About the Authors

Paul L. Delamater

delamate@msu.edu

Affiliation Department of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Joseph P. Messina

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

Sue C. Grady

Affiliation Department of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Vince WinklerPrins

Affiliation Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Ashton M. Shortridge

Affiliation 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: PLD JPM SCG VWP AMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PLD JPM SCG VWP AMS. Analyzed the data: PLD. Performed the experiments: PLD. Wrote the paper: PLD.