About the Authors
- Emmanuel Chiwo Omondi
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* E-mail: chiwomondi@yahoo.com
Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, 1000 East University Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming, 82071, United States of America
- Andrew R. Kniss
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Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Wyoming, 1000 East University Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming, 82071, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ECO ARK. Performed the experiments: ECO. Analyzed the data: ECO ARK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARK. Wrote the paper: ECO. Addressed all of the two reviewers' comments as thoroughly as he could in the first draft revised manuscript, and then passed it on to the co-author for his input: ECO. Edited the corresponding author's first draft revision and suggested additional changes to improve upon it: ARK. Suggested revision of the title and decimal places for Table 1: ARK. Suggested revisions in Lines 322-337 of latest revised clean copy of the manuscript: ARK. Revised Abstract: ECO. Edited and further revised Introduction: ECO. Revised Results: ECO. Revised Discussion and Conclusions: ECO. Edited and further revised Discussion and Conclusions: ARK. Included more resources and reorganized References: ECO. Prepared first draft response to Reviewers' comments/questions/suggestions: ECO. Edited response to Reviewers: ARK. Addressed all the changes suggested by the co-author and reviewers and prepared a final revised manuscript for submission to PLOS ONE: ECO. Final edits to revised manuscript before submission: ARK. Submitted revision: ECO.