Ant Ecology
Edited by Lori Lach, Catherine Parr, and Kirsti Abbott
Author Information
Dr. Lori Lach is Research Assistant Professor at The University of Western Australia. She has conducted myrmecological research in many parts of the globe. Her current research interests include ant-plant and mutualistic interactions, and the consequences of biological invasions on these interactions. She is also interested in restoring native ant communities following ant invasion, and the development of restoration practices that facilitate invertebrate conservation.
Dr. Catherine Parr is the present Trapnell Fellow in African Ecology at the University of Oxford. She is a community ecologist with broad research interests encapsulating species coexistence and biodiversity conservation. Much of her research focuses on ant communities in the savannas of southern Africa and northern Australia. Current projects involve investigating the importance of habitat complexity in mediating competition.
Dr. Kirsti Abbott is an Assistant Lecturer and invasion ecologist at Monash University, with specific expertise in ants on islands, mutualisms, and management of invasive ants for biodiversity conservation. She is affiliated with isolated oceanic islands through advisory panels that help battle invasive ants, and has a passion for science communication and debate in the public arena. She currently teaches undergraduate students the importance of the practice and application of science in the hope they appreciate its contribution to the sustainability of the world we live in.
Contributors:
Kirsti Abbott, Leeanne Alonso, Alan Andersen, Inge Armbrecht, Andrew Beattie, Brandon Bestelmeyer, Nico Blüthgen, Keith Christian, Ross H. Crozier, Patrizia D'Ettorre, Peter Davis, Anna Dornhaus, Rob Dunn, Christine Errard, Heike Feldhaar, Brian Fisher, Heloise Gibb, Peter Green, Benoit Guénard, Ben Hoffmann, David Holway, Linda Hooper-Bui, Paul Krushelnycky, Lori Lach, Edward LeBrun, Alain Lenoir, Terry McGlynn, Mathieu Molet, Kailen Mooney, Joshua Ness, Simon O'Connor, Dennis O'Dowd, Catherine Parr, Christian Peeters, Renkang Peng, Ivette Perfecto, Stacy Philpott, Scott Powell, Leticia Rios-Casanova, Simon Robson, Nathan Sanders, Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner, Ted Schultz, Joseph Spagna, Florian M. Steiner, Andrew Suarez, Robert Taylor, Neil Tsutsui, Philip Ward, Michael Weiser, Grant Weston, E.O. Wilson, Steve Yanoviak
