About the Authors

Seung-Chul Kim

sckim@ucr.edu

Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Michael R. McGowen

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Pesach Lubinsky

Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Janet C. Barber

Affiliation Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Mark E. Mort

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Arnoldo Santos-Guerra

Affiliation Jardín de Aclimatación de La Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK JB. Performed the experiments: MRM JB MEM. Analyzed the data: SK. Wrote the paper: SK. Other: Involved in the study design: PL. Assisted in the field work: AS.