About the Authors

Michelle K. Smith

michelle.k.smith@maine.edu

Affiliations School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America, Maine Research in STEM Education Center, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Seanna L. Annis

Affiliation School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Jennifer J. Kaplan

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Frank Drummond

Affiliations School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America, Cooperative Extension, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKS SLA FD. Performed the experiments: SLA FD. Analyzed the data: MKS JJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MKS JJK. Wrote the paper: MKS SLA JJK FD.