About the Authors

Robin A. Benz

Affiliation Department of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, 79106, Germany

Mark S. Boyce

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2E9, Canada

Henrik Thurfjell

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2E9, Canada

Dale G. Paton

Affiliation Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 1N4, Canada

Marco Musiani

Affiliation Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 1N4, Canada

Carsten F. Dormann

Affiliation Department of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, 79106, Germany

Simone Ciuti

simone.ciuti@biom.uni-freiburg.de

Affiliation Department of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, 79106, Germany

Competing Interests

We have received funding from a commercial source: Shell Canada Limited. This commercial funder as well as all the other funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAB MSB CFD SC. Performed the experiments: DGP SC. Analyzed the data: RAB SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAB MSB HT DGP MM CFD SC. Wrote the paper: RAB MSB CFD SC.