About the Authors

Robert I. McDonald

rob_mcdonald@tnc.org

Affiliation Worldwide Office, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Julian D. Olden

Affiliation School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jeffrey J. Opperman

Affiliation Freshwater Focal Area Program, The Nature Conservancy, Chargin Falls, Ohio, United States of America

William M. Miller

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Joseph Fargione

Affiliation North America Region, The Nature Conservancy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Carmen Revenga

Affiliation Marine Focal Area Program, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Jonathan V. Higgins

Affiliation Freshwater Focal Area Program, The Nature Conservancy, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jimmie Powell

Affiliation Worldwide Office, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RIM JJO WMM JF CR JVH JP. Performed the experiments: RIM JDO JJO. Analyzed the data: RIM JDO JJO WMM JF. Wrote the paper: RIM JDO JJO WMM JF JVH.