Path analysis and the relative importance of male–female conflict, female choice and male–male competition in water striders

By Andrew Sih, M. Lauer, J. Krupa. 2002

103 citations recorded by the source corpus.

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

The mix matters: behavioural types and group dynamics in water striders (2005, unknown): “Numerous studies have been done on their ecology and behaviour (Spence, 1981; Rubenstein, 1989; Fairbairn, 1993; Blanckenhorn, 1994; Rowe et al., 1994; Sih & Krupa, 1995; Sih et al., 2002; Vermette & Fairbairn, 2002).”
Behavioral Syndromes: An Integrative Overview (2004, background): “Path analysis (e.g., Pedhazur 1982; Scheiner and Callahan 1999; Sih et al. 2002) can quantify relationships between behavioral syndromes, other traits, and performance.”
Insect duets: underlying mechanisms and their evolution (2003, background): “One tactic is for males to search for and then overpower females (Sih et al., 2002), and a second involves males signalling from a suitable plant-oviposition site by creating ripples on the water.”
Insights for Behavioral Ecology from Behavioral Syndromes. (2008, background): “In principle, one could use path analysis (see Sih et al., 2002) to quantify correlations among behavioral axes and the relative effects of each of these behavioral axes in determining overall mating success via multiple pathways.”