About the Authors

Delyle T. Polet

dtpolet@ucalgary.ca

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Morris R. Flynn

Contributed equally to this work with: Morris R. Flynn, Felix A. H. Sperling

Affiliations Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Applied Mathematics Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Felix A. H. Sperling

Contributed equally to this work with: Morris R. Flynn, Felix A. H. Sperling

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DTP MRF FAHS. Performed the experiments: DTP. Analyzed the data: DTP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DTP MRF FAHS. Wrote the paper: DTP MRF FAHS. Conceived the mathematical model: DTP. Collected specimens: FAHS.