About the Authors

Nicholas J. Aebischer

naebischer@gwct.org.uk

Affiliation Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Christopher J. Wheatley

Affiliation Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Hugh R. Rose

Affiliation British Deer Society, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HRR. Performed the experiments: HRR. Analyzed the data: NJA CJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NJA. Wrote the paper: NJA CJW HRR.