About the Authors

David Mouillot

david.mouillot@univ-montp2.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire Ecologie des Systèmes Marins Côtiers UMR 5119, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Sébastien Villéger

Affiliation Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique UMR 5174, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

Affiliation Faculty of Biology - Geobotany, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Norman W. H. Mason

Affiliation Landcare Research, Hamilton, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSL. Performed the experiments: MSL. Analyzed the data: DM SV NWHM MSL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM SV NWHM MSL. Wrote the manuscript: DM SV NWHM MSL.