Acknowledgements
We thank the Seychelles Bureau of Standards and the Department of
Environment for permission for fieldwork overall, and Nature Seychelles
(Cousin), the Island Conservation Society (Aride) and the proprietors of
Cousine, Denis and Frégate for facilitating fieldwork on their
respective islands. This study would not have been possible without the
contribution of many fieldworkers and technicians. We particularly thank
David Wright and Marco van der Velde for MHC and Microsatellite
genotyping, respectively. CSD was funded by the Natural Environment
Research Council and EnvEast DTP (NE/L002582/1). The long-term
Seychelles warbler study was funded by various grants including a Marie
Curie Fellowship (HPMF‐CT‐2000–01074), NERC fellowship
(NER/I/S/2002/00712), NERC Grants NE/F02083X/1 and NE/K005502/1 to DSR,
NERC fellowship (NE/I021748/1) to HLD, NERC grant NE/P011284/1 to HLD
and DSR, NWO VENI fellowship (863.15.020) to MH and NWO Grants
854.11.003 and 823.01.014 to JK.