About the Authors

Steven J. A. Kimble

sjkimble@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

O. E. Rhodes Jr.

Affiliation Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Rod N. Williams

Affiliation Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJAK OER RNW. Performed the experiments: SJAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OER RNW. Wrote the paper: SJAK. Conceived of the ideas: SJAK OER RNW. Collected and analyzed the data: SJAK.