About the Authors

H. James McQuillan

jamie.mcquillan@otago.ac.nz

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Shinichi Nakagawa

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Alison R. Mercer

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJM AM. Performed the experiments: HJM. Analyzed the data: HJM SN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HJM SN AM.