About the Authors

Richard D. Stevens

rstevens@lsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

J. Sebastián Tello

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Pichincha, Quito, Ecuador

María Mercedes Gavilanez

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RDS JST MMG. Performed the experiments: JST MMG. Analyzed the data: JST MMG. Wrote the paper: RDS JST MMG.