Data from: Alternative reproductive tactics in context: how demography, ecology, and behavior affect male mating success

Exploitation of sexual signals by predators or parasites increases costs
to signalers, creating opportunities for establishment of alternative
reproductive tactics (ARTs). In field crickets, males calling may attract
acoustically-orienting parasitoid flies. Alternatively, males behaving as
satellites forgo calling and attempt to intercept females attracted to
callers. We modeled the contribution of calling vs. satellite behavior to
male reproductive success in the larger context of variation in ecology
(parasitism rate, background mortality), demography (density, sex ratio),
and female behavior (phonotaxis, mating choosiness). Male mating success
was most influenced by number of females (standardized effect size 0.42),
then female choosiness (0.33), background mortality (-0.31), number of
males (-0.28), and parasitism rate (-0.21). Smallest effects were
phonotaxis (0.10) and satellite behavior (-0.09). Although satellite
behavior ameliorated negative effects of parasitism, its comparative
effect was slight. ARTs seem most likely to evolve and persist when a
single selection pressure on signaling is particularly strong.