Lori Lach
Projects
10
Publications
55
Awards
3
Contact Details
Professor
Biography
My introduction to ecology and conservation came as a study abroad experience in Queensland's rainforests, after which I found that plans for medical school paled in comparison to an environmentally-oriented career. I earned a Masters in Public Health degree in Environmental Health at the University of California-Berkeley and consulted for a non-profit environmental organization for three years. I interned at a field study school in Kenya for a year, then traveled around the world before settling down to earn my Ph.D. at Cornell University. While there, I became interested in biological invasions as a conservation issue, particularly invasions by easily overlooked creatures. Upon completing my Ph.D., I went to Mauritius on an NSF fellowship to research ant invasions in a restoration context. An ARC-Discovery grant on biological invasions and conservation in an urban context brought me to Western Australia in 2005.
I started at JCU in 2013, first as a DECRA recipient researching ecological effects of bee disease. I have since contributed to various projects that apply ecological theory to addressing real-world challenges.
I currently head the Centre for Tropical Biosecurity at JCU and am a Deputy Director in the ARC Plant Biosecurity Training Centre.
Researchers in my Insect Ecology group generally work in the following areas:
- Insect detection and ecology in the context of plant biosecurity and invasion ecology
- Developing environmental DNA (eDNA) for the detection of invasive ants
- Environmental stressors on native bees
- Effects of drought on insects
- Ant ecology
- Scientific support and research for the Yellow Crazy Ant Eradication Program run by the Wet Tropics Management Authority (monitoring effects on non-target species, permit compliance, improving and testing detection methods, general scientific advice)
Prospective students
If you are interested in applying to be part of my lab as an MPhil or PhD student, please visit the Graduate Research School website to familiarize yourself with entry requirements and applications and scholarship deadlines. Please email me with a statement of your research interests and how they align with one of the above topics, your CV, and your motivation for pursuing a degree.
Select media coverage/interviews/podcasts
- That's What I Call Science https://thatsscience.org/ 1 December 2024.
- New ARC Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity August 2023.
- Fire ants approaching NSW ABC online and ABC radio New England, North Coast, Gold Coast, 27 July 2023
- Scientists track one of the world's most invasive ants in waterways, ABC, 7News, 20 April 2023
- Crazy ants' strange genomes are a biological first, Nature13 April 2023
- Response to yellow crazy ant funding announcement, ABC, 7News, 10 News, 11 May 2022.
Electric ants in the Daintree, radio interviews with ABC, Noongar Radio, EastSide FM https://eastsidefm.org/mondaydrive/; April 2022
Electric ants discovered at doorstep of Daintree Rainforest World Heritage area, ABC News 5 April 2022 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-04/electric-ants-at-doorstep-of-daintree-rainforest/100958820
Yellow crazy ant impacts on skinks. Australian Associated Press and >120 media outlets online, in print, TV, and radio. January 2022
Fact check: David Attenborough wrongly linked to false online claim about 'black and red ants in a jar' RTL Today, Luxembourg 2 November 2021 https://today.rtl.lu/news/fact-check/a/1810849.html
Yellow crazy ants threaten ecosystems and agriculture along Queensland coast, The Science Show, ABC 21 August 2021 https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/yellow-crazy-ants-threaten-ecosystems-and-agriculture-along-que/13507516
According to authorities fighting the invasive yellow crazy ants in Far North Qld, they are winning, ABC News (all capital cities and Queensland regions).
Yellow crazy ants, ABC Radio Sydney 19 May 2021.
