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Project
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My research interests lie in the ecology of
invasive ants. Hawaii is one of the few places on earth believed to
support no native ants, or any social insects for that matter, and as a
result native arthropods appear to be particularly vulnerable to ant
predation or competition. I am using multiple sites of ant invasion
in high elevation Hawaiian habitats as a model system in which to
investigate whether the impacts of invasive species can be generalized or
predicted, and whether certain ecological variables can modulate these
effects. In addition, I wish to provide a more complete picture of
the ways in which native Hawaiian arthropod communities change after ant
invasion, and in particular whether certain taxa are consistently placed at
risk.
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Publications
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Krushelnycky, P.D., C.S.N. Hodges, A.C. Medeiros and L.L. Loope.
2001. Interaction between the Hawaiian Dark-rumped petrel and the Argentine
ant in Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii. Studies in Avian Biology 22:
243-246.
Medeiros, A.C., C.G. Chimera, L.L.
Loope, S.M. Joe and P.D. Krushelnycky. 2000. Notes on the status and ecology of the
endangered Hawaiian annual,‘eq \o(a,¯) wiwi, Centaurium sebaeoides (Gentianaceae).
Pacific Science 54: 417-422.
Krushelnycky, P.D. and N.J. Reimer. 1998. Bait preference by the
Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Haleakala National Park, Maui,
Hawaii. Environmental
Entomology 27: 1482-1487.
Krushelnycky, P.D. and N.J. Reimer.
1998. Efficacy of Maxforce bait for control of the Argentine ant
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Haleakala National Park, Hawaii. Environmental Entomology
27: 1473-1481.
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