About the Authors

Joanna L. Nelson

jnelson@stanfordalumni.org

Affiliation Environmental Studies Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Erika S. Zavaleta

Affiliation Environmental Studies Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Advised by ESZ: JLN. Advised by the academic committee (Drs. F. Stuart Chapin, III, K. Wasson, and M. FitzSimmons, who are listed in the Acknowledgments): JLN. Raimondi advised during Analyzed the Data: JLN. Performed the experiments: JLN. Analyzed the data: JLN ESZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLN. Wrote the paper: JLN.