About the Authors

Monika Böhm

Affiliation Environment Department, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Michael R. Hutchings

Affiliation Disease Systems, Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Piran C. L. White

PCLW1@york.ac.uk

Affiliation Environment Department, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB MH PW. Performed the experiments: MB PW. Analyzed the data: MB MH PW. Wrote the paper: MB MH PW.