About the Authors

Robert L. Thomson

robtho@utu.fi

Affiliation Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Gustavo Tomás

Current address: Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, Carretera de Sacramento, La Cañada de San Urbano-Almería, Spain

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain

Jukka T. Forsman

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Mikko Mönkkönen

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RLT JTF MM. Performed the experiments: RLT JTF. Analyzed the data: RLT GT JTF MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RLT GT JTF MM. Wrote the paper: RLT GT JTF MM.