About the Authors

Talya D. Hackett

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Carmi Korine

Affiliations Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel, The Dead Sea and the Arava Science Center, Tamar Regional Council, Neveh Zohar, Israel

Marc W. Holderied

Marc.Holderied@bristol.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TDH CK MWH. Performed the experiments: TDH. Analyzed the data: TDH MWH. Wrote the paper: TDH CK MWH.