About the Authors

Joris M. Koene

joris.koene@falw.vu.nl

Affiliation Animal Ecology, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Wiebe Sloot

Affiliation Animal Ecology, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Kora Montagne-Wajer

Affiliation Animal Ecology, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Scott F. Cummins

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Bernard M. Degnan

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

John S. Smith

Affiliation Biomolecular Resource Facility, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Gregg T. Nagle

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia-University of Georgia Medical Partnership Campus, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Andries ter Maat

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institute for Ornithology, Behavioural Neurobiology, Seewiesen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMK AtM. Performed the experiments: JMK WS KMW JSS GTN. Analyzed the data: JMK SFC GTN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMK SFC BMD JSS GTN. Wrote the paper: JMK AtM. Provided main funding: JMK.