About the Authors

Cindy H. Wu

Affiliation Ecology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Bram Sercu

Affiliation Donald Bren of School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst

Affiliation Donald Bren of School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Jakk Wong

Affiliation Ecology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Todd Z. DeSantis

Affiliation Ecology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Eoin L. Brodie

Affiliation Ecology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Terry C. Hazen

Affiliation Ecology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Patricia A. Holden

Affiliation Donald Bren of School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Gary L. Andersen

GLAndersen@lbl.gov

Affiliation Ecology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHW PAH GLA. Performed the experiments: CHW BS LCVDW. Analyzed the data: CHW BS JW TZD ELB TCH GLA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PAH GLA. Wrote the paper: CHW BS ELB TCH PAH GLA.