About the Authors

Jake M. Ferguson

troutinthemilk@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jessica B. Langebrake

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Vincent L. Cannataro

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Andres J. Garcia

Affiliations Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Hamman

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Maia Martcheva

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Craig W. Osenberg

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMF JBL VLC AJG EAH MM CWO. Performed the experiments: JMF JBL. Analyzed the data: JMF JBL. Wrote the paper: JMF JBL VLC AJG EAH MM CWO.