About the Authors

Graham J. Slater

gslater@ucla.edu

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Borja Figueirido

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología y Geología, Área de Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Universitario de Teatinos, Málaga, Spain

Leeann Louis

Affiliation Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Paul Yang

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Blaire Van Valkenburgh

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GJS. Performed the experiments: GJS LL PY. Analyzed the data: GJS BF LL PY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GJS BF BVV. Wrote the paper: GJS BF BVV.