On the misuse of residuals in ecology: testing regression residuals vs. the analysis of covariance

By E. García‐Berthou. 2001

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Dealing with collinearity in behavioural and ecological data: model averaging and the problems of measurement error (2010, background): “Burnham and Anderson 1998, 2002; Garcia-Berthou 2001; Freckleton 2002; Link and Barker 2006) with major shifts in what is considered best practice (Rushton et al. 2004).”
Sperm competition and the evolution of sperm midpiece volume in mammals (2005, methodology): “This analysis was included in order to test for possible bias resulting from the use of residuals in the above suite of analyses (Dartlington & Smulders, 2001; Garcia-Berthou, 2001; Freckleton, 2002).”
The seven deadly sins of comparative analysis (2009, background): “Despite warnings from the literature (e.g. Garcia-Berthou, 2001; Freckleton, 2002), this approach nevertheless continues to be used in numerous studies.”
Experimental demonstration of an ecological trap for a wild bird in a human-transformed environment (2016, background): “The evaluation of body condition has been extensively discussed in Garcia-Berthou (2001) and Green (2001).”
Horn size predicts physical performance in the beetle Euoniticellus intermedius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) (2005, background): “…coefficients in the above model give us the relationship between horn size and performance with the effects of body size statistically extracted, in a manner analogous to residual analyses, but without the loss of a degree of freedom (see Darlington & Smulders 2001; Garcia-Berthou 2001).”
Temperature and hen harrier productivity: from local mechanisms to geographical patterns (2002, methodology): “Performing statistical tests using residuals arising from linear models as data has been criticised (Garcı́a-Berthou 2001), and the use of ANCOVA or general linear models is considered to be more correct.”
Depigmented wing patch size is a condition-dependent indicator of viability in male collared flycatchers (2003, methodology): “In accordance with recent recommendations (Garcı́a-Berthou, 2001), we estimated body condition by entering tarsus length as a covariate into the analyses of body mass.”
Seasonal changes in blue tit crown color: Do they signal individual quality? (2006, result): “While testing for the effect of Dbody mass, we kept tarsus length as a forced covariate in the model to statistically control for differences in body size (Garcı́a-Berthou 2001), although excluding it from the model did not change the results.”