About the Authors

Juri Nascimbene

junasc@libero.it

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Lorenzo Marini

Affiliation DAFNAE - Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animalsandthe Environment, University of Padova, Legnaro (Padova), Italy

Diego Ivan

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Michela Zottini

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JN LM DI MZ. Performed the experiments: JN DI. Analyzed the data: JN LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZ. Wrote the manuscript: JN LM.