About the Authors

Edward Ayres

edayres@nrel.colostate.edu

Affiliation Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Heidi Steltzer

Affiliation Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Sarah Berg

Affiliation Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Matthew D. Wallenstein

Affiliation Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Breana L. Simmons

Affiliation Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Diana H. Wall

Affiliations Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EA HS DHW. Performed the experiments: EA HS SB MW BLS. Analyzed the data: EA MW BLS. Wrote the paper: EA HS SB MW BLS DHW.