About the Authors

Simone Ciuti

ciuti@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Joseph M. Northrup

Affiliation Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Tyler B. Muhly

Affiliation Alberta Innovates, Technology Futures, Vegreville, Alberta, Canada

Silvia Simi

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Marco Musiani

Affiliation Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Justin A. Pitt

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Mark S. Boyce

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

Co-author Dr. MS Boyce currently serves as editor for this journal. This study was funded by Alberta Conservation Association (ACA – Grant Eligible Conservation Fund), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC-CRD), and Shell Canada limited, as declared in the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC. Performed the experiments: SC SS. Analyzed the data: SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMN TBM MM JAP MSB. Wrote the paper: SC JMN TBM MSB.