About the Authors

Julia Goldberg

jule.goldberg@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology & Anthropology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Michael Knapp

Current address: School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Rowan M. Emberson

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand

J. Ian Townsend

Affiliation Independent Researcher, Levin, New Zealand

Steven A. Trewick

Affiliation Ecology Group, Institute of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Competing Interests

Michael Knapp is a member of the editorial board of PLOS ONE, but this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG SAT. Performed the experiments: JG. Analyzed the data: JG MK SAT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG MK RME JIT SAT. Wrote the paper: JG SAT.