About the Authors

Daniel Nettle

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: daniel.nettle@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

James B. Grace

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States of America

Marc Choisy

Affiliations Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR 2724 IRD-CNRS, Montpellier, France

Howard V. Cornell

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jean-François Guégan

Affiliation Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR 2724 IRD-CNRS, Montpellier, France

Michael E. Hochberg

Affiliations Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR 5554,Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: MH DN HC. Other: Analyzed models: JG. Conceived models: JG MC HC J-FG. Assembled database: MC HC J-FG. Conceived study: MH. Obtained funding for study: MH. Conceived study: DN.