About the Authors

David B. Clark

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

dbclark50@yahoo.com

Affiliation University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Steven F. Oberbauer

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dept. of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States of America, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL, United States of America

Deborah A. Clark

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Michael G. Ryan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ft. Collins, CO, United States of America, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Ralph O. Dubayah

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Geography, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.