About the Authors

Andrew Whelan

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America, Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, Georgia, United States of America

Robert Mitchell

Affiliation Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, Georgia, United States of America

Christina Staudhammer

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America

Gregory Starr

gstarr@ua.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AW RM CS GS. Performed the experiments: AW RM CS GS. Analyzed the data: AW CS GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM CS GS. Wrote the paper: AW RM CS GS.