About the Authors

Jeroen Minderman

Jeroen.Minderman@newcastle.ac.uk

Current address: School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Affiliation Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom

Chris J. Pendlebury

Affiliation Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom

James W. Pearce-Higgins

Affiliation British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, United Kingdom

Kirsty J. Park

Affiliation Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM CJP KJP. Performed the experiments: JM. Analyzed the data: JM KJP JWP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJP. Wrote the paper: JM CJP JWP KJP.