About the Authors
- Thomas Ruf
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: thomas.ruf@vu-wien.ac.at
Affiliation Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
- Teresa Valencak
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Affiliation Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
- Frieda Tataruch
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Affiliation Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
- Walter Arnold
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Affiliation Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
Competing Interests
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TR. Analyzed the data: TR TV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WA. Wrote the paper: TR. Other: Collected all tissue samples and literature data: TV. Performed all chemical analyses: FT. Contributed to the writing of the paper: WA.