About the Authors

Kemen G. Austin

kemen.austin@duke.edu

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Prasad S. Kasibhatla

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Dean L. Urban

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Fred Stolle

Affiliation World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, United States of America

Jeffrey Vincent

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KGA. Performed the experiments: KGA. Analyzed the data: KGA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLU JV FS. Wrote the paper: KGA PSK JV.