About the Authors

Renata J. Medeiros

medeirosmirrarj@cardiff.ac.uk

Affiliation Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

R. Andrew King

Current address: College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Affiliation Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

William O. C. Symondson

Affiliation Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

Bernard Cadiou

Affiliation Bretagne Vivante – Société pour l'Étude et la Protection de la Nature en Bretagne (SEPNB), Brest, Brittany, France

Bernard Zonfrillo

Affiliation Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health, and Comparative Medicine, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Mark Bolton

Affiliation RSPB - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Rab Morton

Affiliation Sanda Island Bird Observatory, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom

Stephen Howell

Affiliation Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

Anthony Clinton

Affiliation Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

Marcial Felgueiras

Affiliation A Rocha – Associação Cristã de Estudo e Defesa do Ambiente, Mexilhoeira Grande, Algarve, Portugal

Robert J. Thomas

Affiliation Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJM RJT MB WOCS. Performed the experiments: RJM RJT MB MF BC BZ RAK RM SH AC. Analyzed the data: RJM RJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJM RJT MF RAK WOCS. Wrote the paper: RJM RJT.