About the Authors

David Mouillot

david.mouillot@univ-montp2.fr

Affiliations Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)–UM2– Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (IFREMER)–Institute for Research and Development (IRD) 5119 ECOSYM, Université Montpellier 2 cc 093, Montpellier, France, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

David R. Bellwood

Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Christopher Baraloto

Affiliations Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane, 97387, Kourou, French Guiana, France, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jerome Chave

Affiliation Université Paul Sabatier, CNRS, Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique UMR 5174, Toulouse, France

Rene Galzin

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Excellence “Corail” USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, BP 1013, Moorea, Polynésie Française, France

Mireille Harmelin-Vivien

Affiliation Aix-Marseille Université, Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanologie (MIO), UMR CNRS 7294, Marseille, France

Michel Kulbicki

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Excellence “Corail” IRD, Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls/mer, France

Sebastien Lavergne

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, BP53, Grenoble, France

Sandra Lavorel

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, BP53, Grenoble, France

Nicolas Mouquet

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR CNRS–UM2, 5554, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

C. E. Timothy Paine

Affiliation Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom

Julien Renaud

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, BP53, Grenoble, France

Wilfried Thuiller

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, BP53, Grenoble, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: D. Mouillot, D.R. Bellwood, N. Mouquet, W. Thuiller, C. Baraloto. Performed the experiments: C. Baraloto, J. Chave, R. Galzin, M. Harmelin-Vivien, M. Kulbicki, S. Lavergne, S. Lavorel, C.E.T. Paine W. Thuiller. Analyzed the data: D. Mouillot, D.R. Bellwood, C. Baraloto, J. Chave, M. Kulbicki, S. Lavergne, C.E.T. Paine, J. Renaud, W. Thuiller. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: D. Mouillot, D.R. Bellwood, C. Baraloto, J. Chave, M. Kulbicki, S. Lavergne, C.E.T. Paine, N. Mouquet, J. Renaud, W. Thuiller. Wrote the paper: D. Mouillot, D.R. Bellwood, C. Baraloto, J. Chave, M. Kulbicki, S. Lavergne, S. Lavorel, C.E.T. Paine, N. Mouquet, W. Thuiller.