About the Authors

Jenni van Ravensway

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

M. Eric Benbow

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Anastasios A. Tsonis

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Steven J. Pierce

Affiliation Center for Statistical Training and Consulting, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Lindsay P. Campbell

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Janet A. M. Fyfe

Affiliations Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium Ulcerans, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

John A. Hayman

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Paul D. R. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia

John R. Wallace

Affiliation Department of Biology, Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jiaguo Qi

qi@msu.edu

Affiliations Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Geography, 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: JvR MEB AAT SJP LPC JQ. Performed the experiments: JvR MEB AAT SJP JQ. Analyzed the data: JvR MEB AAT SJP JQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MEB AAT SJP JAMF JAH PDRJ JQ. Wrote the paper: JvR MEB AAT SJP LPC JAMF JAH PDRJ JRW JQ.