About the Authors

Sonia M. Hernandez

Contributed equally to this work with: Sonia M. Hernandez, Brady J. Mattsson

shernz@uga.edu (SMH); brady.mattsson@gmail.com (BJM)

Current address: Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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

Brady J. Mattsson

Contributed equally to this work with: Sonia M. Hernandez, Brady J. Mattsson

shernz@uga.edu (SMH); brady.mattsson@gmail.com (BJM)

Current address: Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Affiliation Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Valerie E. Peters

Current address: Department of Zoology and the Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America

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

Robert J. Cooper

Affiliation Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

C. Ron Carroll

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMH BJM. Performed the experiments: SMH VEP. Analyzed the data: SMH BJM VEP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMH BJM. Wrote the paper: SMH BJM VEP RJC CRC.