Yellow crazy ant eradication plan puts paws in the paddock as Far North Queensland fight ramps up ABC Far North on air and online 19 May 2021 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-19/war-on-yellow-crazy-ants/100146130
New tech targets crazy ant invaders; Using eDNA to track crazy ants 7News, WIN news 17 May 2021
Tiny Singapore ant causing big problems in Queensland, chewing through car and home wiring, ABC News TV and online 8 May 2021, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-08/singapore-ants-chew-wiring-gulf-queensland/100123396
Motherhood makes ants lazy, interviews with ABC Far North, 4BC Brisbane 1 April 2021
Ants interview, ABC Far North Drive with Adam Stephen, 21 September 20; also broadcast on four other Qld stations
Sausages and dogs leading the fight against invasive electric ants in Far North Queensland. ABC Far North on air and online 21 January 2020 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-21/sausage-and-dogs-leading-fight-against-electric-ants-fnq/11885068
Insect threat to drought hit areas. Cairns Post 19 December 19
Native bees die three times faster (and variations thereof) August 2019 WIN News, ABC Far North (radio) and ABC online, Mirage News, multiple online news outlets
The fight against fire ants. ABC Sunday Extra and ABC online, 4 August 2019
Chinese researchers could hold answers to northern Australia’s crazy ant invasion, China.org.cn, Xinhua News, 2 August 2019.
The invasive yellow crazy ant problem sweeping far north Queensland. News.com.au 30 July 2019.
Research
Projects
Emerging technologies as a tool to monitor for invasive pathogens
01 Sep 2024 - 01 May 2026
ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity
01 Aug 2024 - 30 Aug 2029
Northern Australia Plant Biosecurity Facility
01 Jan 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
Investigating the pitfalls of bee hotels (Old ID 30046)
01 Jul 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
Baseline invasive ant fauna and impact survey in the Torres Strait (Old ID 27827)
18 Oct 2022 - 30 Jun 2024
Research to inform yellow crazy ant management in the Wet Tropics (Old ID 26714)
01 Apr 2020 - 30 Jun 2025
The role of drought-stress and insect attack on rainforest plant health (Old ID 26337)
01 Jan 2020 - 31 May 2025
Activities
Awards
Employment
Senior Lecturer, James Cook University
2016 - 2018
Associations
Journal of Applied Ecology
2021 - 2024
Restoration Ecology Coordinating Editor
2013 - 2018
Austral Entomology Subject Editor
2016 - 2021
Output
Feldhaar, Heike; Lach, Lori (2020) Introduced and invasive species. Cham, Switzerland: [Reference Material] [DOI]
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Ebner, B.C.; Millington, M.; Holmes, B.J.; Wilson, D.T.; Sydes, T.; Bickel, T.O.; Power, T.; Hammer, M.; Lach, L.; Schaffer, J.; Lymbery,, A.; Morgan, D. (2020) Scoping the biosecurity risks and appropriate management relating to the freshwater ornamental aquarium trade across northern Australia. Townsville, QLD, Australia: [Report]
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Ant Ecology
2010
Lach, Lori; Parr, Catherine L.; Abott, Kirsti L. (2010) Ant Ecology. Oxford, UK: [Edited Publication]
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Lopresti, Laura C.; Lach, Lori; Montesinos Torres, Daniel (2026) 'Tolerance of intraspecific competition contributes to invasion success, despite drought and inbreeding'. Oikos, . [DOI]
