About the Authors

Brian Obermeyer

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, United States of America

Robert Manes

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Joseph Kiesecker

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Joseph Fargione

jfargione@tnc.org

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Kei Sochi

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BO RM JK JF. Performed the experiments: KS. Analyzed the data: KS. Wrote the paper: BO RM JK JF.