Vaishnavi Varikuti, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States, Maria Bronnikova, Texas Tech University, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Lubbock, United States, Daniel Hirmas, Texas Tech University, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Lubbock, TX, United States, Hoori Ajami, University of California, Riverside, Department of Environmental Sciences, Riverside, United States, Julio Pachon, University of California Riverside, Riverside, United States, Jesse B Nippert, Kansas State University, Biology, Manhattan, United States, Pamela L. Sullivan, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States, Li Li, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States, Sharon A Billings, University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Kansas Biological Survey and Center for Ecological Research, Lawrence, KS, United States and Alejandro N Flores, Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, Boise, ID, United States