Mac Loughlin, Camila http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3156-201X
Valdivia-Carrillo, Tania http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6791-7337
Valenzuela-Quiñonez, Fausto http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9069-6061
Reyes-Bonilla, Hector http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2593-9631
Brusca, Richard C. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4291-927X
Munguia-Vega, Adrian http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3545-6510
Funding for this research was provided by:
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT Fronteras de la Ciencia 292/2016)
The University of Arizona—CONACYT Binational Consortium for the Regional Scientific Development and Innovation (CAZMEX 2019, 2020)
National Geographic Society (NGS-62186R-19)
Article History
Received: 15 April 2023
Revised: 7 November 2023
Accepted: 6 February 2024
First Online: 23 February 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: No animal testing, capture, or handling was performed during this study.
: All necessary permits for sampling and observational field studies have been obtained by the authors.
: Raw sequences were deposited in NCBI’s Short Read Archive under Bioproject No.PRJNA919092 (ExternalRef removed).
: AMV and HRB conceived the project. AMV, HRB, and TVC conducted sampling. AMV and TVC performed laboratory procedures. CML performed bioinformatic and ecological analyses, and wrote the first draft. AMV, FVQ, and RCB supervised the project. All authors critically reviewed the analyses and contributed to the final manuscript.