About the Authors

Morgan R. Harris

harrismr@appstate.edu

Affiliation Appalachian State University Biology Department, Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Lynn Siefferman

Affiliation Appalachian State University Biology Department, Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRH LS. Performed the experiments: MRH LS. Analyzed the data: MRH LS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRH LS. Wrote the paper: MRH LS.