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- Elizabeth T. Green1,2,
- Anthony I. Dell1,3,
- John A. Crawford1,
- Elizabeth G. Biro3,4 and
- David R. Daversa1,*
- 1National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC), East Alton, IL 62024
- 2Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753
- 3Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130
- 4Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130
- ↵*Corresponding Author: Dave Daversa, ddaversa{at}gmail.com
Author contributions DRD and ETG designed the study and executed field sampling and trait measurements, with supervisorial support from AID and JAC. ETG completed the morphometrics and principle components analyses. DRD performed the rest of the statistical analyses. All authors contributed to the writing and revision of the manuscript.
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