About the Authors

Shelley A. Hinsley

sahi@ceh.ac.uk

Current address: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Wallingford, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Paul E. Bellamy

Current address: RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Ross A. Hill

Current address: Department of Life & Environmental Sciences, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Peter N. Ferns

Affiliation Cardiff School of Biosciences, BIOSI2, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAH PEB PNF. Performed the experiments: SAH PEB. Analyzed the data: SAH RAH PNF. Wrote the paper: SAH PEB RAH PNF. Conceived structure and content of manuscript: SAH RAH PNF.