About the Authors

Martin Wikelski

Affiliations Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama

Jerry Moxley

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Alexander Eaton-Mordas

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Margarita M. López-Uribe

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Richard Holland

Affiliation Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany

David Moskowitz

Affiliation EcolSciences, Inc., Rockaway, New Jersey, United States of America

David W. Roubik

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama

Roland Kays

rkays@mail.nysed.gov

Affiliations Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama, New York State Museum, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

David Moskowitz is employed by EcolSciences, who is a funder of this research. The employment of this author in a commercial company does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AEM MMLU RAH DM DWR. Performed the experiments: MW JM AEM MMLU RAH DM RK. Analyzed the data: MW JM RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MW RK. Wrote the paper: MW RAH DM DWR RK.