About the Authors

Steven W. Kembel

Contributed equally to this work with: Steven W. Kembel, James F. Meadow

Affiliations Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Biology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

James F. Meadow

Contributed equally to this work with: Steven W. Kembel, James F. Meadow

jfmeadow@gmail.com

Affiliations Biology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Timothy K. O’Connor

Affiliations Biology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Gwynne Mhuireach

Affiliations Biology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Dale Northcutt

Affiliations Biology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Jeff Kline

Affiliations Biology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Maxwell Moriyama

Affiliations Biology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

G. Z. Brown

Affiliations Biology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Architecture, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Brendan J. M. Bohannan

Affiliations Biology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Jessica L. Green

Affiliations Biology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 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

Conceived and designed the experiments: SWK JLG BJMB DN JK. Performed the experiments: SWK TKO GM DN MM. Analyzed the data: SWK JFM DN JK MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GZB BJMB JLG. Wrote the paper: SWK JFM JLG.