About the Authors

Isla S. Fishburn

isla.fishburn@sheffield.ac.uk

Affiliation Biodiversity and Macroecology Group, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Peter Kareiva

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Santa Clara University Project Office, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Kevin J. Gaston

Affiliation Biodiversity and Macroecology Group, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Paul R. Armsworth

Affiliation Biodiversity and Macroecology Group, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ISF PK KJG PRA. Analyzed the data: ISF PK KJG PRA. Wrote the paper: ISF PK KJG PRA.