About the Authors

Gary R. Bortolotti

gary.bortolotti@usask.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Francois Mougeot

Affiliations Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, CSIC, Almeria, Spain, IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain

Jesus Martinez-Padilla

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Lucy M. I. Webster

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Stuart B. Piertney

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GRB FM SP. Performed the experiments: GRB FM JMP LW SP. Analyzed the data: GRB FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GRB JMP LW. Wrote the paper: GRB FM.