About the Authors

Adrian Patrut

apatrut@gmail.com

Affiliation Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Chemistry, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Karl F. von Reden

Affiliation NOSAMS Facility, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Pascal Danthu

Affiliations Cirad, UPR BSEF, Montpellier, France, DP Forêts et Biodiversité, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Jean-Michel Leong Pock-Tsy

Affiliation DP Forêts et Biodiversité, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Roxana T. Patrut

Affiliation Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Daniel A. Lowy

Affiliation Northern Virginia Community College (Nova University), Alexandria Campus, Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP. Performed the experiments: AP KFVR PD JMLPT RTP. Analyzed the data: AP KFVR PD JMLPT RTP DAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP KFVR PD JMLPT RTP. Wrote the paper: AP.