About the Authors

Ran Meng

Ran.Meng@utah.edu

Affiliation Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Philip E. Dennison

Affiliation Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Carla M. D’Antonio

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Max A. Moritz

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM PED CMD MAM. Performed the experiments: RM PED. Analyzed the data: RM PED. Wrote the paper: RM PED CMD MAM.