About the Authors
- Mary C. Christman
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mary C. Christman, David C. Culver
Affiliation Departments of Biology and of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, and MCC Statistical Consulting LLC, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Daniel H. Doctor
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, United States of America
- Matthew L. Niemiller
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America
- David J. Weary
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, United States of America
- John A. Young
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation U. S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America
- Kirk S. Zigler
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, United States of America
- David C. Culver
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mary C. Christman, David C. Culver
* E-mail: dculver@american.edu
Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, American University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The affiliation of Mary C Christman with the commercial company MCC Statistical Consulting LLC does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MCC DCC. Performed the experiments: DHD MLN DJW KSZ DCC. Analyzed the data: MCC JAY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DHD DJW JAY MCC KSZ MLN. Wrote the paper: DCC.