About the Authors

José Lobo

jose.lobo@asu.edu

Affiliation School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Luís M. A. Bettencourt

Affiliation Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

Deborah Strumsky

Affiliation Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Geoffrey B. West

Affiliation Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: JL LMAB DS GW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL LMAB DS. Wrote the paper: JL LMAB GW.