About the Authors

Stéphanie C. Schai-Braun

stephanie.schai-braun@boku.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Thomas S. Reichlin

Affiliation Division of Animal Welfare, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Thomas Ruf

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Erich Klansek

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Frieda Tataruch

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Walter Arnold

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Klaus Hackländer

Current address: Program in Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, North Carolina State University, David Clark Labs, Raleigh, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WA KH. Performed the experiments: TSR EK FT. Analyzed the data: EK FT SCS-B TR. Wrote the paper: SCS-B KH TSR TR.