About the Authors

Tania Schoennagel

tschoe@colorado.edu

Affiliations Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Thomas T. Veblen

Affiliation Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

José F. Negron

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Jeremy M. Smith

Affiliation Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS TTV. Performed the experiments: TS. Analyzed the data: TS JMS TTV. Wrote the paper: TS. Contributed fuels data: JFN. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: JFN TTV JMS.