About the Authors

Junaid Hassan

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Linda L. Bergaust

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

I. David Wheat

Affiliation Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Lars R. Bakken

lars.bakken@nmbu.no

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LLB LRB. Performed the experiments: LLB. Analyzed the data: JH LLB LRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IDW. Wrote the paper: JH LLB LRB. Constructed the model: JH IDW LRB. Analysed the simulation results: JH LRB. Edited and revised the text: JH LLB IDW LRB.