About the Authors

Maarten Chris Boerlijst

Contributed equally to this work with: Maarten Chris Boerlijst, Willem Marijn van Ballegooijen

m.c.boerlijst@uva.nl

Affiliation Theoretical Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Willem Marijn van Ballegooijen

Contributed equally to this work with: Maarten Chris Boerlijst, Willem Marijn van Ballegooijen

Current address: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

Affiliation Theoretical Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCB WMvB. Performed the experiments: MCB WMvB. Analyzed the data: MCB WMvB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCB WMvB. Wrote the paper: MCB WMvB.