About the Authors

Hsiao-Hsuan Wang

hsuan006@tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

William E. Grant

Affiliation Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jianbang Gan

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

William E. Rogers

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Todd M. Swannack

Current address: Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Tomasz E. Koralewski

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

James H. Miller

Affiliation Southern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

John W. Taylor

Affiliation Southern Region Forest Health Protection, U.S. Forest Service, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HHW WEG JG WER TMS TEK JHM JWT. Performed the experiments: HHW WEG. Analyzed the data: HHW WEG JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HHW WEG TMS TEK. Wrote the paper: HHW WEG JG WER. Contributed to compiling of data: HHW JHM JWT.