About the Authors

Deanna H. Olson

Contributed equally to this work with: Deanna H. Olson, David M. Aanensen, Matthew C. Fisher

dedeolson@fs.fed.us

Affiliation Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

David M. Aanensen

Contributed equally to this work with: Deanna H. Olson, David M. Aanensen, Matthew C. Fisher

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Kathryn L. Ronnenberg

Affiliation Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Christopher I. Powell

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Susan F. Walker

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Jon Bielby

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom

Trenton W. J. Garner

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

George Weaver

Affiliation Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

The Bd Mapping Group

Membership of The Bd Mapping Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Matthew C. Fisher

Contributed equally to this work with: Deanna H. Olson, David M. Aanensen, Matthew C. Fisher

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived Global Bd Mapping Project: DHO. Conceptually designed interactive website: DMA MCF DHO. Led website development: DMA. Assisted website development: SFW CIP. Led compilation of world data set and summarisation: KLR. Analyzed the data: GW JB DHO MCF KLR SFW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DHO DMA KLR CIP SFW JB TWJG GW MCF. Wrote the paper: DHO DMA KLR JB TWJG MCF SFW GW CIP.