About the Authors

Leah Wasser

leahwasser@gmail.com

Affiliations Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Rick Day

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Laura Chasmer

Affiliation Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Alan Taylor

Affiliations Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Geography, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAW LC. Performed the experiments: LAW. Analyzed the data: LAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAW LC. Wrote the paper: LAW LC RD AT.