About the Authors

Lackson Chama

Affiliation Department of Ecology - Conservation Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Dana G. Berens

dana.berens@staff.uni-marburg.de

Affiliation Department of Ecology - Conservation Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Colleen T. Downs

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Nina Farwig

Affiliation Department of Ecology - Conservation Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Competing Interests

Co-author Nina Farwig is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. 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: NF CD. Performed the experiments: LC. Analyzed the data: LC DGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NF CD. Wrote the paper: LC DGB CD NF.