About the Authors

Jason Samson

jason.samson@mail.mcgill.ca

Affiliation Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada

Dominique Berteaux

Affiliation Biology Department, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada

Brian J. McGill

Affiliation School of Biology and Ecology Sustainability Solutions Initiative, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Murray M. Humphries

Affiliation Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS DB BM MH. Analyzed the data: JS BM. Wrote the paper: JS DB BM MH.