Darren Ward

Williams HE, Brockerhoff EG, Liebhold AM, Ward DF Early Access 2021. Mechanisms driving component Allee effects during invasions: using a biological control agent as model invader. Ecological Entomology. WOS:000673498900001 https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13068

McGrath Z, MacDonald F, Walker G, Ward D 2021. A framework for predicting competition between native and exotic hymenopteran parasitoids of lepidopteran larvae using taxonomic collections and species level traits. Biocontrol 66(1): 59-69. WOS:000554628100001 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-020-10025-y

Williams HE, Brockerhoff EG, Liebhold AM, Ward DF 2021. Probing the role of propagule pressure, stochasticity, and Allee effects on invasion success using experimental introductions of a biological control agent. Ecological Entomology 46(2): 383-393. WOS:000591435400001 https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12979

Paler K, Monks A, Leschen RAB, Ward DF 2021. Determining species diversity and functional traits of beetles for monitoring the effects of environmental change in the New Zealand alpine zone. Ecological Indicators 121. WOS:000604862500003 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107100

Probert AF, Ward DF, Beggs JR, Bury SJ, Hermans SM, Lear G, Stanley MC 2021. High dietary niche overlap between non-native and native ant species in natural ecosystems. Environmental Entomology 50(1): 86-96. WOS:000637035600010 https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaa133

Probert AF, Ward DF, Beggs JR, Lin SL, Stanley MC 2020. Conceptual Risk Framework: Integrating Ecological Risk of Introduced Species with Recipient Ecosystems. Bioscience 70(1): 71-79. WOS:000508115600012 https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz131

Horrocks KJ, Ward D, Suckling DM 2020. Can natural enemies of current insect pests provide biotic resistance to future pests? Agricultural and Forest Entomology 22(1): 20-29. WOS:000482095700001 https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12353

Fernandez-Triana JL, Ward DF 2020. Notogaster, a new genus of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa 4801(2): 251-279. WOS:000540902100003 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4801.2.3

Quicke DLJ, Ward DF, Belokobylskij SA, Butcher BA 2020. Zealastoa Quicke & Ward, gen. nov., a new basal cyclostome braconid wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand. Austral Entomology 59(3): 455-466. WOS:000565514700003 https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12463

Connolly S, Ward D 2020. Utilising museum data for comparative analysis of threatened insect species. Journal of Insect Conservation 24(5): 793-804. WOS:000542493800001 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-020-00252-0

Fernandez-Triana JL, Ward DF 2020. Notogaster, a new genus of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa 4801(2): 251-279. WOS:000540902100003 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4801.2.3

Quicke DLJ, Belokobylskij SA, Braet Y, van Achterberg C, Hebert PDN, Prosser SWJ, Austin AD, Fagan-Jeffries EP, Ward DF, Shaw MR, Butcher BA 2020. 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. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190(3): 1002-1019. WOS:000593445900008

Ward D, Brav-Cubitt T, Tassell S 2020. Dataset of host records for introduced parasitoid wasp species (Hymenoptera) in New Zealand. Biodiversity Data Journal 8. WOS:000594519100001 https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e59472

Quicke DLJ, Belokobylskij SA, Braet Y, van Achterberg C, Hebert PDN, Prosser SWJ, Austin AD, Fagan-Jeffries EP, Ward DF, Shaw MR, Butcher BA 2020. 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. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190(3): 1002-1019. WOS:000593445900008

Bartomeus I, Stavert JR, Ward D, Aguado O 2019. Historical collections as a tool for assessing the global pollination crisis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 374(1763). WOS:000450501500004 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0389

Quicke DLJ, Ward DF, Butcher BA 2019. 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. Austral Entomology 58(3): 478-483. WOS:000483807600002 https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12394

Quicke DLJ, van Achterberg K, Ward D, Butcher BA 2019. Three new species of the New Zealand endemic, Neptihormius van Achterberg & Berry (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with diverse host records. Austral Entomology 58(3): 515-523. WOS:000483807600005 https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12415

Khalaim AI, Ward DF 2019. Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from New Zealand. Part 2. Review of genera Kiwi gen. nov. and Zealochus Khalaim. Zootaxa 4613(3): 521-545. WOS:000470912300006 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.6

Edney-Browne E, Brockerhoff EG, Ward D 2018. Establishment patterns of non-native insects in New Zealand. Biological Invasions 20(7): 1657-1669 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1652-5

Saunders TE, Ward DF 2018. Variation in the diversity and richness of parasitoid wasps based on sampling effort. Peerj 6. WOS:000429847800002 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4642

Seebens H, Blackburn TM, Dyer EE, Genovesi P, Hulme PE, Jeschke JM, Pagad S, Pysek P, van Kleunen M, Winter M, Ansong M, Arianoutsou M, Bacher S, Blasius B, Brockerhoff EG, Brundu G, Capinha C, Causton CE, Celesti-Grapow L, Dawson W, Dullinger S, Economo EP, Fuentes N, Guenard B, Jager H, Kartesz J, Kenis M, Kuhn I, Lenzner B, Liebhold AM, Mosena A, Moser D, Nentwig W, Nishino M, Pearman D, Pergl J, Rabitsch W, Rojas-Sandoval J, Roques A, Rorke S, Rossinelli S, Roy HE, Scalera R, Schindler S, Stajerova K, Tokarska-Guzik B, Walker K, Ward DF, Yamanaka T, Essl F 2018. Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115(10): E2264-E2273. WOS:000426671900017 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1719429115

Bertelsmeier C, Ollier S, Liebhold AM, Brockerhoff EG, Ward D, Keller L 2018. Recurrent bridgehead effects accelerate global alien ant spread. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115(21): 5486-5491. WOS:000432663000063 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1801990115

