About the Authors

Julia Schad

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Evolutionary Genetics, Berlin, Germany

Dina K. N. Dechmann

Affiliations Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany, Department of Biology, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

Christian C. Voigt

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Evolutionary Ecology, Berlin, Germany

Simone Sommer

Sommer@izw-berlin.de

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Evolutionary Genetics, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS DKND CCV SS. Performed the experiments: DKND JS. Analyzed the data: JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DKND SS. Wrote the paper: JS DKND CCV SS.