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Michelle Jovanne Rivera-Rivera1,2\*, Veronica Acosta-Martínez3 and Elvira Cuevas1,2

1 Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

2 Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

3 United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Lubbock Texas

\*Address all correspondence to: yersiniamjr@hotmail.com

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