About the Authors
- Mari Kekkonen
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* E-mail: kekkonen@uoguelph.ca
Affiliations Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Zoology Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- Marko Mutanen
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Affiliation Department of Genetics and Physiology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Lauri Kaila
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Affiliation Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Zoology Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Marko Nieminen
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Affiliation Metapopulation Research Centre, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Paul D. N. Hebert
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Affiliation Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
HOK-Elanto has been a sponsor for Finnish Museum of Natural History, sponsoring without specifications activities of the institute. It was an internal decision in the Finnish Museum of Natural History to support the publications in the form of financing a collecting trip of Dr. Lauri Kaila to Australia, with no communication with the sponsor regarding this decision. Therefore, the authors declare impartiality and no influence by HOK-Elanto regarding the support for the activity relating to this publication. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MK. Performed the experiments: MK MN. Analyzed the data: MK MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PDNH MM LK. Wrote the paper: MK MM LK MN PDNH.