Hodge S, Ward DF, Merfield CN, Liu WYY, Gunawardana D 2017. Seasonal patterns of drosophilid flies and parasitoid wasps attracted to rotting fruit and vegetable baits in Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 40(1): 7–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2017.1307097

Saunders TE, Ward DF 2017. A new species of Lusius (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 40(2): 72–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2017.1357427

Kendall LK, Ward DF 2016. Habitat determinants of the taxonomic and functional diversity of parasitoid wasps. Biodiversity and Conservation 25(10): 1955–1972. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1174-y

Ward DF, Anderson DP, Barron MC 2016. Using spatially explicit surveillance models to provide confidence in the eradication of an invasive ant. Scientific Reports 6: 34953. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep34953

Groenteman R, Forgie SA, Hoddle MS, Ward DF, Goeke DF, Anand N 2015. Assessing invasion threats: novel insect-pathogen-natural enemy associations with native New Zealand plants in southern California. Biological Invasions 17(5): 1299–1305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-014-0804-0

Ward DF 2015. Review of the Anomaloninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from New Zealand with a description of a new genus and two new species. New Zealand Entomologist 38(1): 58–66. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2014.985418

Ward DF 2015. The insidious threat of invasive invertebrates. In: Stow A, Maclean N, Holwell GI ed. Austral ark : the state of wildlife in Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge, U.K., Cambridge University Press. Pp. 162–185

Ward D, Edney-Browne E 2015. Poles apart: comparing trends of alien Hymenoptera in New Zealand with Europe (DAISIE). PLOS One 10(7): e0132264. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132264

Ward DF, Leschen RAB, Buckley TR 2015. More from ecologists to support natural history museums. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30(7): 373–374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.04.015

Ward D, Anderson D, Barron M 2014. Progress on the eradication of Argentine ants. Landcare Research Contract Report ; LC1876. Landcare Research. 18 p. http://www.envirolink.govt.nz/Envirolink-reports/1-NLCC1/1471-NLRC172/

Barron MC, Ward DF, Anderson DP 2014. How do we know the zeroes are real? - Surveillance to declare eradication. Protect (Spring 2014): 17–18.

Lester PJ, Brown SDJ, Edwards ED, Holwell GI, Pawson SM, Ward DF, Watts CH 2014. Critical issues facing New Zealand entomology. New Zealand Entomologist 37(1): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2014.861789

Ward DF 2014. Understanding sampling and taxonomic biases recorded by citizen scientists. Journal of Insect Conservation 18(4): 753–756. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-014-9676-y

Ward DF, Young M, Booth KAM, Beggs JR 2014. Patterns of beetle diversity in kauri forest. New Zealand Entomologist 37(2): 75–82. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2014.884531

Ward D, Morgan F 2014. Modelling the impacts of an invasive species across landscapes: a step-wise approach. PeerJ 2: e435. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.435

Ward D 2014. Options for the biological control of Vespula wasps in New Zealand. Landcare Research Contract Report ; LC1684. Landcare Research. 15 p. http://www.envirolink.govt.nz/Envirolink-reports/1-NLCC1/1414-TSDC100/

Lester PJ, Beggs JR, Brown RL, Edwards ED, Groenteman R, Toft RJ, Twidle AM, Ward DF 2013. The outlook for control of New Zealand’s most abundant, widespread and damaging invertebrate pests: social wasps. New Zealand Science Review 70(4): 56–62.

Fernández-Triana J, Ward DF, Cardinal S, Van Achterberg C 2013. A review of Paroplitis (Braconidae, Microgastrinae), and description of a new genus from New Zealand, Shireplitis, with convergent morphological traits. Zootaxa 3722(4): 549–568. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3722.4.6

Ward DF, Ramón-Laca A 2013. Molecular identification of the prey range of the invasive Asian paper wasp. Ecology and Evolution 3(13): 4408–4414. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.826

Ward DF 2013. Revision of Bethylidae (Hymenoptera) from New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 36(2): 107-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2012.759084

Ward DF 2013. Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 36(1): 30-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2012.758029

Stanley MC, Nathan HW, Phillips LK, Knight SJ, Galbraith JA, Winks CJ, Ward DF 2013. Invasive interactions: can Argentine ants indirectly increase the reproductive output of a weed? Arthropod-plant interactions 7(1): 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-012-9215-2

Ward DF, Stanley MC 2013. Site occupancy and detection probability of Argentine ant populations. Journal of Applied Entomology 137(3): 197–203. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0418.2012.01722.x

Ward D 2013. Status of control options for Vespula wasps in New Zealand. Landcare Research contract report ; LC1162. Landcare Research. 48 p. http://www.envirolink.govt.nz/Envirolink-reports/1-NLCC1/1226-TSDC88/

Stanley MC, Ward DF 2012. Impacts of Argentine ants on invertebrate communities with below-ground consequences. Biodiversity and conservation 21: 2653–2669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-012-0324-0

Ward DF 2012. Ant invasion at Papamoa Beach. The Weta 43(1): 13-14.

Ward DF, Eary JW, Schnitzler F-R, Hitchmough RA, StringerI.A.N. 2012. The conservation status of New Zealand Hymenoptera. New Zealand entomologist 35(2): 116-119. https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2012.686315

Smith MA, Fernández-Triana JL, Eveleigh E, Gómez J, Guclu C, Hallwachs W, Hebert PDN, Hrcek J, Huber JT, Janzen D, Mason PG, Miller S, Quicke DLJ, Rodriguez JJ, Rougerie R, Shaw MR, Várkonyi G, Ward DF, Whitfield JB, Zaldívar-Riverón A 2012. DNA barcoding and the taxonomy of Microgastrinae wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae): impacts after 8 years and nearly 20 000 sequences. Molecular ecology resources 13(2): 168-176. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12038