andLantana camaraInvasion in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, India

article by Gaius Wilson et al published March 2014 in Biotropica

Genetic Factors Associated with Variation in Abundance of the Invasive Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes)

2012 doctoral thesis by Monica Alexandra Maria Gruber at Victoria University of Wellington

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

scientific article

High-Quality Assemblies for Three Invasive Social Wasps from the Vespula Genus ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 August 2020

Invasive ants carry novel viruses in their new range and form reservoirs for a honeybee pathogen ⬇️

scientific article published in September 2015

Native and introduced Argentine ant populations are characterised by distinct transcriptomic signatures associated with behaviour and immunity

scientific article

No evidence of enemy release in pathogen and microbial communities of common wasps (Vespula vulgaris) in their native and introduced range ⬇️

scientific article

Predicting socio‐economic and biodiversity impacts of invasive species: Red Imported Fire Ant in the developing western Pacific

scientific article published on 28 January 2021

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

scientific article published in 2011

Single-stranded RNA viruses infecting the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile

scientific article

Symbiotic bacterial communities in ants are modified by invasion pathway bottlenecks and alter host behavior

scientific article

The association between invasive Lantana camara and seedlings/saplings of a plant community in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, India

article

The association between mitochondrial genetic variation and reduced colony fitness in an invasive wasp

scientific article published on 19 July 2019

Using community engagement and biodiversity surveys to inform decisions to control invasive species: a case study of yellow crazy ants in Atafu, Tokelau

scientific article published in 2018

List of works by Monica Gruber

A Diverse Viral Community from Predatory Wasps in Their Native and Invaded Range, with a New Virus Infectious to Honey Bees

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

A metatranscriptomic analysis of diseased social wasps (Vespula vulgaris) for pathogens, with an experimental infection of larvae and nests

A new framework for predicting invasive plant species

Behavioural variation and plasticity along an invasive ant introduction pathway

Booms, busts and population collapses in invasive ants

Conservation and restoration in peopled landscapes in Oceania: opportunities and challenges

Fitness in invasive social wasps: the role of variation in viral load, immune response and paternity in predicting nest size and reproductive output

Foraging Relationships Between Elephants andLantana camaraInvasion in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, India

Genetic Factors Associated with Variation in Abundance of the Invasive Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes)

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

High-Quality Assemblies for Three Invasive Social Wasps from the Vespula Genus ⬇️

Invasive ants carry novel viruses in their new range and form reservoirs for a honeybee pathogen ⬇️

Native and introduced Argentine ant populations are characterised by distinct transcriptomic signatures associated with behaviour and immunity

No evidence of enemy release in pathogen and microbial communities of common wasps (Vespula vulgaris) in their native and introduced range ⬇️

Predicting socio‐economic and biodiversity impacts of invasive species: Red Imported Fire Ant in the developing western Pacific

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

Single-stranded RNA viruses infecting the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile

Symbiotic bacterial communities in ants are modified by invasion pathway bottlenecks and alter host behavior

The association between invasive Lantana camara and seedlings/saplings of a plant community in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, India

The association between mitochondrial genetic variation and reduced colony fitness in an invasive wasp

Using community engagement and biodiversity surveys to inform decisions to control invasive species: a case study of yellow crazy ants in Atafu, Tokelau