The native and exotic prey community of two invasive paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in New Zealand as determined by DNA barcoding.

Howse, M. W. F., McGruddy, R. A., Felden, A., Baty, J. W., Haywood, J., Lester, P. J., (2022). Biological Invasions 24(6), 1797-1808. Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands. English language

Nesting ecology and colony survival of two invasive Polistes wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in New Zealand.

McGruddy, R., Howse, M. W. F., Haywood, J., Toft, R. J., Lester, P. J., (2021). Environmental Entomology 50(6), 1466-1473. Oxford University Press, Cary, USA. English language

Bioclimatic modelling identifies suitable habitat for the establishment of the invasive European paper wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) across the southern hemisphere.

Howse, M. W. F., Haywood, J., Lester, P. J., (2020). Insects 11(11) MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland. English language

Invasive paper wasps have strong cascading effects on the host plant of monarch butterflies.

McGruddy, R. A., Howse, M. W. F., Haywood, J., Ward, C. J. I., Staufer, T. B., Hayek-Williams, M., Toft, R. J., Lester, P. J., (2020). Ecological Entomology 46(2), 459-469. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language

Fitness and microbial networks of the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), in its native and introduced ranges.

Gruber, M. A. M., Quinn, O., Baty, J. W., Dobelmann, J., Haywood, J., Wenseleers, T., Lester, P. J., (2019). Ecological Entomology 44(4), 512-523. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language

Different bacterial and viral pathogens trigger distinct immune responses in a globally invasive ant.

Lester, P. J., Buick, K. H., Baty, J. W., Felden, A., Haywood, J., (2019). Scientific Reports 9(1), 5780. Nature Publishing Group, London, UK. English language

Behavioural variation and plasticity along an invasive ant introduction pathway.

Felden, A., Paris, C. I., Chapple, D. G., Haywood, J., Suarez, A. V., Tsutsui, N. D., Lester, P. J., Gruber, M. A. M., (2018). Journal of Animal Ecology 87(6), 1653-1666. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language

The long-term population dynamics of common wasps in their native and invaded range.

Lester, P. J., Haywood, J., Archer, M. E., Shortall, C. R., Sanders, N., (2017). Journal of Animal Ecology 86(2), 337-347. Wiley, Oxford, UK. English language

Density-dependent effects of an invasive wasp on the morphology of an endemic New Zealand ant.

Burne, A. R., Haywood, J., Lester, P. J., (2015). Biological Invasions 17(1), 327-335. Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands. English language