About the Authors

Richard Inger

richinger@gmail.com

Affiliation Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Jonathan Bennie

Affiliation Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Thomas W. Davies

Affiliation Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Kevin J. Gaston

Affiliation Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RI JB TWD KJG. Performed the experiments: RI. Analyzed the data: RI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RI KJG. Wrote the paper: RI JB TWD KJG.