About the Authors

Lindsay P. Campbell

lpcampbell@ku.edu

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Andrew O. Finley

Affiliations Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

M. Eric Benbow

Affiliations Department of Entomology, University of Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Osteopathic Medical Specialties, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Jenni Gronseth

Affiliation Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Pamela Small

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Roch Christian Johnson

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre la Lèpre et l’ulcère de Buruli, Cotonou, Benin

Ghislain E. Sopoh

Affiliation Institut régional de santé publique, université d'Abomey-calavi, Ouidah, Bénin

Richard M. Merritt

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Heather Williamson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

Jiaguo Qi

Affiliations Department of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LPC AOF MEB JQ JG RMM HW GES RCJ. Analyzed the data: LPC AOF MEB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCJ GES PS. Wrote the paper: LPC AOF MEB JG. Critically revised the manuscript: RMM JG PS HW.