About the Authors

Guillermo Blanco

gblanco@mncn.csic.es

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Ecology, National Museum of Natural History (CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, Spain

Dámaso Hornero-Méndez

Affiliation Departamento de Biotecnología de Alimentos, Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC), Avda. Padre García Tejero, Seville, Spain

Sergio A. Lambertucci

Affiliation Laboratorio Ecotono-INIBIOMA (CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue), Quintral 1250, Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina

Luis M. Bautista

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Ecology, National Museum of Natural History (CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, Spain

Guillermo Wiemeyer

Affiliation Jardín Zoológico de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Rep. de la India 3000 (CP 1425), Buenos Aires, Argentina

José A. Sanchez-Zapata

Affiliation Department of Applied Biology, University Miguel Hernández, Ctra. Beniel Km 3.2, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain

Juan Garrido-Fernández

Affiliation Departamento de Biotecnología de Alimentos, Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC), Avda. Padre García Tejero, Seville, Spain

Fernando Hiraldo

Affiliation Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), c/Americo Vespucio s/n, Seville, Spain

José A. Donázar

Affiliation Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), c/Americo Vespucio s/n, Seville, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GB SL JAS FH JAD. Performed the experiments: GB DHM SL GW JAS JGF FH JAD. Analyzed the data: GB DHM LMB JGF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB DHM SL GW JGF FH JAD. Wrote the paper: GB DHM LMB.