About the Authors

Ying-Yi Ho

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yin-Ping Fang

Affiliation Department of Biological Resources, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan

Cheng-Han Chou

Affiliations Department of Leisure and Recreation Studies, Aletheia University, Tainan, Taiwan, Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, Taiwan

Hsi-Chi Cheng

Affiliation Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, Taiwan

Hsueh-Wen Chang

hwchang@mail.nsysu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YYH CHC. Performed the experiments: YYH YPF CHC. Analyzed the data: YYH CHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCC HWC. Wrote the paper: YYH HWC.