About the Authors

Jody M. Tucker

jtucker@fs.fed.us

Affiliations United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Sequoia National Forest, Porterville, California, United States of America, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana, United States of America, Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Michael K. Schwartz

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Richard L. Truex

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Golden, Colorado, United States of America

Kristine L. Pilgrim

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Fred W. Allendorf

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMT MKS FWA KLP RLT. Performed the experiments: JMT KLP. Analyzed the data: JMT MKS FWA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMT MKS RLT KLP FWA. Wrote the paper: JMT MKS FWA.