Publications
In Press
Cooling M, Hartley S, Sim DA, Lester PJ. The widespread collapse of an invasive species: Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) in New Zealand. Biology Letters.
Journal articles
Buswell JM, Moles AT & Hartley S (2011) Is rapid evolution common in introduced plant species? Journal of Ecology 99: 214-224. abstract + | Faculty1000 review | Sydney Morning Herald
Roura-Pascual N, Hui C, Ikeda T, Leday G, Richardson D, Carpintero S, Espadaler X, Gómez C, Guénard B, Hartley S, Krushelnycky P, Lester PJ and 11 others (2011) The relative roles of climatic suitability and anthropogenic influence in determining the pattern of spread in a global invader. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 108: 220-225. abstract + | ONEarth News Blog
Schnitzler F-R, Hartley, S & Lester PJ (2011) Trophic-level responses differ at plant, plot and fragment levels in urban native forest fragments – a hierarchical analysis. Ecological Entomology 36: 241-250. abstract +
Pieris rapae - small white butterfly
Hasenbank M, Brandon A & Hartley S (2011) White butterfly (Pieris rapae) and the white rust Albugo candida on Cook’s scurvy grass (Lepidium oleraceum). New Zealand Journal of Ecology 35: 69-75. (PDF, 527 KB)
Hartley S, Krushelnycky PD & Lester PJ (2010) Integrating physiology, population dynamics and climate to make multi-scale predictions for the spread of an invasive insect: the Argentine ant at Haleakala National Park, Hawaii. Ecography 33: 83-94. abstract +
Kikillus KH, Hare KM & Hartley S (2010) Minimising false-negatives when predicting the potential distribution of an invasive species: a bioclimatic model for the red-eared slider at global and regional scales. Animal Conservation 13 (Suppl.1): 5-15. abstract +
Ward DF, Green C, Harris RJ, Hartley S, Lester PJ, Stanley MC, Suckling DM & Toft RJ (2010) Twenty years of Argentine ants in New Zealand: past research and future priorities for applied management. New Zealand Entomologist 33: 68-78. abstract +
Ting S, Hartley S & Burns KC (2008) Global patterns in fruiting seasons, Global Ecology & Biogeography 17: 648-657. (PDF, 496 KB)
Hartley S, Harris R, & Lester PJ (2006) Quantifying uncertainty in the potential distribution of an invasive species: climate and the Argentine ant. Ecology Letters. 9: 1068-1079. abstract +
Pocock MJO, Hartley S, Telfer M, Preston CD & Kunin WE (2006) Ecological correlates of range structure in rare and scarce British plants. Journal of Ecology 94: 581-596. abstract +
Hartley S, Kunin WE, Lennon JJ & Pocock MJO (2004) Coherence and discontinuity in the scaling of species' distribution patterns. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B. 271: 81-88. abstract +
Halley, J.M., Hartley, S., Kallimanis, A.S., Kunin, W.E., Lennon, J.J. & Sgardelis, S.P. (2004) Uses and abuses of fractal methodology in ecology. Ecology Letters 7, 254-271. abstract +
Hartley S & Lester PJ (2003) Temperature-dependent development of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a degree-day model with implications for range limits in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 26, 91-100. (PDF low-res, 314 KB | PDF hi-res, 2.5 MB)
Hartley S & Kunin WE, (2003) The scale-dependency of rarity, extinction risk and conservation priority. Conservation Biology 17: 1559-1570. (PDF, 246 KB)
Hartley S & Shorrocks B (2002) A general framework for the aggregation model of coexistence, Journal of Animal Ecology 71: 651-662. (PDF, 167 KB)
Kunin WE, Hartley S & Lennon JJ (2000) Scaling down: on the challenge of estimating abundance from occurrence patterns. American Naturalist 156: 560-566. (PDF, 170 KB)
Hartley S (1998) A positive relationship between local abundance and regional occupancy is almost inevitable (but not all positive relationships are the same). Journal of Animal Ecology 67: 992-994. (PDF, 369 KB)
Book Chapters
Lennon JJ, Kunin WE, Hartley S & Gaston KJ (2007) Species distribution patterns, diversity scaling and fractals in southern African birds. pp51-76. In "Scaling Biodiversity" , Editors: David Storch, Pablo A. Marquet & James H. Brown. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Green DR & Hartley S (2000) Integrating photointerpretation and GIS for vegetation mapping: some issues of error. pp103-134. In "Vegetation Mapping: From Patch to Planet" , Editors: R.W. Alexander & A.C. Millington. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester.
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