About the Authors

James P. O'Dwyer

jodwyer@santafe.edu

Affiliations Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America, Institute for Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Steven W. Kembel

Affiliations Institute for Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Départment des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jessica L. Green

Affiliations Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America, Institute for Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPO SWK JLG. Performed the experiments: JPO SWK JLG. Analyzed the data: JPO SWK JLG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPO SWK JLG. Wrote the paper: JPO SWK JLG.