Determinants for the successful establishment of exotic ants in New Zealand

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Impacts of exotic invertebrates on New Zealand's indigenous species and ecosystems (2010, background): “Ant diversity is surprisingly low in New Zealand, with only 11 native species (Don 2007), but generalist exotic ant species continue to arrive and 28 exotic species are thought to be established (Lester 2005; Ward 2005; Ward et al. 2006; Don 2007).”
Behavioural plasticity associated with propagule size, resources, and the invasion success of the Argentine ant Linepithema humile (2009, background): “Attempts to predict invasion success have had limited success for most organisms (Hulme 2006) including ants (Lester 2005).”
Worldwide spread of the ghost ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (2009, background): “In fact, L ESTER (2005) reported that T. melanocepha-lum was the second most common ant species (after Phei-dole megacephala ) intercepted in freight entering New Zealand between 1997 and 2002.”
The diversity and origin of exotic ants arriving in New Zealand via human‐mediated dispersal (2006, background): “Such data are important in predicting why some species become successful biological invaders while other species do not (Lester, 2005; Suarez et al ., 2005).”