About the Authors

Jeff A. Tracey

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jatracey@usgs.gov

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Carlton J. Rochester

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Stacie A. Hathaway

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Kristine L. Preston

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America, San Diego Management and Monitoring Program, San Diego, California, United States of America

Alexandra D. Syphard

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Conservation Biology Institute, La Mesa, CA, United States of America

Amy G. Vandergast

Roles Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Jay E. Diffendorfer

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Janet Franklin

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

Jason B. MacKenzie

Roles Resources

Affiliation Environment and Planning Directorate, ACT Government, Canberra, Australia

Tomas A. Oberbauer

Roles Resources

Affiliation AECOM, San Diego, California, United States of America

Scott Tremor

Roles Resources

Affiliation San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California, United States of America

Clark S. Winchell

Roles Resources

Affiliation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Robert N. Fisher

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

TAO was an employee of the consulting company AECOM while he collected plant data used by The Nature Conservancy in constructing the plant species distribution models. AECOM had no input or influence on the planning, execution, or reporting of the work described in this manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.