About the Authors

André A. Dhondt

aad4@cornell.edu

Affiliation Bird Population Studies, Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Jonathan C. DeCoste

Affiliation Bird Population Studies, Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

David H. Ley

Affiliation Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Wesley M. Hochachka

Affiliation Bird Population Studies, Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAD WMH DHL JDC. Performed the experiments: JDC DHL. Analyzed the data: JDC AAD WMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDC DHL. Wrote the paper: JDC AAD DHL WMH. Performed field work: JDC.