About the Authors

Raeann Mettler

Contributed equally to this work with: Raeann Mettler, Gernot Segelbacher, H. Martin Schaefer

raeann.mettler@gmail.com

Current address: School of Natural Sciences, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Evolutionary Biology and Animal Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, School of Natural Sciences, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota, United States of America

Gernot Segelbacher

Contributed equally to this work with: Raeann Mettler, Gernot Segelbacher, H. Martin Schaefer

Current address: Wildlife Ecology and Management, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Affiliation Wildlife Ecology and Management, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

H. Martin Schaefer

Contributed equally to this work with: Raeann Mettler, Gernot Segelbacher, H. Martin Schaefer

Current address: Department of Evolutionary Biology and Animal Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology and Animal Ecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM GS HMS. Performed the experiments: RM GS HMS. Analyzed the data: RM GS HMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM GS HMS. Wrote the paper: RM GS HMS.