About the Authors

Andrew K. Davis

akdavis@uga.edu

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Jean Chi

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Catherine Bradley

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Sonia Altizer

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AD SA. Performed the experiments: JC CB. Analyzed the data: AD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AD SA. Wrote the paper: AD.