About the Authors

Brian R. Silliman

brs@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Mark D. Bertness

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Andrew H. Altieri

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

John N. Griffin

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

M. Cielo Bazterrica

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Patagonia, Puerto Madryn, Chibut, Argentina

Fernando J. Hidalgo

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Patagonia, Puerto Madryn, Chibut, Argentina

Caitlin M. Crain

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Maria V. Reyna

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Patagonia, Puerto Madryn, Chibut, Argentina, Departament of Biology, National University of Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BRS MDB. Performed the experiments: BRS MDB MCB FJH MVR CMC. Analyzed the data: BRS. Wrote the paper: BRS MDB AHA JNG.