title: Response to Comments on "Evidence for mesothermy in dinosaurs".
abstract: D'Emic and Myhrvold raise a number of statistical and methodological issues with our recent analysis of dinosaur growth and energetics. However, their critiques and suggested improvements lack biological and statistical justification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. jgrady@unm.edu.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Grady
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. The Santa Fe Institute, USA, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA.
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Enquist
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dettweiler-Robinson
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
authors.forename: Natalie A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
authors.forename: Felisa A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D025061:Dinosaurs / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004734:Energy Metabolism