About the Authors

Julia Astegiano

juastegiano@gmail.com

Affiliations CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS—Université de Montpellier—Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier—EPHE campus CNRS, Montpellier, France, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

François Massol

Affiliations CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS—Université de Montpellier—Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier—EPHE campus CNRS, Montpellier, France, Laboratoire GEPV, CNRS UMR 8198, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

Mariana Morais Vidal

Affiliation Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Pierre-Olivier Cheptou

Affiliation CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS—Université de Montpellier—Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier—EPHE campus CNRS, Montpellier, France

Paulo R. Guimarães Jr.

Affiliation Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA FM POC PRG. Performed the experiments: JA MMV. Analyzed the data: JA MMV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA FM MMV POC PRG. Wrote the paper: JA FM MMV POC PRG.