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Bacher, Sven; Ryan-Colton, Ellen; Coiro, Mario; Cassey, Phillip; Galil, Bella S.; Nuñez, Martin A.; Ansong, Michael; Dehnen-Schmutz, Katharina; Fayvush, Georgi; Fernandez, Romina D.; Hiremath, Ankila J.; Ikegami, Makihiko; Martinou, Angeliki F.; McDermott, Shana M.; Preda, Cristina; Vilà, Montserrat; Weyl, Olaf L.F.; Aravind, Neelavar Ananthram; Angelidou, Ioanna; Athanasiou, Katerina; Atkore, Vidyadhar; Barney, Jacob N.; Blackburn, Tim M.; Brockerhoff, Eckehard G.; Carbutt, Clinton; Carisio, Luca; Castro-Díez, Pilar; Céspedes, Vanessa; Christopoulou, Aikaterini; Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.; Cooling, Meghan; de Groot, Maarten; Demetriou, Jakovos; Dickey, James W.E.; Duboscq-Carra, Virginia G.; Early, Regan; Evans, Thomas E.; Flores-Males, Paola T.; Gallardo, Belinda; Gruber, Monica; Hui, Cang; Jeschke, Jonathan M.; Joelson, Natalia Z.; Khan, Mohd Asgar; Kumschick, Sabrina; Lach, Lori; Lapin, Katharina; Lioy, Simone; Liu, Chunlong; MacMullen, Zoe J.; Mazzitelli, Manuela A.; Measey, John; Mrugała-Koese, Agata A.; Musseau, Camille L.; Nahrung, Helen F.; Pepori, Alessia; Pertierra, Luis R.; Pienaar, Elizabeth F.; Pyšek, Petr; Rivas Torres, Gonzalo; Rojas Martinez, Henry A.; Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa; Ryan-Schofield, Ned L.; Sánchez, Rocío M.; Santini, Alberto; Santoro, Davide; Scalera, Riccardo; Schmidt, Lisanna; Shivambu, Tinyiko Cavin; Sohrabi, Sima; Tricarico, Elena; Trillo, Alejandro; van’t Hof, Pieter; Volery, Lara; Zengeya, Tsungai A. (2025) 'Global Impacts Dataset of Invasive Alien Species (GIDIAS)'. Scientific Data, 12 (1). [DOI]
Lopresti, Laura C.; Lach, Lori; Montesinos, Daniel (2024) 'The specialised buzz pollination syndrome poses a partial
barrier to plant invasions'. Journal of Ecology, 112 (8):1686-1700. [DOI]
Revision of the genus Calofulcinia Giglio-Tos (Mantodea: Nanomantidae: Fulciniinae) in Australia
2023
Connors, Matthew G.; Yeeles, Peter; Lach, Lori; Rentz, David C.F. (2023) 'Revision of the genus Calofulcinia Giglio-Tos (Mantodea: Nanomantidae: Fulciniinae) in Australia'. Zootaxa, 5296 :333-361. [DOI]
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Connors, Matthew G.; Yeeles, Peter; Lach, Lori; Rentz, David C.F. (2023) 'A revision of the genus Ima Tindale (Mantodea: Nanomantidae: Fulciniinae) with the description of a new genus'. Zootaxa, 5380 (3):201-226. [DOI]
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Farnan, Holly; Yeeles, Peter; Lach, Lori (2023) 'Sublethal doses of insecticide reduce thermal tolerance of a stingless bee and are not avoided in a resource choice test'. Royal Society Open Science, 10 (11). [DOI]
Villacorta Rath, Cecilia; Lach, Lori; Andrade Rodriguez, Natalia; Burrows, Damien; Gleeson, Dianne; Trujillo-Gonzalez, Alejandro (2023) 'Invasive terrestrial invertebrate detection in water and soil using a targeted eDNA approach'. NeoBiota, 83 :71-89. [DOI]
Lach, Lori; Case, Dylan; Yeeles, Peter; Hoskin, Conrad J. (2022) 'Invasive ants reduce abundance of small rainforest skinks'. Biodiversity and Conservation, 31 :739-755. [DOI]
Volp, Trevor M.; Cernusak, Lucas A.; Lach, Lori (2022) 'Epiphytic ant-plant obtains nitrogen from both native and invasive ant inhabitants'. Biotropica, 54 (3):556-560. [DOI]
Choppin, M.; Lach, L. (2022) 'A novel bee host cannot detect a microbial parasite, in contrast to its original host'. Insectes Sociaux, 69 :289-292. [DOI]
Gruber, Monica A.M.; Santoro, Davide; Cooling, Meghan; Lester, Philip J.; Hoffmann, Benjamin D.; Boser, Christina; Lach, Lori (2022) 'A global review of socioeconomic and environmental impacts of ants reveals new insights for risk assessment'. Ecological Applications, 32 (4). [DOI]
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Lach, Lori (2021) 'Invasive ant establishment, spread, and management with changing climate'. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 47 :119-124. [DOI]
Yeeles, Peter; Strain, Angela; Lenancker, Pauline; Lach, Lori (2021) 'Low reduction of invasive ant colony productivity with an insect growth regulator'. Pest Management Science, 77 (4):1626-1632. [DOI]
