About the Authors

Melanie Massaro

melanie.massaro@canterbury.ac.nz

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Amanda Starling-Windhof

Current address: Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

James V. Briskie

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Thomas E. Martin

Affiliation USGS Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB MM. Performed the experiments: TM JB MM AS. Analyzed the data: MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM JB MM. Wrote the paper: JB MM. Other: Made valuable comments to an earlier draft of the manuscript: TM. Made comments to an earlier draft of the manuscript: AS.