About the Authors

Benjamin T. Wilder

benjamin.wilder@email.ucr.edu

Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Julio L. Betancourt

Affiliation National Research Program, Water Mission Area, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, United States of America

Clinton W. Epps

Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Rachel S. Crowhurst

Affiliation Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Jim I. Mead

Affiliation Department of Geosciences, and Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Exequiel Ezcurra

Affiliations Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America, University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS), Riverside, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BTW JLB CWE RSC JIM. Performed the experiments: CWE RSC JIM. Analyzed the data: BTW JLB CWE RSC JIM EE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLB CWE JIM EE. Wrote the paper: BTW JLB CWE.