About the Authors

Bruce A. Robertson

RobertsonBr@si.edu

Affiliation Kellogg Biological Station, U.S. Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Patrick J. Doran

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Elizabeth R. Loomis

Affiliation Kellogg Biological Station, U.S. Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

J. Roy Robertson

Affiliation Battle Creek, Michigan, United States of America

Douglas W. Schemske

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, U.S. Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAR PJD DWS. Performed the experiments: BAR ERL. Analyzed the data: JRR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRR. Wrote the paper: BAR.