About the Authors

Julia Nowack

julia.nowack@uni-hamburg.de

Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology and Conservation, Biocentre Grindel, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Nomakwezi Mzilikazi

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Kathrin H. Dausmann

Affiliation Department of Animal Ecology and Conservation, Biocentre Grindel, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JN KHD NM. Performed the experiments: JN. Analyzed the data: JN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHD NM. Wrote the paper: JN KHD NM.