About the Authors

Doug Jackson

dougjack@dougjackson.net

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

John Vandermeer

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Ivette Perfecto

Affiliation School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Stacy M. Philpott

Affiliation Environmental Studies Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJ JV IP SP. Performed the experiments: DJ JV IP SP. Analyzed the data: JV DJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JV IP SP. Wrote the paper: DJ JV IP SP.