About the Authors

Alex Potapov

apotapov@ualberta.ca

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Evelyn Merrill

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Margo Pybus

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Mark A. Lewis

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP EM MP MAL. Performed the experiments: AP. Analyzed the data: AP EM MP MAL. Wrote the paper: AP EM MP MAL.