About the Authors

Yossi Yovel

yossiyovel@hotmail.com

Affiliation Animal Physiology, Zoological Institute, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Matthias Otto Franz

Affiliations Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen, Germany, University of Applied Sciences, Konstanz, Germany

Peter Stilz

Affiliation Animal Physiology, Zoological Institute, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Hans-Ulrich Schnitzler

Affiliation Animal Physiology, Zoological Institute, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY MF PS HS. Performed the experiments: YY PS. Analyzed the data: YY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY MF PS. Wrote the paper: YY.