About the Authors

Gregory M. Erickson

gerickson@bio.fsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Paul M. Gignac

Current address: Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Scott J. Steppan

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

A. Kristopher Lappin

Affiliation Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Kent A. Vliet

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

John D. Brueggen

Affiliation St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, St. Augustine, Florida, United States of America

Brian D. Inouye

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

David Kledzik

Affiliation St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, St. Augustine, Florida, United States of America

Grahame J. W. Webb

Affiliation Wildlife Management International, Karama, and School of Environmental Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territories, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GME PMG AKL KAV. Performed the experiments: GME PMG AKL KAV JDB DK GJWW. Analyzed the data: GME PMG SJS AKL BDI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GME SJS JDB BDI GJWW. Wrote the paper: GME PMG SJS AKL BDI GJWW.