About the Authors

Oscar M. Chaves

ochaba@gmail.com

Affiliations Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Ex Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia, Michoacán, México

Kathryn E. Stoner

Affiliations Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Ex Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia, Michoacán, México, Department of Biological and Health Sciences, Texas A & M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas, United States of America

Sergio Ángeles-Campos

Affiliation Departamento de Nutrición Animal y Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Delegación Coyoacán, Mexico

Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez

Affiliation Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Ex Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia, Michoacán, México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OMC KES. Performed the experiments: OMC SA-C. Analyzed the data: OMC VA-R. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OMC KES SA-C VA-R. Wrote the paper: OMC VA-R KES SA-C. Field work and material collection: OMC VA-R.