About the Authors

Michael J. Dockry

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Dockry, Sonya S. Sachdeva

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mdockry@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States of America

Sonya S. Sachdeva

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Dockry, Sonya S. Sachdeva

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

Affiliation USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Evanston, IL, United States of America

Cherie L. Fisher

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ CLF, LSK, DHL and LMW also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Evanston, IL, United States of America

Laura S. Kenefic

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ CLF, LSK, DHL and LMW also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Orono, ME, United States of America

Dexter H. Locke

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

‡ CLF, LSK, DHL and LMW also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Lynne M. Westphal

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ CLF, LSK, DHL and LMW also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Evanston, IL, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Lead author was a US Forest Service research scientist from 2013-2019. All other coauthors are current US Forest Service employees. The findings and conclusions in this paper are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.