About the Authors

Elsa Canard

elsa.canard@univ-montp2.fr

Affiliations Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France, Ecologie des systèmes marins côtiers, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Nicolas Mouquet

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Lucile Marescot

Affiliation Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France

Kevin J. Gaston

Affiliation Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Dominique Gravel

Affiliation Département de biologie chimie et géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada

David Mouillot

Affiliation Ecologie des systèmes marins côtiers, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM NM EC DG LM KJG. Performed the experiments: EC LM. Analyzed the data: EC LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM NM EC DG. Wrote the paper: DM NM EC DG KJG.