About the Authors

Steven R. Lee

srlee@usgs.gov

Affiliation U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Yosemite Field Station, Oakhurst, California, United States of America

Eric L. Berlow

Affiliation Vibrant Data Labs, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Steven M. Ostoja

Affiliation U. S. D. A. California Climate Hub, Agricultural Research Service, John Muir Institute of the Environment, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Matthew L. Brooks

Affiliation U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Yosemite Field Station, Oakhurst, California, United States of America

Alexandre Génin

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, CNRS, Université de Montpellier II, Montpellier, France

John R. Matchett

Affiliation U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Yosemite Field Station, Oakhurst, California, United States of America

Stephen C. Hart

Affiliation Life and Environmental Sciences and Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California, Merced, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Eric Berlow’s employment with Vibrant Data Inc. presents no competing interests regarding this publication. This affiliation with Vibrant Data Inc, does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MB EB SO. Data curation: SL EB JM. Formal analysis: SL EB JM AG. Funding acquisition: SO EB MB. Investigation: SL EB JM SO AG. Methodology: SL EB SO JM. Project administration: SL EB SO. Resources: SO SH. Software: SL JM AG. Supervision: SH MB. Validation: SH EB MB. Visualization: SL JM AG. Writing – original draft: SL EB SO. Writing – review & editing: SH MB AG.