About the Authors

Sara M. Kross

Saramaekross@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Jason M. Tylianakis

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Ximena J. Nelson

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared this research was supported by Canon New Zealand (to S.M.K.). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMK JMT XJN. Performed the experiments: SMK. Analyzed the data: SMK JMT XJN. Wrote the paper: SMK JMT XJN.