About the Authors

Brian Huntley

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: brian.huntley@durham.ac.uk (BH); reg29@hermes.cam.ac.uk (RG)

Affiliation Institute of Ecosystem Science, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Yvonne C. Collingham

Affiliation Institute of Ecosystem Science, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Stephen G. Willis

Affiliation Institute of Ecosystem Science, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Rhys E. Green

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: brian.huntley@durham.ac.uk (BH); reg29@hermes.cam.ac.uk (RG)

Affiliations Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Conservation Science Department, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BH RG. Performed the experiments: YC. Analyzed the data: RG. Wrote the paper: BH RG. Other: Contributed to the synthesis: SW. Discussed the results: SW YC. Commented upon the manuscript: SW YC. Prepared the Figures and Tables: BH.