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Lee RH, Kwong IHY, Tsang TPN, Wong MKL & Guénard B. 2023.

Remotely sensed environmental data as ecological proxies for ground-dwelling ant diversity along a subtropical forest succession gradient

Journal of Ecology, (online early). PDF

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​Wong MKL, Economo EP & Guénard B. 2023.

The global spread and invasion capacities of alien ants

Current Biology, 33, 566-571. PDF

– Featured on National Geographic
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– Featured on journal cover



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McFadden IR & 32 co-authors incl. Wong MKL. 2023.

Linking human impacts to community processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems

Ecology Letters, 26, 203-218. PDF

– Featured on journal cover




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Schultheiss P, Nooten SS, Wang R, Wong MKL, Brassard F & Guénard B. 2022

The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119, e2201550119. PDF
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– Communicated on The Conversation
– Featured on CNN, NBC, Reuters, BBC, The Guardian, The New York Times, Science and >300 news outlets


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Wang WY, Soh EJY, Yong GWJ, Wong MKL, Guènard B, Economo EP & Yamane S. 2022. 

Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy

Asian Myrmecology, 15, 015006. PDF
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– Featured on The Straits Times and Mothership





Wong MKL, Lee RH, Leong CM, Lewis OT & Guénard B. 2022.

Trait-mediated competition drives an ant invasion and alters functional diversity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289, 20220504. PDF





Wong MKL & Carmona CP. 2021.

Including intraspecific trait variability to avoid distortion of functional diversity and ecological inference: lessons from natural assemblages

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12, 946-957. PDF

– Featured article in May 2021 issue
– Featured on Methods Blog






Wong MKL*, Tsang TPN*, Lewis OT & Guénard B. 2021.

Trait-similarity and trait-hierarchy jointly determine fine-scale spatial associations of resident and invasive ant species

Ecography, 44, 589-601. 
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*Joint first authors

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Graham EB & 46 co-authors incl. Wong MKL. 2021.

Toward a generalized framework of disturbance ecology through crowdsourced science

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 588940. PDF





Wong MKL, Guénard B & Lewis OT. 2020.

The cryptic impacts of invasion: functional homogenization of tropical ant communities by invasive fire ants

Oikos, 129, 585-597. PDF

– Featured on Oikos Blog and Oxford Zoology News





Wong MKL, Guénard B & Lewis OT. 2019.

Trait-based ecology of terrestrial arthropods

Biological Reviews, 94, 999-1022. PDF


– Top downloaded article in 2018-2019 in the leading journal Biological Reviews 





Wong MKL, Woodman JD & Rowell DM. 2017.

Short-range phenotypic divergence among genetically distinct populations of an Australian funnel-web spider

Ecology and Evolution, 7, 5094-5102. PDF





Wong MKL & Guénard B. 2017.

Subterranean ants: summary and perspectives on field sampling methods, with notes on diversity and ecology (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Myrmecological News, 25, 1-16. PDF

– Most read article of the year in the premier ant journal Myrmecological News





Wong MKL & Yong GWJ. 2017.

Notes on the habitat and biology of the rare ant genus Tyrannomyrmex (Fernández, 2003)

Asian Myrmecology, 9, e009007, 1-4. PDF

– Featured on National Geographic and Gizmodo





Yong GWJ, Wong MKL & Soh EJY. 2017.

Surprising offshore diversity: A preliminary checklist for the ant genera of Pulau Ubin island from rapid opportunistic sampling (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Nature in Singapore, 10, 55-60. PDF





Wong MKL & Guénard B. 2016.

First confirmed record of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Malay Peninsula: description of a new species and a key to Myrmecina species from Sundaland

Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 50, 129-140. PDF

– Featured on journal cover and Live Science





Wong MKL & Guénard B. 2016.

Aenictus seletarius, a new species of hypogaeic army ant from Singapore, with an updated key to the Aenictus minutulus species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae) from Southeast Asia

Annales Zoologici, 66, 35-42. PDF





Wong MKL, Woodman JD & Rowell DM. 2016.

Temporal variation in venom yield of the Australian funnel-web spider Atrax sutherlandi (Hexathelidae: Atracinae)

Arachnology, 17, 7-9. PDF





Wong MKL & Guénard B. 2016.

Leptanilla hypodracos, a new species of the cryptic ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Singapore, with new distribution data and an updated key to Oriental Leptanilla species

ZooKeys, 551, 129-144. PDF
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​– Featured on The Straits Times


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Book Chapters




Wong MKL & Guénard B. 2020.

Subterranean Ants

In: Starr C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. PDF




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Science Communication

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Wong MKL, Guenard B, Brassard F, Schultheiss P, Wang R & Nooten S. 2022.

Earth harbours 20,000,000,000,000,000 ants – and they weigh more than wild birds and mammals combined

The Conversation, 20th September 2022





Wong MKL. 2021.

What happens to our understanding of functional diversity when we ignore intraspecific trait variability?

Methods in Ecology and Evolution Blog, 1st March 2021
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Wong MKL. 2020.

The cryptic impacts of an ant invasion

Oikos Journal Blog, 11th February 2020





Wong MKL & Hoenle P. 2018.

Photoblog: Ant Course 2018

Myrmecological News Journal Blog, 16th October 2018





​Wong MKL. 2018.

Basic questions on eco-link projects need answering

The Straits Times, 25th June 2018


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Wong MKL. 2018.

Better to protect habitats, not cage wildlife

The Straits Times, 6th April 2018






Wong MKL. 2018.

The Giant Forest Ant, jewel of Southeast Asia


Entomological Network of Singapore, 3rd March 2018





Wong MKL & Yong GWJ. 2017. 

Velvet worm (Onychophora) on Pulau Ubin

Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2017, 125-126





Wong MKL. 2017.

Illuminating the deep, dark world of subterranean ants

Asian Scientist, 14th July 2017
– Winner in Asian Scientist Writing Prize





Wong MKL. 2015.

Investigating fine-scale geographic variation in a newly described Australian funnel-web spider (Atrax sutherlandi)


Australian Wildlife, 1, 43-44





Wong MKL. 2015.

Investigating fine-scale geographic variation in the Australian funnel-web spider (Atrax sutherlandi) – brief introduction and current progress​

Newsletter of the Australasian Wildlife Management Society, 29, 8-9

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Academic Theses




Wong MKL. 2020.

Trait-based community and invasion ecology of terrestrial arthropods

DPhil Thesis,  University of Oxford





Wong MKL. 2014.

Phenotypic variation among genetically distinct populations of the funnel-web spider Atrax sutherlandi (Hexathelidae: Atracinae)
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Honours Thesis, Australian National University




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