About the Authors

Heather D. Ishak

heatherishak@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America

John P. Dumbacher

Affiliations Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Nancy L. Anderson

Affiliation Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

John J. Keane

Affiliation Sierra Nevada Research Center, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis, California, United States of America

Gediminas Valkiūnas

Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Susan M. Haig

Affiliation USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Lisa A. Tell

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Ravinder N. M. Sehgal

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HI RS. Performed the experiments: HI. Analyzed the data: GV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JD NA JK GV SH LT RS. Wrote the paper: HI. Other: Edited the paper: RS SH JK JD.