About the Authors

Johannes Penner

johannes.penner@mfn-berlin.de

Affiliation Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany

Gilbert B. Adum

Affiliation Department of Wildlife and Range Management, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, CANR, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

Matthew T. McElroy

Affiliation Department of Biology and Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Thomas Doherty-Bone

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Zoology, London, United Kingdom

Mareike Hirschfeld

Affiliation Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany

Laura Sandberger

Affiliation Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany

Ché Weldon

Affiliation Unit for Environmental Research, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Andrew A. Cunningham

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, London, United Kingdom

Torsten Ohst

Affiliations Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Institute of Microbiology and Hygiene, Berlin, Germany

Emma Wombwell

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, London, United Kingdom

Daniel M. Portik

Affiliation Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Duncan Reid

Affiliation Department of Biology and Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Annika Hillers

Affiliation Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Across the River - A Transboundary Peace Park for Sierra Leone and Liberia, Kenema, Sierra Leone

Caleb Ofori-Boateng

Affiliations Department of Wildlife and Range Management, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, CANR, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Fumesua, Kumasi, Ghana

William Oduro

Affiliation Department of Wildlife and Range Management, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, CANR, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

Jörg Plötner

Affiliation Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany

Annemarie Ohler

Affiliation Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Paris, France

Adam D. Leaché

Affiliation Department of Biology and Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Mark-Oliver Rödel

Affiliation Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Laboratory work: MTM TDB CW TO EW. Modelling: J. Penner MH . Conceived and designed the experiments: J.Penner GBA MTM TDB MH LS CW AAC TO EW DMP DR AH COB WO J. Plötner AO ADL MOR. Performed the experiments: GBA MTM TDB MH LS CW TO EW DMP DR COB AO J. Plötner ADL. Analyzed the data: J.Penner GBA MTM TDB MH CW TO EW ADL MOR. Wrote the paper: J.Penner MTM TDB CW MOR.