About the Authors

Thomas Lecocq

thomas.lecocq@umons.ac.be

Affiliation Laboratoire de Zoologie, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium

Nicolas J. Vereecken

Affiliation Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Denis Michez

Affiliation Laboratoire de Zoologie, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium

Simon Dellicour

Affiliation Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Patrick Lhomme

Affiliation Laboratoire de Zoologie, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium

Irena Valterová

Affiliation Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

Jean-Yves Rasplus

Affiliation Institut national de la recherche agronomique, UMR Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, Montferrier sur Lez, France

Pierre Rasmont

Affiliation Laboratoire de Zoologie, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL NJV. Performed the experiments: TL DM. Analyzed the data: TL NJV IV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TL DM SD PL IV JYR PR. Wrote the paper: TL NJV. Data interpretation and critical discussion of the conclusion: TL NJV DM SD PL IV JYR PR.