About the Authors

Terje Kristensen

terjekrist@gmail.com

Current Address: Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Erik Næsset

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Mikael Ohlson

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Paul V. Bolstad

Affiliation Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Randall Kolka

Affiliation United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK EN MO. Performed the experiments: TK EN MO. Analyzed the data: TK EN MO PB RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK EN MO PB RK. Wrote the paper: TK EN MO PB RK.