Reply to Letten and Yamamichi: A rescue at the cost of falsifiability [Biological Sciences]

Letten and Yamamichi (1) make valuable comments about our recent paper (2). They point out that the gleaner−exploiter trade-off commonly refers to population growth rates and not prey consumption (the focus of our study). We agree and should have made our reasoning clearer. We assume that food consumption and population...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - January 25, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Thomas Kiorboe, Mridul K. Thomas Tags: Ecology, Letters, Letters and Replies Source Type: research