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Lenancker, Pauline; Feldhaar, Heike; Holzinger, Anja; Greenfield, Melinda; Strain, Angela; Yeeles, Peter; Hoffmann, Benjamin D.; Tay, Wee Tek; Lach, Lori (2021) 'Origin, behaviour, and genetics of reproductive workers in an invasive ant'. Frontiers in Zoology, 18 . [DOI]
Greenfield, Melinda J.; Lach, Lori; Congdon, Brad C.; Anslan, Sten; Tedersoo, Leho; Field, Matt; Abell, Sandra E. (2021) 'Consistent patterns of fungal communities within ant-plants across a large geographic range strongly suggest a multipartite mutualism'. Mycological Progress, 20 :681-699. [DOI]
Clarke, David A.; Palmer, David J.; McGrannachan, Chris; Burgess, Treena I.; Chown, Steven L.; Clarke, Rohan H.; Kumschick, Sabrina; Lach, Lori; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Roy, Helen E.; Saunders, Manu E.; Yeates, David K.; Zalucki, Myron P.; McGeoch, Melodie A. (2021) 'Options for reducing uncertainty in impact classification for alien species'. Ecosphere, 12 (4). [DOI]
Lach, Lori; Hoffmann, Benjamin D.; Moir, Melinda L. (2020) 'Native and non-native sources of carbohydrate correlate with abundance of an invasive ant'. NeoBiota, 63 :155-175. [DOI]
Purkiss, Terence; Lach, Lori (2019) 'Pathogen spillover from Apis mellifera to a stingless bee'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 286 . [DOI]
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Lach, Lori; Volp, Trevor M.; Wilder, Shawn M. (2019) 'Previous diet affects the amount but not the type of bait consumed by an invasive ant'. Pest Management Science, 75 (10):2627-2633. [DOI]
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Volp, Trevor M.; Lach, Lori (2019) 'An epiphytic ant-plant mutualism structures arboreal ant communities'. Environmental Entomology, 48 (5):1056-1062. [DOI]
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Strategies of the invasive tropical fire ant (Solenopsis geminata) to minimize inbreeding costs
2019
Lenancker, Pauline; Hoffmann, Benjamin D.; Tay, Wee Tek; Lach, Lori (2019) 'Strategies of the invasive tropical fire ant (Solenopsis geminata) to minimize inbreeding costs'. Scientific Reports, 9 . [DOI]
Arnan, Xavier; Andersen, Alan N.; Gibb, Heloise; Parr, Catherine L.; Sanders, Nathan J.; Dunn, Robert R.; Angulo, Elena; Baccaro, Fabricio b.; Bishop, Tom R.; Boulay, Raphaël; Castracani, Cristina; Cerdá, Xim; Del Toro, Israel; Delsinne, Thibaut; Donoso, David A.; Elten, Emilie K.; Fayle, Tom M.; Fitzpatrick, Matthew; Gómez, Crisanto; Grasso, Donato A.; Grossman, Blair F.; Guénard, Benoit; Gunawardene, Nihara; Heterick, Brian; Hoffmann, Benjamin D.; Janda, Milan; Jenkins, Clinton N.; Klimes, Petr; Lach, Lori; Laeger, Thomas; Leponce, Maurice; Lucky, Andrea; Majer, Jonathan; Menke, Sean; Mezger, Dirk; Mori, Alessandra; Moses, Jimmy; Munyai, Thinandavha Caswell; Paknia, Omid; Pfeiffer, Martin; Philpott, Stacy M.; De Souza, Jorge L.P.; Tista, Melanie; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.; Retana, Javier (2018) 'Dominance-diversity relationships in ant communities differ with invasion'. Global Change Biology, 24 (10):4614-4625. [DOI]
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Northfield, Tobin D.; Laurance, Susan G.W.; Mayfield, Margaret M.; Paini, Dean R.; Snyder, William E.; Stouffer, Daniel B.; Wright, Jeffrey T.; Lach, Lori (2018) 'Native turncoats and indirect facilitation of species invasions'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 285 (1871). [DOI]
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Ferguson, Jade A.; Northfield, Tobin; Lach, Lori (2018) 'Honey bee (Apis mellifera) pollen foraging reflects benefits dependent on individual infection status'. Microbial Ecology, 78 (2):482-491. [DOI]
