Response to Comment on "Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection".

Adam M Siepielski Michael B Morrissey Mathieu Buoro Stephanie M Carlson Christina M Caruso Sonya M Clegg Tim Coulson Joseph D DiBattista Kiyoko M Gotanda Clinton D FrancisJoe HerefordJoel G Kingsolver Kate E Augustine Loeske E B Kruuk Ryan Andrew Martin Ben C Sheldon Nina Sletvold Erik I Svensson Michael J Wade Andrew D C MacColl

Published in: Science (New York, N.Y.) (2018)

The comment by Myers-Smith and Myers focuses on three main points: (i) the lack of a mechanistic explanation for climate-selection relationships, (ii) the appropriateness of the climate data used in our analysis, and (iii) our focus on estimating climate-selection relationships across (rather than within) taxonomic groups. We address these critiques in our response.

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climate change
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