About the Authors

Adam M. Wilson

adamw@buffalo.edu

Affiliations Geography Department, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Gene E. Likens

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMW GEL. Analyzed the data: AMW. Wrote the paper: AMW GEL.