About the Authors

Arik Kershenbaum

arik.kershenbaum@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, and the Institute of Evolution, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

Lewi Stone

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Richard S. Ostfeld

Affiliation Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America

Leon Blaustein

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, and the Institute of Evolution, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK LS RSO LB. Performed the experiments: AK. Analyzed the data: AK LS RSO LB. Wrote the paper: AK.