About the Authors

Matthew J. Michalska-Smith

mjsmith@uchicago.edu

Current address: Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Stefano Allesina

Affiliations Department of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.