About the Authors

James R. Oakleaf

joakleaf@tnc.org (JRO); jkiesecker@tnc.org (JK)

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Development by Design Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Christina M. Kennedy

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Development by Design Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Sharon Baruch-Mordo

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Development by Design Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Paul C. West

Affiliation Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

James S. Gerber

Affiliation Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Larissa Jarvis

Affiliation Land Use and Global Environment (LUGE) Research Group, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Joseph Kiesecker

joakleaf@tnc.org (JRO); jkiesecker@tnc.org (JK)

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Development by Design Program, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRO CMK SB-M PCW JSG JK. Performed the experiments: JRO SB-M PCW JSG. Analyzed the data: JRO CMK SB-M PCW JSG JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRO PCW JSG LJ. Wrote the paper: JRO CMK SB-M PCW JSG LJ JK.