Faculty Information

NameAndrew Sih
Emailasih@ucdavis.edu
Office2106 Wickson Hall
Phone530-754-7243
DepartmentEnvironmental Science and Policy
WebsiteWeb Link
EducationPh.D. University of California, Santa Barbara 1980
Research InterestsI study the evolution of behaviors that underlie population or community ecology patterns. Much of my work has focused on predator-prey interactions in aquatic systems; however, I have also studied mating and social behavior, and life history evolution. Recent work has included collaborative studies on invasive species and on behavioral ecotoxicology.
Areas of EmphasisIntegrative Ecology
 Conservation Ecology
  
Research Abstract 
Recent PublicationsSih, A, AM Bell and JC Johnson. 2004. Behavioral syndromes: an ecological and evolutionary overview. Trends Ecology Evolution 19:372-378.
 Rehage, JS, Barnett, BK, A Sih. 2004. Behavioral responses to novel predation and competition in invasive mosquitofish and their non-invasive relatives (Gambusia sp.). Behav Ecol Socibiol 57:256-266.
 Johnson JC, A Sih. 2005. Precopulatory sexual cannibalism in fishing spiders (Dolomedes triton): a role for behavioral syndromes. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 58:390
Examination Topicsaquatic ecology, behavioral ecology, community ecology, conservation ecology, population ecology, principles of ecology, research/quantitative methods.
Accepting StudentsYes
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