About the Authors

Claudia Stein

stein.clp@gmail.com

Affiliation Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Lauren M. Hallett

Affiliation Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

W. Stanley Harpole

Affiliation Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Katharine N. Suding

Affiliation Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS WSH KNS. Performed the experiments: CS. Analyzed the data: CS LMH. Wrote the paper: CS LMH. Commented on manuscript: WSH KNS.