About the Authors

Barbara A. Han

hanb@caryinstitute.org

Affiliation Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America

John Paul Schmidt

Affiliations Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Laura W. Alexander

Affiliation University of California, Integrative Biology, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Sarah E. Bowden

Affiliation Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America

David T. S. Hayman

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory, Hopkirk Research Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

John M. Drake

Affiliations Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAH JMD. Performed the experiments: BAH. Analyzed the data: BAH JPS LWA SEB DTSH JMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BAH JPS SEB LWA JMD. Wrote the paper: BAH DTSH JMD JPS.