About the Authors

Bernard W. T. Coetzee

bwtcoetzee@gmail.com

Affiliations Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Kevin J. Gaston

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

Steven L. Chown

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BWTC SLC. Performed the experiments: BWTC. Analyzed the data: BWTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJG. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BWTC KJG SLC.