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Moir, Melinda L.; Renton, Michael; Hoffmann, Benjamin D.; Leng, Mei Chen; Lach, Lori (2018) 'Development and testing of a standardized method to estimate honeydew production'. PLoS ONE, 13 (8). [DOI]
Yeeles, Peter; Lach, Lori; Hobbs, Richard J.; van Wees, Mary; Didham, Raphael K. (2017) 'Woody plant richness does not influence invertebrate community reassembly trajectories in a tree diversity experiment'. Ecology, 98 (2):500-511. [DOI]
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Asfiya, Wara; Yeeles, Peter; Lach, Lori; Majer, Jonathan D.; Heterick, Brian; Didham, Raphael K. (2016) 'Abiotic factors affecting the foraging activity and potential displacement of native ants by the invasive African big-headed ant Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)'. Myrmecological News, 22 :43-54.
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Lach, Lori; Volp, Trevor M.; Greenwood, Todd A.; Rose, Annaleice (2016) 'High invasive ant activity drives predation of a native butterfly larva'. Biotropica, 48 (2):146-149. [DOI]
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Lach, Lori; Kratz, Madlen; Baer, Boris (2015) 'Parasitized honey bees are less likely to forage and carry less pollen'. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 130 :64-71. [DOI]
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Asfiya, Wara; Lach, Lori; Majer, Jonathan D.; Heterick, Brian; Didham, Raphael K. (2015) 'Intensive agroforestry practices negatively affect ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) diversity and composition in southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia'. Asian Myrmecology, 7 :87-104.
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Gibb, H.; Sanders, N.J.; Dunn, Robert R.; Watson, Simon; Photakis, Manoli; Abril, Silvia; Andersen, Alan N.; Angulo, Elena; Armbrecht, Inge; Arnan, Xavier; Baccaro, Fabricio B.; Bishop, Tom R.; Boulay, Raphael; Castracani, Cristina; Del Toro, Israel; Delsinne, Thibaut; Diaz, Mireira; Donoso, David A.; Enriquez, Martha L.; Fayle, Tom M.; Feener, Donald H.; Fitzpatrick, Matthew C.; Gómez, Crisanto; Grasso, Donato A.; Groc, Sarah; Heterick, Brian; Hoffmann, Benjamin D.; Lach, Lori; Lattke, John; Leponce, Maurice; Lessard, Jean-Philippe; Longino, John; Lucky, Andrea; Majer, Jonathan; Menke, Sean B.; Mezger, Dirk; Mori, Alessandra; Munyai, Thinandavha C.; Paknia, Omid; Pearce-Duvet, Jessica; Pfeiffer, Martin; Philpott, Stacy M.; de Souza, Jorge L.P.; Tista, Melanie; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.; Vonshak, Merav; Parr, Catherine L. (2015) 'Climate mediates the effects of disturbance on ant assemblage structure'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 282 (1808):1-8. [DOI]
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Hobbs, Richard J.; Higgs, Eric; Hall, Carol M.; Bridgewater, Peter; Chapin, F. Stuart; Ellis, Erie C.; Ewel, John J.; Hallett, Lauren M.; Harris, James ; Hulvey, Kristin B.; Jackson, Stephen T.; Kennedy, Patricia L.; Kueffer, Christoph; Lach, Lori; Lantz, Trevor C.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Mascaro, Joseph; Murphy, Stephen D.; Nelson, Cara R.; Perring, Michael P.; Richardson, David M.; Seastedt, Timothy R.; Standish, Rachel J.; Starzomski, Brian M.; Suding, Katherine N.; Tognetti, Pedro M.; Yakob, Laith; Yung, Laurie (2014) 'Managing the whole landscape: historical, hybrid, and novel ecosystems'. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 12 (10):557-564. [DOI]
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Hulvey, Kristin B.; Hobbs, Richard J.; Standish, Rachel J.; Lindenmayer, David B.; Lach, Lori; Perring, Michael P. (2013) 'Benefits of tree mixes in carbon plantings'. Nature Climate Change, 3 :869-874. [DOI]
