About the Authors

Emily S. Hope

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily S. Hope, Daniel W. McKenney, John H. Pedlar

Affiliation Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

Daniel W. McKenney

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily S. Hope, Daniel W. McKenney, John H. Pedlar

dan.mckenney@canada.ca

Affiliation Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

John H. Pedlar

Contributed equally to this work with: Emily S. Hope, Daniel W. McKenney, John H. Pedlar

Affiliation Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

Brian J. Stocks

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation BJ Stocks Wildfire Investigations Ltd., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

Sylvie Gauthier

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Laurentian Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: Brian J. Stocks is employed by BJ Stocks Wildfire Investigations Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM JP EH. Performed the experiments: JP EH. Analyzed the data: DM JP EH BJS SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BJS. Wrote the paper: DM JP EH BJS SG.