About the Authors

Matthew D. Shawkey

Current address: Department of Biology and Integrated Bioscience Program, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

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

Mary K. Firestone

Affiliations Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Ecosystem Science Division, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Ecology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Eoin L. Brodie

Affiliation Ecology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Steven R. Beissinger

beis@nature.berkeley.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS MF SB. Performed the experiments: MS. Analyzed the data: MS EB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EB. Wrote the paper: MS MF EB SB.