About the Authors

Christofer Bang

christofer.bang@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

John L. Sabo

Affiliation Faculty of Ecology Evolution and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Stanley H. Faeth

Affiliation The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB JS SF. Performed the experiments: CB. Analyzed the data: CB. Wrote the paper: CB. Advised statistical analysis: JS. Interpretation of data: JS SF. Revised the article critically for important intellectual content: JS SF. Drafted the article: SF.