Response to comments on "Bateman in nature: predation on offspring reduces the potential for sexual selection".
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Abstract
Commenters objected to the way that we counted matings and offspring to calculate Bateman slopes and disagreed with our contention that predation on offspring can decrease the potential for sexual selection. We clarify what may have been misunderstandings to argue that our methods, analyses, and conclusions are correct.
Medical subject headings
- Antelopes
- Mating Preference, Animal
- Predatory Behavior
- Sexual Behavior, Animal