About the Authors

Beth E. Ross

beth.ross@aggiemail.usu.edu

Affiliation Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Mevin B. Hooten

Affiliations U. S. Geological Survey, Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

David N. Koons

Affiliation Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BER MBH DNK. Performed the experiments: MBH BER. Analyzed the data: BER MBH. Wrote the paper: BER MBH DNK. Prepared the data for analysis: BER.