About the Authors

Jérôme Sueur

sueur@mnhn.fr

Affiliation Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution, UMR 5202 CNRS & USM 601 MNHN, CP 50, Paris, France

Sandrine Pavoine

Affiliations Mathematical Ecology Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Écologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR 5173 CNRS-UPMC & USM 305 MNHN, CP 51, Paris, France

Olivier Hamerlynck

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Stéphanie Duvail

Affiliation IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), UR 200, IFRA, Nairobi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS SP OH SD. Performed the experiments: JS OH SD. Analyzed the data: JS SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS SP. Wrote the paper: JS SP OH SD.