title: Comment on "Bateman in nature: predation on offspring reduces the potential for sexual selection".
abstract: 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.
authors: Evolutionary Biology, Bielefeld University, Germany. steven.ramm@uni-bielefeld.de
authors: Steven A
authors: SA
authors: Ramm
authors: Rudy M
authors: RM
authors: Jonker
authors: Klaus
authors: K
authors: Reinhold
authors: Tamás
authors: T
authors: Székely
authors: Fritz
authors: F
authors: Trillmich
authors: Tim
authors: T
authors: Schmoll
authors: Holger
authors: H
authors: Schielzeth
authors: Robert P
authors: RP
authors: Freckleton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000866:Antelopes / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D052586:Mating Preference, Animal; D011235:Predatory Behavior; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal