About the Authors

Karen E. Mock

karen.mock@usu.edu

Affiliation Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Colin M. Callahan

Affiliation Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

M. Nurul Islam-Faridi

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, Forest Tree Molecular Cytogenetics Laboratory, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

John D. Shaw

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, Utah, United States of America

Hardeep S. Rai

Affiliation Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Stewart C. Sanderson

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Shrub Sciences Laboratory, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Carol A. Rowe

Affiliation Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Ronald J. Ryel

Affiliation Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Michael D. Madritch

Affiliation Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, United States of America

Richard S. Gardner

Affiliation Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Paul G. Wolf

Affiliation Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KEM RJR JDS SCS RSG PGW. Performed the experiments: KEM CMC MNI HSR SCS CAR RSG. Analyzed the data: KEM CMC MNI RSG PGW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KEM SCS RJR JDS MDM RSG. Wrote the paper: KEM MDM PGW.