About the Authors

Michelle H. Hersh

mhersh@sarahlawrence.edu

Current address: Department of Biology, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, United States of America

Affiliations Program in Biology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States of America, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America

Richard S. Ostfeld

Affiliation Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America

Diana J. McHenry

Affiliation Program in Biology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States of America

Michael Tibbetts

Affiliation Program in Biology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States of America

Jesse L. Brunner

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Mary E. Killilea

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Kathleen LoGiudice

Affiliation Department of Biology, Union College, Schenectady, New York, United States of America

Kenneth A. Schmidt

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Felicia Keesing

Affiliation Program in Biology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSO MT JLB MEK KL KAS FK. Performed the experiments: MHH DJM JLB MEK KL KAS. Analyzed the data: MHH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MHH DJM MT FK. Wrote the paper: MHH RSO DJM MT FK.