About the Authors

Michael J. L. Peers

michaelpeers@trentu.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Daniel H. Thornton

Affiliations Department of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Panthera, New York, New York, United States of America

Dennis L. Murray

Affiliation Department of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJLP DHT DLM. Performed the experiments: MJLP DHT. Analyzed the data: MJLP DHT DLM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DHT DLM. Wrote the paper: MJLP DHT DLM.