About the Authors

John A. Stanturf

Contributed equally to this work with: John A. Stanturf, Scott L. Goodrick, Melvin L. Warren Jr., Susan Charnley, Christie M. Stegall

jstanturf@fs.fed.us

Affiliation Center for Forest Disturbance Science, U.S. Forest Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Scott L. Goodrick

Contributed equally to this work with: John A. Stanturf, Scott L. Goodrick, Melvin L. Warren Jr., Susan Charnley, Christie M. Stegall

Affiliation Center for Forest Disturbance Science, U.S. Forest Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Melvin L. Warren Jr.

Contributed equally to this work with: John A. Stanturf, Scott L. Goodrick, Melvin L. Warren Jr., Susan Charnley, Christie M. Stegall

Affiliation Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, U.S. Forest Service, Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America

Susan Charnley

Contributed equally to this work with: John A. Stanturf, Scott L. Goodrick, Melvin L. Warren Jr., Susan Charnley, Christie M. Stegall

Affiliation Goods, Services and Values Program, U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Christie M. Stegall

Contributed equally to this work with: John A. Stanturf, Scott L. Goodrick, Melvin L. Warren Jr., Susan Charnley, Christie M. Stegall

Affiliation Center for Forest Disturbance Science, U.S. Forest Service, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAS SLG MLW. Performed the experiments: JAS SLG MLW. Analyzed the data: JAS SLG MLW SC CMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLG CMS. Wrote the paper: JAS SLG MLW SC CMS.