About the Authors

Sandrine Pavoine

pavoine@mnhn.fr

Affiliations Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR CNRS UPMC 7204, Paris, France, Mathematical Ecology Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jacques Blondel

Affiliation CEFE/CNRS, Montpellier, France

Anne B. Dufour

Affiliation Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5558, Villeurbanne, France

Amandine Gasc

Affiliations Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR CNRS UPMC 7204, Paris, France, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR CNRS 7205, Paris, France

Michael B. Bonsall

Affiliations Mathematical Ecology Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, St. Peter’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP JB. Performed the experiments: JB. Analyzed the data: SP JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SP. Wrote the paper: SP JB ABD AG MBB.