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Lach, Lori (2013) 'A comparison of floral resource exploitation by native and invasive Argentine ants'. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 7 (2):177-190. [DOI]
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Perring, Michael P.; Standish, Rachel J.; Hulvey, Kristin B.; Lach, Lori; Morald, Tim K.; Parsons, Rebecca; Didham, Raphael K.; Hobbs, Richard J. (2012) 'The Ridgefield Multiple Ecosystem Services Experiment: can restoration of former agricultural land achieve multiple outcomes?'. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 163 :14-27. [DOI]
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Lach, Lori; Hoffmann, Benjamin D. (2011) 'Are invasive ants better plant-defense mutualists? A comparison of foliage patrolling and herbivory in sites with invasive yellow crazy ants and native weaver ants'. Oikos, 120 (1):9-16. [DOI]
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Lach, Lori; Tillberg, Chadwick V.; Suarez, Andrew V. (2010) 'Contrasting effects of an invasive ant on a native and an invasive plant'. Biological Invasions, 12 (9):3123-3133. [DOI]
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Lach, Lori; Hobbs, Richard J.; Majer, Jonathan D. (2009) 'Herbivory-induced extrafloral nectar increases native and invasive ant worker survival'. Population Ecology, 51 (2):237-243. [DOI]
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Lach, Lori; Thomas, Melissa L. (2008) 'Invasive ants in Australia: documented and potential ecological consequences'. Australian Journal of Entomology, 47 (4):275-288. [DOI]
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Lach, Lori (2008) 'Argentine ants displace floral arthropods in a biodiversity hotspot'. Diversity and Distributions, 14 (2):281-290. [DOI]
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Lach, Lori (2008) 'Floral visitation patterns of two invasive ant species and their effects on other hymenopteran visitors'. Ecological Entomology, 33 (1):155-160. [DOI]
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Lach, Lori (2007) 'A mutualism with a native membracid facilitates pollinator displacement by Argentine ants'. Ecology, 88 (8):1994-2004. [DOI]
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Lach, L. (2005) 'Interference and exploitation competition of three nectar-thieving invasive ant species'. Insectes Sociaux, 52 (3):257-262. [DOI]
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Lach, Lori (2003) 'Invasive ants: unwanted partners in ant-plant interactions?'. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 90 (1):91-108. [DOI]
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Holway, David A.; Lach, Lori; Suarez, Andrew V.; Tsutsui, Neil D.; Case, Ted J. (2002) 'The causes and consequences of ant invasions'. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 33 :181-233. [DOI]
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Pimentel, David; Lach, Lori; Zuniga, Rudolfo; Morrison, Doug (2000) 'Environmental and economic costs of nonindigenous species in the United States'. BioScience, 50 (1):53-65. [DOI]
