About the Authors

Dulce M. Bustamante

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Carlos University, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Sandra M. De Urioste-Stone

Affiliation School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

José G. Juárez

Affiliation Health Studies Center, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Pamela M. Pennington

pamelap@uvg.edu.gt

Affiliation Health Studies Center, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMP SMDU JGJ. Performed the experiments: JGJ PMP. Analyzed the data: PMP SMDU DMB JGJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMP SMDU DMB JGJ. Wrote the paper: PMP SMDU DMB JGJ. Final approval of the manuscript: PMP SMDU DMB JGJ.