About the Authors

James C. Bull

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Eugene V. Ryabov

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Gill Prince

Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Warwick Crop Centre, University of Warwick, Wellesbourne Campus, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Andrew Mead

Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Warwick Crop Centre, University of Warwick, Wellesbourne Campus, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Cunjin Zhang

Current address: School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom.

Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Warwick Crop Centre, University of Warwick, Wellesbourne Campus, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Laura A. Baxter

Affiliation Warwick Systems Biology Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Judith K. Pell

Current address: J.K. Pell Consulting, Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.

Affiliation Centre for Soils and Ecosystem Function, Department of Plant and Invertebrate Ecology, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Juliet L. Osborne

Current address: Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

Affiliation Centre for Soils and Ecosystem Function, Department of Plant and Invertebrate Ecology, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Dave Chandler

dave.chandler@warwick.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Warwick Crop Centre, University of Warwick, Wellesbourne Campus, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DC JCB EVR JKP. Performed the experiments: EVR GP CZ JKP JLO DC. Analyzed the data: JCB AM LAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAB AM JCB JLO. Wrote the paper: DC JCB.