About the Authors

Peter L. Falkingham

pfalkingham@rvc.ac.uk

Affiliations Structure and Motion Laboratory, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Karl T. Bates

Affiliation Department of Musculoskeletal Biology II, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

James O. Farlow

Affiliation Department of Geosciences, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PLF. Performed the experiments: PLF. Analyzed the data: PLF JOF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KTB JOF. Wrote the paper: PLF KTB JOF.