About the Authors

Chadwick D. Rittenhouse

cdrittenhous@wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Anna M. Pidgeon

Affiliation Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Thomas P. Albright

Affiliation Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Patrick D. Culbert

Affiliation Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Murray K. Clayton

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Curtis H. Flather

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

Chengquan Huang

Affiliation Department of Geography, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Jeffrey G. Masek

Affiliation Biospheric Sciences, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, United States of America

Susan I. Stewart

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Volker C. Radeloff

Affiliation Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CDR AMP TPA MKC CHF JGM SIS VR. Analyzed the data: CDR TPA PDC MKC CHF CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDR TPA PDC CHF CH JGM. Wrote the paper: CDR AMP TPA MKC CHF CH SIS VR.