About the Authors

Rajan Ghimire

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Jay B. Norton

jnorton4@uwyo.edu

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Peter D. Stahl

Affiliation Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Urszula Norton

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JBN RG UN PDS. Performed the experiments: RG JBN. Analyzed the data: RG JBN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JBN PDS UN. Wrote the paper: RG JBN. Reviewed the manuscript: UN PDS.