About the Authors

Denise Aydinonat

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Dustin J. Penn

dustin.penn@vetmeduni.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Steve Smith

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Yoshan Moodley

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Franz Hoelzl

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Felix Knauer

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Franz Schwarzenberger

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA FS. Performed the experiments: DA FH. Analyzed the data: DA FK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM DJP. Wrote the paper: DA DJP SS FS.