About the Authors

Kimberly L. Dibble

klellisdibble@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America

Laura A. Meyerson

Affiliations Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KLD LAM. Performed the experiments: KLD. Analyzed the data: KLD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KLD LAM. Wrote the paper: KLD LAM.