About the Authors

Marcos D. Robles

mrobles@tnc.org

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy Center for Science and Public Policy, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Robert M. Marshall

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy Center for Science and Public Policy, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Frances O'Donnell

Affiliation Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Edward B. Smith

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy in California, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Jeanmarie A. Haney

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy Center for Science and Public Policy, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

David F. Gori

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR RM FO JH. Performed the experiments: MR FO. Analyzed the data: MR FO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR FO JH. Wrote the paper: MR RM FO ES JH DG.