• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Comment on “Bateman in Nature: Predation on Offspring Reduces the Potential for Sexual Selection”
  • Beteiligte: Ramm, Steven A.; Jonker, Rudy M.; Reinhold, Klaus; Székely, Tamás; Trillmich, Fritz; Schmoll, Tim; Schielzeth, Holger; Freckleton, Robert P.
  • Erschienen: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2013
  • Erschienen in: Science
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1126/science.1233298
  • ISSN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
  • Schlagwörter: Multidisciplinary
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p>Byers and Dunn’s (Reports, 9 November 2012, p.802) conclusion that predation constrains sexual selection is problematic for three reasons: their nonstandard calculation of Bateman slopes; their assertion that random processes do not influence reproductive success; and the statistically unjustifiable use of 6 variables to explain just 10 observations.</jats:p>