About the Authors

Kelly Elschot

Current address: Wageningen Marine Research, Wageningen University and Research, AB Den Helder, The Netherlands

Affiliation Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences GELIFES, University of Groningen, CC Groningen, The Netherlands

Anke Vermeulen

Current address: Ethology Research Group, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein, Wilrijk, Belgium

Affiliation Ecosystem Management Research Group, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein, Wilrijk, Belgium

Wouter Vandenbruwaene

Affiliation Flanders Hydraulics Research, Flemish Government, Berchemlei, Antwerpen, Belgium

Jan P. Bakker

j.p.bakker@rug.nl

Affiliation Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences GELIFES, University of Groningen, CC Groningen, The Netherlands

Tjeerd J. Bouma

Affiliation NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems and Utrecht University, AC Yerseke, the Netherlands

Julia Stahl

Affiliation Sovon, Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Henk Castelijns

Affiliation Natuurbeschermingsvereniging De Steltkluut, AH Terneuzen, The Netherlands

Stijn Temmerman

Affiliation Ecosystem Management Research Group, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein, Wilrijk, Belgium

Competing Interests

On behalf of all authors we declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KE JPB TJB ST. Data curation: KE. Formal analysis: KE. Funding acquisition: JPB TJB ST. Investigation: KE AV WV. Methodology: KE WV JPB TJB JS ST. Project administration: JPB TJB. Resources: JPB TJB JS HC ST. Software: KE. Supervision: JPB TJB ST. Validation: KE JPB TJB ST. Visualization: KE. Writing – original draft: KE. Writing – review & editing: KE AV WV JPB TJB JS HC ST.