About the Authors

Richard Cuthbert

Affiliation Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, United Kingdom

Mark A. Taggart

Affiliations Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain, Department of Plant and Soil Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Vibhu Prakash

Affiliation Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India

Mohini Saini

Affiliation Centre for Wildlife Conservation, Management and Disease Surveillance, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Devendra Swarup

Affiliation Centre for Wildlife Conservation, Management and Disease Surveillance, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Suchitra Upreti

Affiliation Centre for Wildlife Conservation, Management and Disease Surveillance, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Rafael Mateo

Affiliation Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain

Soumya Sunder Chakraborty

Affiliation Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India

Parag Deori

Affiliation Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India

Rhys E. Green

reg29@cam.ac.uk

Affiliations Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, United Kingdom, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC MAT VP MS DS RM REG. Performed the experiments: RC MAT MS SSC RM PD SU. Analyzed the data: RC MAT REG SU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAT MS. Wrote the paper: RC MAT MS REG.