This project is co-supervised by Dr. Anne McIntosh and Dr. Scott Nielsen. I would like to thank Hollie Ostrowski for her invaluable support throughout the 2025 field season, including data collection, data entry, and field preparation, and Regina Tenorio Sánchez for her field assistance.

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