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Gibb, Heloise; Dunn, Rob R.; Sanders, Nathan; Grossman, Blair F.; Photakis, Manoli; Abril, Silvia; Agosti, Donat; Andersen, Alan N.; Angulo, Elena; Armbrecht, Inge; Arnan, Xavier; Baccaro, Fabricio B.; Bishop, Tom R.; Boulay, Raphael; Bruhl, Carsten; Castracani, Cristina; Cerda, Xim; Del Toro, Israel; Delsinne, Thibaut; Diaz, Mireia; Donoso, David A.; Ellison, Aaron M.; Enriquez, Martha L.; Fayle, Tom M.; Feener, Donald H.; Fisher, Brian L.; Fisher, Robert N.; Fitzpatrick, Matthew C.; Gomez, Crisanto; Gotelli, Nicholas; Gove, Aaron; Grasso, Donato A.; Groc, Sarah; Guenard, Benoit; Gunawardene, Nihara; Heterick, Brian; Hoffmann, Benjamin; Janda, Milan; Jenkins, Clinton; Kaspari, Michael; Klimes, Petr; Lach, Lori; Laeger, Thomas; Lattke, John; Leponce, Maurice; Lessard, Jean-Philippe; Longino, John; Lucky, Andrea; Luke, Sarah H.; Majer, Jonathan; McGlynn, Terrence P.; Menke, Sean; Mezger, Dirk; Mori, Alessandra; Moses, Jimmy; Munyai, Thinandavha Caswell; Pacheco, Renata; Paknia, Omid; Pearce-Duvet, Jessica; Pfeiffer, Martin; Philpott, Stacy M.; Resasco, Julian; Retana, Javier; Silva, Rogerio R.; Sorger, Magdalena D.; Souza, Jorge; Suarez, Andrew; Tista, Melanie; Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.; Vonshak, Merav; Weiser, Michael D.; Yates, Michelle; Parr, Catherine L. (2017) 'A global database of ant species abundances' Ecology, 98 (3) :883-884. [DOI]
Journal Contribution
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Lach, Lori; Hoskin, Conrad (2015) 'Too much to lose: yellow crazy ants in the Wet Tropics' Wildlife Australia, 52 :37-41.
Journal Contribution
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Lach, Lori (2017) 'Invasion biology and ant-plant systems in Australia' In: Lach, Lori (2017) Invasion biology and ant-plant systems in Australia. In: Oliveira, Paulo S., and Koptur, Suzanne, (eds.) Ant-Plant Interactions: impacts of humans on terrestrial ecosystems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 309-330(Eds.). Ant-Plant Interactions: impacts of humans on terrestrial ecosystems. Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press.
Book Chapter
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Kennedy, Patricia L.; Lach, Lori; Lugo, Ariel E.; Hobbs, Richard J. (2013) 'Fauna and novel ecosystems' In: Kennedy, Patricia L., Lach, Lori, Lugo, Ariel E., and Hobbs, Richard J. (2013) Fauna and novel ecosystems. In: Hobbs, Richard J., Higgs, Eric S., and Hall, Carol M., (eds.) Novel Ecosystems: intervening in the new ecological world order. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK, pp. 127-141(Eds.). Novel Ecosystems: intervening in the new ecological world order. Chichester, UK : Wiley-Blackwell. [DOI]
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Ewel, John J.; Mascaro, Joseph; Kueffer, Christoph; Lugo, Ariel E.; Lach, Lori; Gardener, Mark R. (2013) 'Islands: where novelty is the norm' In: Ewel, John J., Mascaro, Joseph, Kueffer, Christoph, Lugo, Ariel E., Lach, Lori, and Gardener, Mark R. (2013) Islands: where novelty is the norm. In: Hobbs, Richard J., Higgs, Eric S., and Hall, Carol M., (eds.) Novel Ecosystems: intervening in the new ecological world order. Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex, UK, pp. 29-44(Eds.). Novel Ecosystems: intervening in the new ecological world order. West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell. [DOI]
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Mascaro, Joseph; Harris, James A.; Lach, Lori; Thompson, Allen; Perring, Michael P.; Richardson, David M.; Ellis, Erle C. (2013) 'Origins of the novel ecosystems concept' In: Mascaro, Joseph, Harris, James A., Lach, Lori, Thompson, Allen, Perring, Michael P., Richardson, David M., and Ellis, Erle C. (2013) Origins of the novel ecosystems concept. In: Hobbs, Richard J., Higgs, Eric S., and Hall, Carol M., (eds.) Novel Ecosystems: intervening in the new ecological world order. Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex, UK, pp. 45-57(Eds.). Novel Ecosystems: intervening in the new ecological world order. West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell. [DOI]
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