About the Authors

Daniel J. Thornhill

thornhill.dan@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, United States of America

Yu Xiang

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

William K. Fitt

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Scott R. Santos

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJT SRS. Performed the experiments: DJT YX WKF SRS. Analyzed the data: DJT SRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WKF SRS. Wrote the paper: DJT SRS.