About the Authors

Gareth A. Wilson

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gawi@ceh.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) Oxford, Oxford, United Kindgom

Edward J. Feil

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Andrew K. Lilley

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) Oxford, Oxford, United Kindgom

Dawn Field

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) Oxford, Oxford, United Kindgom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EF DF GW. Performed the experiments: GW. Analyzed the data: DF GW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GW. Wrote the paper: DF GW. Other: Provided expert statistical input which made the paper possible: AL.