Dr Kirsti Abbott - Researcher Profile

Biography

Kirsti works in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University as a
Lecturer

Kirsti’s research areas of interest are:

•Ecology and management of invasive ants
•Population structure of invasive ants
•Mutualisms between ants and other insects
•Science Communication

Keywords

Ecology, Invasive ants, Mutualism, Science Communication

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2004

Publications

Book Chapters

Hoffmann, B.D., Abbott, K.L., Davis, P., 2010, Invasive ant management, in Ant Ecology, eds Lori Lach, Catherine L. Parr, and Kirsti L. Abbott, Oxford University Press, New York, USA, pp. 287-304.

Journal Articles

Gruber, M., Burne, A., Abbott, K.L., Pierce, R., Lester, P., 2013, Population decline but increased distribution of an invasive ant genotype on a Pacific atoll, Biological Invasions [E], vol 15, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 599-612.

Green, P., O'Dowd, D., Abbott, K., Jeffery, M., Retallick, K., Mac Nally, R., 2011, Invasional meltdown: Invader-invader mutualism facilitates a secondary invasion, Ecology [P], vol 92, issue 9, Ecological Society of America, Washington USA, pp. 1758-1768.

Thomas, M., Becker, K., Abbott, K., Feldhaar, H., 2010, Supercolony mosaics: two different invasions by the yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes, on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Biological Invasions [P], vol 12, issue 3, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 677-687.

Lester, P.J., Abbott, K.L., Sarty, M., Burns, K.C., 2009, Competitive assembly of South Pacific invasive ant communities, BMC Ecology [P], vol 9, issue 3, BioMed Central, UK, pp. 1-10.

McNatty, A., Abbott, K.L., Lester, P.J., 2009, Invasive ants compete with and modify the trophic ecology of hermit crabs on tropical islands, Oecologia [P], vol 160, issue 1, Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 187-194.

Abbott, K.L., Greaves, S.N.J., Ritchie, P., Lester, P.J., 2007, Behaviourally and genetically distinct populations of an invasive ant provide insight into invasion history and impacts on a tropical ant community, Biological Invasions [P], vol 9, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 453-463.

Abbott, K.L., Green, P.T., 2007, Collapse of an ant-scale mutualism in a rainforest on Christmas Island, Oikos, vol 116, Munksgaard International Publications Ltd, Copenhagen Denmark, pp. 1238-1246.

Sarty, M., Abbott, K.L., Lester, P.J., 2007, Community level impacts of an ant invader and food mediated coexistence, Insectes Sociaux [P], vol 54, issue 2, Birkhauser Verlag, Basel, Switzerland, pp. 166-173.

Corin, S.E., Lester, P.J., Abbott, K.L., Ritchie, P., 2007, Inferring historical introduction pathways with mitochondrial DNA: the case of introduced Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) into New Zealand, Diversity And Distributions [P], vol 13, issue 5, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 510-518.

Corin, S.E., Abbott, K.L., Ritchie, P., Lester, P.J., 2007, Large scale unicoloniality: the population and colony structure of the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) in New Zealand, Insectes Sociaux [P], vol 54, issue 3, Birkhauser Verlag, Basel, Switzerland, pp. 275-282.

Sarty, M., Abbott, K.L., Lester, P.J., 2006, Habitat complexity facilitates coexistence in a tropical ant community, Oecologia [P], vol 149, issue 3, Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 465-473.

Abbott, K.L., 2006, Spatial dynamics of supercolonies of the invasive yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes, on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Diversity and Distributions, vol 12, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford England, pp. 101-110.

Abbott, K.L., Sarty, M., Lester, P.J., 2006, The ants of Tokelau, New Zealand Journal of Zoology [P], vol 33, Royal Society of New Zealand, New Zealand, pp. 157-164.

Abbott, K.L., 2005, Supercolonies of the invasive yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes., on an oceanic island: Forager activity patterns, density and biomass, Insectes Sociaux, vol 52, issue 3, Birkhauser Verlag Ag, Switzerland, pp. 266-273.