About the Authors

Tali S. Berman

Affiliation Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa- Oranim, Tivon, Israel

Amir Ayali

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Eran Gefen

gefene@research.haifa.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa- Oranim, Tivon, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Attracted funds: AA EG. Conceived and designed the experiments: AA EG. Performed the experiments: TB. Analyzed the data: TB EG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG. Wrote the paper: TB AA EG.