About the Authors

Candan U. Soykan

candan.soykan@noaa.gov

Current address: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

L. Arriana Brand

Affiliation Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA) Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Leslie Ries

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

Juliet C. Stromberg

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Christine Hass

Affiliation Drylands Institute, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

David A. Simmons Jr

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

William J. D. Patterson

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

John L. Sabo

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CUS LAB LR JCS CH DAS WJDP JLS. Performed the experiments: CUS LAB LR JCS CH DAS WJDP JLS. Analyzed the data: CUS. Wrote the paper: CUS LAB LR JCS CH DAS WJDP JLS.