1. Calsbeek & Cox reply.
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Calsbeek, Ryan and Cox, Robert M.
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PREDATION , *COMPETITION (Biology) , *SURVIVAL behavior (Animals) , *NATURAL selection - Abstract
Replying to J. B. Losos & R. M. Pringle 475, 10.1038/nature10140 (2011)We agree with several of the points raised by Losos and Pringle, but we show here that our data still implicate competition as an agent of natural selection, while providing only limited support for a role of predation. Although patterns of density-dependent survival and selection on Kidd Cay are highly congruent with those on experimental islands, this site could be considered fundamentally different. We therefore base our rebuttal on analyses that use mean values per island (as in our original paper) but which now exclude Kidd Cay (n = 6 experimental islands). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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