About the Authors

Christopher A. Gabler

cagabler@uh.edu

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Evan Siemann

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAG ES. Performed the experiments: CAG. Analyzed the data: CAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAG ES. Wrote the paper: CAG. Provided statistical advice and key comments and revisions on earlier versions of this manuscript: ES.