About the Authors

Maris Hindrikson

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Jaanus Remm

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Peep Männil

Affiliation Estonian Environment Information Centre, Tartu, Estonia

Janis Ozolins

Affiliation State Forest Research Institute “Silava,” Salaspils, Latvia

Egle Tammeleht

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Urmas Saarma

Urmas.Saarma@ut.ee

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH JR PM JO ET US. Performed the experiments: MH JR ET. Analyzed the data: MH JR ET US. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH JR PM JO ET US. Wrote the manuscript: MH JR US. Commented on the manuscript drafts: PM JO ET.