About the Authors

Caroline Costedoat

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: costedoa@up.univ-mrs.fr

Affiliation Evolution Genome Environment (EA 3781 EGEE), Université de Provence, Marseille, France

Nicolas Pech

Affiliation Evolution Genome Environment (EA 3781 EGEE), Université de Provence, Marseille, France

Rémi Chappaz

Affiliation Evolution Genome Environment (EA 3781 EGEE), Université de Provence, Marseille, France

André Gilles

Affiliation Evolution Genome Environment (EA 3781 EGEE), Université de Provence, Marseille, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG. Performed the experiments: CC. Analyzed the data: AG CC NP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG CC NP RC. Wrote the paper: CC. Other: Manuscript revision and field work: AG. Field work: CC. Manuscript revision and field work: NP. Ecological and financial support, field work: RC.