About the Authors

Michele A. Gaston

mg45447@txstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas State University - San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas, United States of America

Akiko Fuji

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas State University - San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas, United States of America

Floyd W. Weckerly

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas State University - San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas, United States of America

Michael R. J. Forstner

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas State University - San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF. Performed the experiments: MF. Analyzed the data: MAG AF FW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MF. Wrote the paper: MAG AF. Performed initial analyses on a reduced version of the full dataset and wrote a preliminary draft of the manuscript: AF. Significantly contributed to statistical analyses and interpretations: FW. Significantly contributed to editing process: MF.