About the Authors

Tony Dejean

Affiliations SPYGEN, Savoie Technolac - BP 274, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Université de Savoie, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, Parc Naturel Régional Périgord-Limousin, La Coquille, France

Alice Valentini

Affiliations SPYGEN, Savoie Technolac - BP 274, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Université de Savoie, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France

Antoine Duparc

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Université de Savoie, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France

Stéphanie Pellier-Cuit

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Université Grenoble I, Grenoble, France

François Pompanon

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Université Grenoble I, Grenoble, France

Pierre Taberlet

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Université Grenoble I, Grenoble, France

Claude Miaud

claude.miaud@univ-savoie.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Université de Savoie, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Two authors (Tony Dejean and Alive Valentini) are working for a private company (SPYGEN) but this does not alter the adherence of all authors to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TD CM. Performed the experiments: TD AV AD SP-C FP. Analyzed the data: TD AV AD FP. Lead writers of the paper: TD AV. Contributed to the writing of the paper: SP-C FP PT CM.