About the Authors

Jakob Fahr

jakob.fahr@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Migration and Immuno-ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (MPIO), Am Obstberg 1, 78315, Radolfzell, Germany, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, Zoological Institute, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Michael Abedi-Lartey

Affiliations Department of Migration and Immuno-ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (MPIO), Am Obstberg 1, 78315, Radolfzell, Germany, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

Thomas Esch

Affiliation German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Miriam Machwitz

Affiliation Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Belvaux, Luxembourg

Richard Suu-Ire

Affiliations Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission, Accra, Ghana, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

Martin Wikelski

Affiliations Department of Migration and Immuno-ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (MPIO), Am Obstberg 1, 78315, Radolfzell, Germany, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

Dina K. N. Dechmann

Affiliations Department of Migration and Immuno-ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (MPIO), Am Obstberg 1, 78315, Radolfzell, Germany, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JF DKND. Performed the experiments: DNKD JF MW MAL RSI. Analyzed the data: JF DKND. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TE MM. Wrote the paper: JF DKND.