About the Authors

Hayley C. Lanier

hlanier@uwyo.edu

Current address: Department of Zoology & Physiology, University of Wyoming at Casper, Casper, Wyoming 82601, United States of America

Affiliation University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, United States of America

Aren M. Gunderson

Affiliation University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, United States of America

Marcelo Weksler

Current address: Laboratório de Ecoepidemiologia da Doença de Chagas, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21040–900, Brazil

Affiliation University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, United States of America

Vadim B. Fedorov

Affiliation Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, United States of America

Link E. Olson

Affiliation University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCL. Performed the experiments: HCL AMG. Analyzed the data: HCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCL AMG MW VF LEO. Wrote the paper: HCL AMG MW VF LEO. Data interpretation: HCL AMG MW VF LEO.