About the Authors

Juan J. Soler

jsoler@eeza.csic.es

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, Almería, Spain

Jesús M. Avilés

Affiliation Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, Almería, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJS JMA. Performed the experiments: JJS JMA. Analyzed the data: JJS JMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJS JMA. Wrote the paper: JJS.