About the Authors

Ralf Lauterbach

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Konstans Wells

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany

Robert B. O'Hara

Affiliation Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany

Elisabeth K. V. Kalko

† Deceased.

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Swen C. Renner

swen.renner@uni-ulm.de

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Front Royal, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EKVK SCR KW. Performed the experiments: RL. Analyzed the data: KW RBO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EKVK SCR. Wrote the paper: RL KW RBO EKVK SCR.