About the Authors

Kusum J. Naithani

naithani@psu.edu

Affiliations Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Doug C. Baldwin

Affiliation Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Katie P. Gaines

Affiliations Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Henry Lin

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

David M. Eissenstat

Affiliations Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed to revisions: DB KG HL DME. Conceived and designed the experiments: KJN DME HL. Performed the experiments: KJN DB KG. Analyzed the data: KJN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJN. Wrote the paper: KJN.