About the Authors

Nima Madani

nima.madani@ntsg.umt.edu

Affiliation Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, College of Forestry & Conservation, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT, 59812, United States of America

John S. Kimball

Affiliation Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, College of Forestry & Conservation, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT, 59812, United States of America

Mona Nazeri

Affiliation School of Journalism, Department of Environmental Journalism, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT, 59812, United States of America

Lalit Kumar

Affiliation Ecosystem Management, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Ring Road, Armidale, New South Wales, 2351, Australia

David L. R. Affleck

Affiliation College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT, 59812, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM. Performed the experiments: NM. Analyzed the data: NM MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM JSK MN LK DLRA. Wrote the paper: NM JSK MN LK DLRA.