About the Authors

Jeremy S. Herman

j.herman@nms.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Allan D. McDevitt

Affiliation Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland

Agata Kawałko

Affiliations Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland, Statistical Office, Centre for Forestry and Preservation of Nature, Białystok, Poland

Maarit Jaarola

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Jan M. Wójcik

Affiliation Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland

Jeremy B. Searle

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolution, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSH ADM JMW JBS. Performed the experiments: ADM AK. Analyzed the data: JSH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JSH ADM AK MJ JMW JBS.