About the Authors

Robert Rutkowski

Affiliation Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland

Miha Krofel

Affiliation Wildlife Ecology Research Group, Department of Forestry, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Giorgos Giannatos

Affiliation Department of Zoology - Marine Biology, School of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, Athens, Greece

Duško Ćirović

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Peep Männil

Affiliation Estonian Environment Agency, Tartu, Estonia

Anatoliy M. Volokh

Affiliation Tauride Agrotechnology State University, Melitopol’, Ukraine

József Lanszki

Affiliation Department of Nature Conservation, University of Kaposvár, Kaposvár, Hungary

Miklós Heltai

Affiliation Institute for Wildlife Conservation, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary

László Szabó

Affiliation Institute for Wildlife Conservation, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary

Ovidiu C. Banea

Affiliation Ecology Department of Crispus NGO Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania

Eduard Yavruyan

Affiliation Scientific Centre of Zoology and Hydroecology, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

Vahram Hayrapetyan

Affiliation Stepanakert Branch of the Armenian National Agrarian University, Stepanakert, Armenia

Natia Kopaliani

Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

Anastasia Miliou

Affiliation Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, Mesokampos, Pythagorio, Samos, Greece

George A. Tryfonopoulos

Affiliation Management Body of Mount Parnon & Moustos Wetland, Arkadia, Astros, Greece

Petros Lymberakis

Affiliation Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Aleksandra Penezić

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Giedrė Pakeltytė

Affiliation Kaunas T. Ivanauskas Zoological Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania

Ewa Suchecka

Affiliation Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland

Wiesław Bogdanowicz

wieslawb@miiz.waw.pl

Affiliation Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WB OCB. Analyzed the data: RR WB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WB GG DĆ AMV EY VH PM NK GAT MK JL MH LS AM PL AP GP. Wrote the paper: RR WB MK JL LS MH GG DĆ OCB. Isolated DNA and genotyped the samples: ES. Coordinated the project: WB. Contributed to the final version of the manuscript: RR MK GG DĆ PM AMV JL MH LS OCB EY VH NK AM GAT PL AP GP ES WB.