About the Authors

Julian Resasco

jresasco@colorado.edu

Current address: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Shannon L. Pelini

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America

Katharine L. Stuble

Current address: Oklahoma Biological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Nathan J. Sanders

Current address: Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History, Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Robert R. Dunn

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Sarah E. Diamond

Current address: Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Aaron M. Ellison

Affiliation Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nicholas J. Gotelli

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Douglas J. Levey

Affiliation National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JR NJS RRD AME NJG. Performed the experiments: JR SLP KLS SED. Analyzed the data: JR SLP. Wrote the paper: JR SLP KLS NJS RRD SED AME NJG DJL.