About the Authors

Heike Hadrys

heike.hadrys@ecolevol.de

Affiliations ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution, Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York, United States of America

Sabrina Simon

Affiliation ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution, Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Barbara Kaune

Affiliation ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution, Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Oliver Schmitt

Affiliation ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution, Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Anja Schöner

Affiliation ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution, Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Wolfgang Jakob

Affiliation ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution, Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Bernd Schierwater

Affiliations ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution, Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HH BS. Performed the experiments: BK OS AS WJ. Analyzed the data: HH SS WJ BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH. Wrote the paper: HH BS.