Richard D. Sample,^1,*,** Chris Orpurt,^1,*** Phoebe Habeck,^1,**** Jameson M. Pierce,^1,***** Manoj Ghaste,^2,3,****** Joshua R. Widhalm,^2,3,******* Elizabeth A. Flaherty,^1,******** Michael A. Jenkins<sup>1,*********

1</sup>Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 715 West State St., West Lafayette, IN 47907
²Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, 625 Agriculture Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907
³Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907

^*Corresponding author: rsample@purdue.edu
^**Richard D. Sample received his MS in Forest Resources from the University of Arkansas Monticello in 2018 and is currently a PhD candidate in Forest Biology at Purdue University, studying the interactive and individual effects of white-tailed deer, landscape configuration, and land use on native forest plant communities.
^***Chris Orpurt received his BS in wildlife science from Purdue University in May 2021 and is currently working as a wildlife rehabilitator in Utah. He plans to continue his education in wildlife research by obtaining a MS degree in the future.
^****Phoebe Habeck received her BS in Forestry from Purdue University in May 2021 and is currently working as a Biological Resource Technician for the Forest Service in Oregon.
^*****Jameson M. Pierce received a BS in Wildlife and a BSF in Forestry from Purdue University in 2018 and went on to obtain a MS in Forestry at Purdue in 2020, studying forest plant communities in response to deer herbivory and land use. He is currently working as a Silviculturist on a hurricane recovery team on the Croatan National Forest in areas affected by Hurricane Florence.
^******Manoj Ghaste is a postdoctoral associate in the department of horticulture and landscape architecture. His research interests include bioanalytical chemistry, metabolomics, mass spectrometry, and plant secondary metabolites.
^*******Joshua R. Widhalm is an Assistant Professor of Horticulture and member of the Center for Plant Biology at Purdue University. His research interests include plant secondary metabolism, allelopathy, and the evolutionary basis of metabolic innovation.
^********Elizabeth A. Flaherty is an Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Habitat Management at Purdue University. Her research interests include wildlife responses to habitat fragmentation, resource use, animal energetics, and stable isotope ecology.
^*********Michael A. Jenkins is a Professor of Forest Ecology at Purdue University. His research interests include plant community responses to disturbance, impacts of invasive plants, insects, and disease, and the use of fire in community restoration.