About the Authors

Matthieu Paquet

matthieu.paquet@cefe.cnrs.fr

Affiliation CEFE-CNRS, 1919 Route de Mende, Montpellier, France

Rita Covas

Affiliations CIBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, Vairão, Portugal, Percy Fitzpatrick Institute, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Biology Department, Science Faculty, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Olivier Chastel

Affiliation Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS, Villiers-en-Bois, France

Charline Parenteau

Affiliation Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS, Villiers-en-Bois, France

Claire Doutrelant

Affiliation CEFE-CNRS, 1919 Route de Mende, Montpellier, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Hormonal analyses: CP OC. Carotenoids analyses: MP. Discussed the analyses results and manuscript: MP CD RC OC CP. Conceived and designed the experiments: RC CD MP. Performed the experiments: MP RC. Analyzed the data: MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP OC. Wrote the paper: MP CD RC.