About the Authors

Julian A. Drewe

Contributed equally to this work with: Julian A. Drewe, Nicola Weber

Affiliation Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Herts, United Kingdom

Nicola Weber

Contributed equally to this work with: Julian A. Drewe, Nicola Weber

N.L.Weber@exeter.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, United Kingdom, The Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York, United Kingdom

Stephen P. Carter

Affiliation The Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York, United Kingdom

Stuart Bearhop

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, United Kingdom

Xavier A. Harrison

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, United Kingdom

Sasha R. X. Dall

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, United Kingdom

Robbie A. McDonald

Affiliation Environment and Sustainability Institute, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, United Kingdom

Richard J. Delahay

Affiliation The Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JD NW SB SD SC RM RD. Performed the experiments: JD NW. Analyzed the data: JD NW. Wrote the paper: JD NW SB SD SC RM RD. Wrote the R code that was used in the analyses and is provided as supplementary material: XH.