About the Authors

Claudia Romeo

claudia.romeo@unimi.it

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Lucas A. Wauters

Affiliation Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy

Nicola Ferrari

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences and Public Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Paolo Lanfranchi

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences and Public Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Adriano Martinoli

Affiliation Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy

Benoît Pisanu

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Biodiversity Management, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Damiano G. Preatoni

Affiliation Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy

Nicola Saino

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Nicola Saino currently serves as academic editor for this journal, but this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CR LAW NF PL AM NS. Performed the experiments: CR LAW NF BP. Analyzed the data: CR LAW NF DGP BP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PL AM NS DGP. Wrote the paper: CR.