About the Authors

Sonia Altizer

saltizer@uga.edu

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Keith A. Hobson

Affiliations Environment Canada, 11 Innovation Blvd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Andrew K. Davis

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Jacobus C. De Roode

Affiliation Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Leonard I. Wassenaar

Current Address: International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria

Affiliation Environment Canada, 11 Innovation Blvd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA. Performed the experiments: SA LW KH. Analyzed the data: SA AKD JCdR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA LW KH. Wrote the paper: SA KH AKD JCdR LW.