About the Authors

Jennifer H. Fewell

j.fewell@asu.edu

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Dieter Armbruster

Affiliations School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

John Ingraham

Affiliation School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Alexander Petersen

Affiliation School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

James S. Waters

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHF DA. Performed the experiments: JHF JI AP. Analyzed the data: JHF JI AP DA JSW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHF DA. Wrote the paper: JHF DA JI JSW.