About the Authors

Tom A. August

Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Miles A. Nunn

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Amy G. Fensome

Affiliation Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Danielle M. Linton

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Fiona Mathews

F.Mathews@exeter.ac.uk

Affiliation Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FM TA MN. Performed the experiments: TA DL. Analyzed the data: TA AF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA FM. Wrote the paper: TA FM MN AF DL.