About the Authors

James E. Byers

jebyers@uga.edu

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

William G. McDowell

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Shelley R. Dodd

Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Rebecca S. Haynie

Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Lauren M. Pintor

Affiliations Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Susan B. Wilde

Affiliation Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEB WGM SRD RH LMP SBW. Performed the experiments: JEB WGM. Analyzed the data: JEB WGM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRD RH LMP SBW. Wrote the paper: JEB WGM SRD RH LMP SBW.