About the Authors

Jan O. Engler

j.engler.zfmk@uni-bonn.de

Affiliations Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany, Department of Wildlife Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Niko Balkenhol

Affiliation Department of Wildlife Sciences, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Katharina J. Filz

Affiliations Department of Biogeography, Trier University, Trier, Germany, Museum of Natural History Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

Jan C. Habel

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Ecosystemmanagement, Technical University Munich, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

Dennis Rödder

Affiliation Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JOE NB DR JCH. Performed the experiments: JCH JOE DR NB. Analyzed the data: JOE NB DR JCH KJF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCH JOE NB DR. Wrote the paper: JOE JCH NB DR KJF.