About the Authors

Forrest R. Stevens

forrest.stevens@louisville.edu

Affiliation Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Andrea E. Gaughan

Affiliation Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Catherine Linard

Affiliations Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS), Rue d’Egmont 5, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium, Biological Control and Spatial Ecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 160/12, Avenue FD Roosevelt 50, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

Andrew J. Tatem

Affiliations Department of Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: FRS AEG AJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FRS AEG CL AJT. Wrote the paper: FRS AEG CL AJT.