About the Authors

Mark D. Huynh

Affiliation Plant and Wildlife Science Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, United States of America

Justin T. Page

Affiliation Plant and Wildlife Science Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, United States of America

Bryce A. Richardson

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Provo, UT, 84606, United States of America

Joshua A. Udall

jaudall@byu.edu

Affiliation Plant and Wildlife Science Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JU BR MH. Performed the experiments: MH JP. Analyzed the data: JP MH BR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH JP BR JU. Wrote the paper: MH JP BR JU. Performed the lab work, analyzed the data and prepared the final manuscript: MH. Provided bioinformatic support during data analysis and edited the final manuscript: JP. Provided ecological insight, resources and helped formulate the structure of the final manuscript: BR. Provided insight into transcriptome analysis and edited the final manuscript: JU.