About the Authors

Matt Finer

matt@saveamericasforests.org

Affiliation Save America's Forests, Washington D. C., United States of America

Clinton N. Jenkins

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Stuart L. Pimm

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Brian Keane

Affiliation Land Is Life, Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America

Carl Ross

Affiliation Save America's Forests, Washington D. C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF. Analyzed the data: MF CJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MF CJ. Wrote the paper: MF CJ SP BK CR. Formatted figures: CJ.