About the Authors

Robert K. Swihart

rswihart@purdue.edu

Affiliation Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Mekala Sundaram

Affiliation Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Tomas O. Höök

Affiliations Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

J. Andrew DeWoody

Affiliation Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Kenneth F. Kellner

Affiliation Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RKS MS. Performed the experiments: RKS MS TOH JAD. Analyzed the data: RKS MS KFK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RKS MS KFK. Wrote the paper: RKS MS TOH JAD KFK.