About the Authors

Kenneth J. Locey

locey@biology.usu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Ethan P. White

Affiliations Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America, The Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJL EPW. Performed the experiments: KJL. Analyzed the data: KJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EPW. Wrote the paper: KJL EPW. Conceived the project idea, wrote scripts, conducted analyses, and served as primary writer of the manuscript: KJL. Contributed to the development and focus of the project and served as secondary writer: EPW.