About the Authors

Iain D. Trewby

iaintrewby@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliation National Wildlife Management Centre, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Addlestone, United Kingdom

Richard Young

Affiliation Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Les Augrès Manor Trinity, Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom

Robbie A. McDonald

Affiliation Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Gavin J. Wilson

Affiliation National Wildlife Management Centre, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Addlestone, United Kingdom

John Davison

Affiliation Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Neil Walker

Affiliation National Wildlife Management Centre, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Addlestone, United Kingdom

Andrew Robertson

Affiliation Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

C. Patrick Doncaster

Affiliation Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Richard J. Delahay

Affiliation National Wildlife Management Centre, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Addlestone, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IT RY GJW JD CPD RJD. Performed the experiments: IT RY GJW JD NW RJD. Analyzed the data: IT RY RAM JD NW AR CPD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IT RY JD AR CPD. Wrote the paper: IT RY RAM GJW JD NW AR CPD RJD.