About the Authors

Philippe Desjardins-Proulx

philippe.d.proulx@gmail.com

Affiliations Theoretical Ecosystem Ecology laboratory, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ethan P. White

Affiliation Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Joel J. Adamson

Affiliation Ecology, Evolution and Organismic Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Karthik Ram

Affiliation Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Timothée Poisot

Affiliations Theoretical Ecosystem Ecology laboratory, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, International Network for Next-Generation Ecology

Dominique Gravel

Affiliations Theoretical Ecosystem Ecology laboratory, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Ethan White is an academic editor for PeerJ and Timothée Poisot is a member of the figshare advisors program.