About the Authors

Andrea Friebe

andrea.friebe@bearproject.info

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Biologicum, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/M., Germany

Alina L. Evans

Affiliation Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Hedmark University College, Campus Evenstad, Elverum, Norway

Jon M. Arnemo

Affiliations Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences, Hedmark College, Campus Evenstad, Elverum, Norway, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Forest Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden

Stéphane Blanc

Affiliation Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, UMR 7178 CNRS/UDS, Strasbourg, France

Sven Brunberg

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Günther Fleissner

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Biologicum, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/M., Germany

Jon E. Swenson

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, Norwegian Institute of Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway

Andreas Zedrosser

Affiliations Department of Environmental and Health Studies, Faculty of Arts and Science, Telemark University College, Bø i Telemark, Norway, Institute for Wildlife Biology and Game Management, University for Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF AE JMA S. Brunberg S. Blanc GF AZ JS. Performed the experiments: AF AE JMA S. Brunberg S. Blanc. Analyzed the data: AF AZ JS S. Blanc. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF AZ JS GF S. Brunberg JA S. Blanc. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AF JS AZ.